Kanna Posina, M.D.
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Alexandria, LA
Kanna Posina, M.D. is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Alexandria, Louisiana, and NPI 1942513759, issued on Jul 21, 2010. Check the license (Louisiana MD.303310, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kanna Posina
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License numbers
- MD.303310 LA
257441 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1587 N Bolton Ave, Alexandria, LA 71303
- Phone
- (318) 445-9823
- Enumerated
- Jul 21, 2010
- Record last updated
- Jan 21, 2022
- Fax
- (318) 445-1509
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160817003297); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Rutgers R W Johnson Medical School (Cam/New Bruns/Pisc), 2007
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1587 N Bolton Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Brittani Billingsley, APRN, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1942861158
- Michael Buck, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1063402667
- Shawn Donelon, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1447240700
- Dana Fontenot, APRN, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1174819668
- John Lombard, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1730897588
- Jeanie PonthierFamily Nurse Practitioner1881044360
Verify Kanna Posina 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.303310Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
6,892 Medicare Part D claims for 904 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 26% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Carvedilol614 claims
- Eliquis600 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium567 claims
- Clopidogrel379 claims
- Entresto338 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate273 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: $8,734.55
135 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- Rapides Regional Physician Group, Specialty Care, LLCAlexandria, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Louisiana
There are 327 cardiovascular disease physician records in Louisiana.
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- Farah Abdulhai, MDNew Orleans, LA1093385486
- Niksad Abraham, MDGonzales, LA1033246970
- Christian Abrahim, MDShreveport, LA1316490824
- Godfrey Achilihu, MD FACCMonroe, LA1841274768
- Pratik AgrawalShreveport, LA1003267410
- Hamid AlaiNew Orleans, LA1881983211
- Usman Alam, M.D.,Opelousas, LA1174568208
- Gholam Ali, MDNew Orleans, LA1851493803
- Eckhard Alt, M.D., PH.D.New Orleans, LA1114196300
Common questions
What is Kanna Posina, M.D.'s NPI number?
Kanna Posina, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1942513759, issued on Jul 21, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kanna Posina, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1587 N Bolton Ave, Alexandria, LA, 71303. Phone: (318) 445-9823. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kanna Posina, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number MD.303310, 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 Kanna Posina, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kanna Posina, M.D. had 6,892 Medicare Part D claims for 904 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. 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.