Gregory Thomas Benton, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Covington, LA
Gregory Thomas Benton, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Covington, Louisiana, and NPI 1396777421, issued on Jul 7, 2006. Check the license (Louisiana 199991, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gregory Thomas Benton
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 199991 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 95 E Fairway Dr, Covington, LA 70433
- Phone
- (985) 867-4000
- Enumerated
- Jul 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 1063941 LA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050801000214); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In Shreveport, 2003
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Gregory Thomas Benton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 199991Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
706 Medicare Part D claims for 268 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims. 96 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen75 claims
- Prednisone47 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl26 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate26 claims
- Ondansetron Odt26 claims
- Indomethacin25 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: $58.34
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Children's HospitalMetairie, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Gregory Thomas Benton among 1,000 emergency medicine physician records in Louisiana
Gregory Thomas Benton, 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 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2010 among the 653 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 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).
32 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Covington
They are 32 of the 1,868 NPPES records with a practice address in Covington, and 1,000 emergency medicine physician records in Louisiana.
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- Elisa Arrillaga, MDCovington, LA 704331285651265
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- Jay Desalvo, MDCovington, LA 704331942278197
- Kevin Erwin, MDCovington, LA 704331275501389
- Lloyd Gueringer, MDCovington, LA 704331013937085
- Brian Guidry, MDCovington, LA 704331174591390
- Ingrid Labat, MDCovington, LA 704331265459291
- Harvey Malone, MDCovington, LA 704331396758645
Common questions
What is Gregory Thomas Benton, MD's NPI number?
Gregory Thomas Benton, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396777421, issued on Jul 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gregory Thomas Benton, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 95 E Fairway Dr, Covington, LA, 70433. Phone: (985) 867-4000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gregory Thomas Benton, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 199991, 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 Gregory Thomas Benton, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gregory Thomas Benton, MD had 706 Medicare Part D claims for 268 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.