Joshua Allan Whatley, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Lake Charles, LA
Joshua Allan Whatley, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and NPI 1386961787, issued on Apr 23, 2010. Check the license (Louisiana MD.204810, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joshua Allan Whatley
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- MD.204810 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4345 Nelson RD Ste 102, Lake Charles, LA 70605
- Phone
- (337) 480-7900
- Enumerated
- Apr 23, 2010
- Record last updated
- Jun 9, 2022
- Fax
- (337) 602-6358
- Medicaid ID
- 2107747 LA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110912000697); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In New Orleans, 2010
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joshua Allan Whatley 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.204810Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
14,274 Medicare Part D claims for 852 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 474 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium764 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate439 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium357 claims
- Omeprazole349 claims
- Mounjaro347 claims
- Gabapentin333 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): 75.6 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: $2,213.51
134 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer 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
- Mmg Nelson RD LLCLake Charles, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joshua Allan Whatley among 1,728 family medicine physician records in Louisiana
Joshua Allan Whatley, MD 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 2010, is newer than 61% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 61% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2006 among the 1,201 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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).
94 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Lake Charles
They are 94 of the 2,791 NPPES records with a practice address in Lake Charles, and 1,728 family medicine physician records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Joshua Allan Whatley, MD's NPI number?
Joshua Allan Whatley, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1386961787, issued on Apr 23, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joshua Allan Whatley, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4345 Nelson RD Ste 102, Lake Charles, LA, 70605. Phone: (337) 480-7900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joshua Allan Whatley, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number MD.204810, 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 Joshua Allan Whatley, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joshua Allan Whatley, MD had 14,274 Medicare Part D claims for 852 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joshua Allan Whatley, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 75.6 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.