Christopher Keith Whipple
Family Medicine Physician · New Orleans, LA
Christopher Keith Whipple is a family medicine physician with a practice address in New Orleans, Louisiana, and NPI 1003181306, issued on Mar 20, 2012. Check the license (Louisiana MD.207005, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Keith Whipple
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- MD.207005 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1829 Joseph St, New Orleans, LA 70115
- Phone
- (985) 381-9517
- Enumerated
- Mar 20, 2012
- Record last updated
- Dec 7, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150305000744); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In New Orleans, 2012
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher Keith Whipple in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license MD.207005Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
10,583 Medicare Part D claims for 225 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims. 64 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium644 claims
- Eliquis500 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate339 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium261 claims
- Donepezil Hcl255 claims
- Furosemide236 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 77.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $273.41
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Trompe Couillon Adventures LLCNew Orleans, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Keith Whipple among 1,728 family medicine physician records in Louisiana
Christopher Keith Whipple is one of 1,728 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 85% 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 67% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 67% of these records are older, 30% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2006 among the 1,201 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
135 family medicine physician records list a practice address in New Orleans
They are 135 of the 13,668 NPPES records with a practice address in New Orleans, and 1,728 family medicine physician records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Christopher Keith Whipple's NPI number?
Christopher Keith Whipple's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003181306, issued on Mar 20, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Keith Whipple located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1829 Joseph St, New Orleans, LA, 70115. Phone: (985) 381-9517. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Keith Whipple's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number MD.207005, 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 Christopher Keith Whipple prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Keith Whipple had 10,583 Medicare Part D claims for 225 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher Keith Whipple's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 77.9 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.