Karla Ard Rather, CRNA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist · Hammond, LA
Karla Ard Rather, CRNA is a certified registered nurse anesthetist with a practice address in Hammond, Louisiana, and NPI 1417912981, issued on Apr 19, 2006. Check the license (Louisiana AP04720, as entered in NPPES) with the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karla Ard Rather
- Credential
- CRNA
- Primary taxonomy
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist 367500000X
- License numbers
- AP04720 LA
RN088199 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 15790 Paul Vega MD Dr, Hammond, LA 70403
- Phone
- (985) 230-2198
- Enumerated
- Apr 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Fax
- (985) 230-2159
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110420000233); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 15790 Paul Vega MD Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Karla Ard Rather in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Louisiana board licenses this profession
Search for license AP04720Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $27.61
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Davol Inc. The 24,076 providers of this specialty with any payment received $135.08 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
- Childrens Hospital Anesthesia CorporationCovington, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karla Ard Rather among 1,819 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in Louisiana
Karla Ard Rather, CRNA is one of 1,819 certified registered nurse anesthetist 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 66% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 78% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2011 among the 1,412 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 367500000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
50 certified registered nurse anesthetist records list a practice address in Hammond
They are 50 of the 1,766 NPPES records with a practice address in Hammond, and 1,819 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in Louisiana.
All 1,819 in Louisiana → Every provider in Hammond → Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist nationwide →
The 8 certified registered nurse anesthetist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jane Cardinale, CRNAHammond, LA 704031831153857
- David Dobie, CRNAHammond, LA 704031477526481
- Leonard Gonzales, CRNAHammond, LA 704031417911439
- Michael Heroman, CRNAHammond, LA 704031497719413
- Julie Joyce, CRNAHammond, LA 704031558364075
- Mark Koepp, RN, CRNAHammond, LA 704031023072337
- Judy Lagarde, BSN,RN,MS,CRNAHammond, LA 704031215991542
- Rhonda LambertHammond, LA 704031871557751
Common questions
What is Karla Ard Rather, CRNA's NPI number?
Karla Ard Rather, CRNA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417912981, issued on Apr 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karla Ard Rather, CRNA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 15790 Paul Vega MD Dr, Hammond, LA, 70403. Phone: (985) 230-2198. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karla Ard Rather, CRNA's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number AP04720, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.