Halim Salim Abou-Faycal, MD
Infectious Disease Physician · Shreveport, LA
Halim Salim Abou-Faycal, MD is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Shreveport, Louisiana, and NPI 1942241708, issued on Jun 10, 2006. Check the license (Louisiana 205782, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Halim Salim Abou-Faycal
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License numbers
- 205782 LA
43780 CO
46329 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2551 Greenwood RD, Shreveport, LA 71103
- Phone
- (318) 212-6888
- Enumerated
- Jun 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 16, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (318) 212-6890
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130111000357); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest infectious disease physician records → All 128 in Louisiana → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 2551 Greenwood RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Halim Salim Abou-Faycal in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 205782Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average infectious disease physician in 2024
1,417 Medicare Part D claims for 187 beneficiaries, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 30% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Sodium Chloride153 claims
- Daptomycin121 claims
- Minocycline Hcl121 claims
- Ertapenem106 claims
- Biktarvy85 claims
- Cefepime Hcl57 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 63.2 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,653.40
70 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 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 NW Louisiana Infectious Disease ConsultantsShreveport, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Halim Salim Abou-Faycal among 128 infectious disease physician records in Louisiana
Halim Salim Abou-Faycal, MD is one of 128 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 80% 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2005 among the 85 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Infectious Disease Physician providers in Louisiana
There are 128 infectious disease physician records in Louisiana.
All 128 in Louisiana → Every provider in Shreveport → Infectious Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Mohammad Alam, MDShreveport, LA 711031255399622
- Anood AlquraanShreveport, LA 711031174204473
- Aline Arif, MDShreveport, LA 711031801457593
- Raymond Coghlan, MDShreveport, LA 711031285683086
- Jihad El-Hayek, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031538354451
- John King, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031306868856
- Puja Nambiar, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031871881979
- Robert Penn, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711031821246737
Common questions
What is Halim Salim Abou-Faycal, MD's NPI number?
Halim Salim Abou-Faycal, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1942241708, issued on Jun 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Halim Salim Abou-Faycal, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2551 Greenwood RD, Shreveport, LA, 71103. Phone: (318) 212-6888. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Halim Salim Abou-Faycal, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 205782, 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 Halim Salim Abou-Faycal, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Halim Salim Abou-Faycal, MD had 1,417 Medicare Part D claims for 187 beneficiaries; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Halim Salim Abou-Faycal, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 63.2 of 100. 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.