Katie Brillhart Taranto, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Covington, LA
Katie Brillhart Taranto, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Covington, Louisiana, and NPI 1023259090, issued on Mar 20, 2009. Check the license (Louisiana 203881, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Katie Brillhart Taranto
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 203881 LA
MD.203881 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 80 Gardenia Drive, Covington, LA 70433
- Phone
- (985) 871-5900
- Enumerated
- Mar 20, 2009
- Record last updated
- Sep 7, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (985) 871-5911
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120628000093); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In New Orleans, 2009
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Katie Brillhart Taranto in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 203881Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
10,601 Medicare Part D claims for 1,067 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 125 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium548 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium477 claims
- Alprazolam381 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium324 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate318 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium272 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: $90.40
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- St Tammany Parish Hospital Service District NO 1Covington, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Katie Brillhart Taranto among 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana
Katie Brillhart Taranto, M.D. is one of 1,749 internal 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 2009, is newer than 53% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 53% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2008 among the 1,216 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
62 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Covington
They are 62 of the 1,868 NPPES records with a practice address in Covington, and 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Katie Brillhart Taranto, M.D.'s NPI number?
Katie Brillhart Taranto, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023259090, issued on Mar 20, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Katie Brillhart Taranto, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 80 Gardenia Drive, Covington, LA, 70433. Phone: (985) 871-5900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Katie Brillhart Taranto, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 203881, 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 Katie Brillhart Taranto, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Katie Brillhart Taranto, M.D. had 10,601 Medicare Part D claims for 1,067 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.