Eric Dwayne Thomas, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Shreveport, LA
Eric Dwayne Thomas, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Shreveport, Louisiana, and NPI 1164683231, issued on Jun 21, 2008. Check the license (Louisiana MD.203472, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Eric Dwayne Thomas
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- MD.203472 LA
4301086709 MI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1501 Kings Hwy, Shreveport, LA 71103
- Phone
- (318) 675-5000
- Enumerated
- Jun 21, 2008
- Record last updated
- Mar 31, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 1809110 LA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100129000192); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wayne State University School Of Medicine, 2005
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Eric Dwayne Thomas 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.203472Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
67% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,044 Medicare Part D claims for 167 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 11 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium72 claims
- Gabapentin50 claims
- Losartan Potassium49 claims
- Metformin Hcl45 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium39 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate37 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: $66.51
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Melinta Therapeutics, LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- WK Academic Medicine ClinicShreveport, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Eric Dwayne Thomas among 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana
Eric Dwayne Thomas, MD is one of 1,749 internal 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 2008, is newer than 50% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 50% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2008 among the 1,216 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
218 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Shreveport
They are 218 of the 8,660 NPPES records with a practice address in Shreveport, and 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Eric Dwayne Thomas, MD's NPI number?
Eric Dwayne Thomas, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164683231, issued on Jun 21, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Eric Dwayne Thomas, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1501 Kings Hwy, Shreveport, LA, 71103. Phone: (318) 675-5000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Eric Dwayne Thomas, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number MD.203472, 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 Eric Dwayne Thomas, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Eric Dwayne Thomas, MD had 1,044 Medicare Part D claims for 167 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.