Benjamin M. Azan, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · New Orleans, LA
Benjamin M. Azan, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in New Orleans, Louisiana, and NPI 1194091728, issued on Mar 28, 2012. Check the license (Louisiana 310169, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Benjamin M. Azan
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 310169 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70121
- Phone
- (504) 842-3460
- Enumerated
- Mar 28, 2012
- Record last updated
- Oct 3, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20181018002843); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai, 2012
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Benjamin M. Azan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 310169Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
50% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
113 Medicare Part D claims for 72 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 20 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ibuprofen17 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl16 claims
- Methocarbamol14 claims
- Cephalexin11 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Belle Chasse Emergency Group LLCNew Orleans, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Benjamin M. Azan among 1,000 emergency medicine physician records in Louisiana
Benjamin M. Azan, MD is one of 1,000 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 87% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 63% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 63% of these records are older, 34% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2010 among the 653 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 64% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
230 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in New Orleans
They are 230 of the 13,668 NPPES records with a practice address in New Orleans, and 1,000 emergency medicine physician records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Benjamin M. Azan, MD's NPI number?
Benjamin M. Azan, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1194091728, issued on Mar 28, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Benjamin M. Azan, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA, 70121. Phone: (504) 842-3460. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Benjamin M. Azan, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 310169, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.lsbme.la.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Benjamin M. Azan, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Benjamin M. Azan, MD had 113 Medicare Part D claims for 72 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.