Cindy Richards, APRN
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Lafayette, LA
Cindy Richards, APRN is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Lafayette, Louisiana, and NPI 1194768515, issued on Jun 14, 2006. Check the license (Louisiana AP03504, as entered in NPPES) with the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cindy Richards
- Credential
- APRN
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
- License number
- AP03504 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 523 Esplanade St, Lafayette, LA 70508
- Phone
- (337) 278-7183
- Enumerated
- Jun 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 2, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 2112643 LA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130701000112); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records → All 755 in Louisiana → Look up another NPI →
Verify Cindy Richards in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Louisiana board licenses this profession
Search for license AP03504Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
40% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024
1,265 Medicare Part D claims for 101 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Alprazolam162 claims
- Clonazepam110 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl83 claims
- Trazodone Hcl79 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate63 claims
- Sertraline Hcl59 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $152.24
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 23,362 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,027.77 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
- Iberia Comprehensive Community Health Center,inc.Lafayette, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cindy Richards among 755 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Louisiana
Cindy Richards, APRN is one of 755 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Louisiana. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than under 1% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · under 1% of these records are older, 95% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2021 among the 475 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 23% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LP0808X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
69 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Lafayette
They are 69 of the 5,181 NPPES records with a practice address in Lafayette, and 755 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Louisiana.
All 755 in Louisiana → Every provider in Lafayette → Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner nationwide →
The 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Amanda Barfield, APRN, PMHNP-BCLafayette, LA 705081902257009
- Bethany Collins, APRN, PMHNP-BCLafayette, LA 705081881060044
- Matthew Declouet, PMHNPLafayette, LA 705081518342310
- Bryant Dronette, PMHNP-BCLafayette, LA 705081780088526
- Melissa Guilbeau, FNP, PMHNPLafayette, LA 705081952407728
- Cheryl Henry-Smith, APRNLafayette, LA 705081689914723
- Katherine Little, APRNLafayette, LA 705081588989230
- Andrea Montgomery, NPLafayette, LA 705081548394737
Common questions
What is Cindy Richards, APRN's NPI number?
Cindy Richards, APRN's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1194768515, issued on Jun 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cindy Richards, APRN located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 523 Esplanade St, Lafayette, LA, 70508. Phone: (337) 278-7183. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cindy Richards, APRN's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number AP03504, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Cindy Richards, APRN prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cindy Richards, APRN had 1,265 Medicare Part D claims for 101 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner prescribers was 906. 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.