Kari Couch Hankins, NP
Family Nurse Practitioner · Lake Charles, LA
Kari Couch Hankins, NP is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and NPI 1154552131, issued on Aug 7, 2009. Check the license (Louisiana AP05900, as entered in NPPES) with the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kari Couch Hankins
- Credential
- NP
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- AP05900 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2903 1St Ave, Lake Charles, LA 70601
- Phone
- (337) 478-6480
- Enumerated
- Aug 7, 2009
- Record last updated
- Mar 21, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (337) 310-2058
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kari Couch Hankins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Louisiana board licenses this profession
Search for license AP05900Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
53 Medicare Part D claims for 16 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $252.30
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Atricure, Inc. The 99,489 providers of this specialty with any payment received $650.95 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.
Kari Couch Hankins among 4,503 family nurse practitioner records in Louisiana
Kari Couch Hankins, NP is one of 4,503 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Louisiana. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 13% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 13% of these records are older, 85% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 66% of these records are
- Record last updated2017 · 46% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
198 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Lake Charles
They are 198 of the 2,791 NPPES records with a practice address in Lake Charles, and 4,503 family nurse practitioner records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Kari Couch Hankins, NP's NPI number?
Kari Couch Hankins, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1154552131, issued on Aug 7, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kari Couch Hankins, NP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2903 1St Ave, Lake Charles, LA, 70601. Phone: (337) 478-6480. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kari Couch Hankins, NP's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number AP05900, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kari Couch Hankins, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kari Couch Hankins, NP had 53 Medicare Part D claims for 16 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. 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.