NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Interventional Pain Medicine Physician NPI 1033571914
Verify on CMS → Ken Ehrhardt
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician in Hammond, Louisiana.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 1,603 in Interventional Pain Medicine Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
5K
Medicare Part D claims · 539 beneficiaries · Interventional Pain Medicine Physician avg: 2K
Generic prescribing
93%
generic claims · 7% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
60.2/100
▼ 23 pts below national avg 83.5 · Mid-tier
Industry payments
$935.75
47 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Ken Ehrhardt reported a CMS MIPS final score of 60.2/100 - below the 83.5 national average - and filed 5,026 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 60.2/100
- MIPS score · -23 vs avg
- 5K
- Part D claims, 2024
- 93%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Ken Ehrhardt
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1033571914), first enumerated 03/22/2016.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 5,026 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 60.2/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$935.75 in reported industry payments (47 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- Not in federal data
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1033571914 · Interventional Pain Medicine Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-NARROW · MIPS-LOW · RX-MID · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1033571914
- ENUM-MID 2016
- TAX-NARROW 1,603
- MIPS-LOW 60.2/100
- RX-MID 5,026
- BOOK-THIN 34 in Louisiana
- PHOTO-FINISH Gabriele Jasper · ±0.5
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Grayson Koval · …
Grayson Koval
59.6 MIPS pts
- Gabriele Jasper …
Gabriele Jasper
59.7 MIPS pts
- Ehrhardt · this …
Ehrhardt · this provider
60.2 MIPS pts
- Mark Bell · high…
Mark Bell
61.3 MIPS pts
- Zachary Zumbar ·…
Zachary Zumbar
61.3 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Ken Ehrhardt's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
60 ≥ 6th percentile 6% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
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Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Ken Ehrhardt sits
This provider among interventional pain medicine physician peers
Across the 446 interventional pain medicine physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Ken Ehrhardt writes more Part D claims than 84% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 16% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one interventional pain medicine physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Ken Ehrhardt. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Ken Ehrhardt practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Ken Ehrhardt?
Below national averagePrimary specialty
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician
Medicare Part D claims
5,026 126% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
60.2/100 23.3 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Louisiana
How Interventional Pain Medicine Physician compares to other specialties among Louisiana providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Ken Ehrhardt's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Interventional Pain Medicine Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 60.2/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1033571914 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Interventional Pain Medicine Physician |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 03/22/2016 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
60.1937
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
48.9127
Quality
59.491
Cost
26
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Ken Ehrhardt bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Advanced Pain Institute LLC
Hammond, LA
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Ken Ehrhardt. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$936
Largest payer
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Generic-heavy
Ken Ehrhardt - brand share 7.0%
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician average
7% brand-name claims vs 93% generic, on 5,026 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
5,026
Total Claims
$342K
Total Drug Cost
539
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 5,137.767
- Total Day Supply
- 148,809
- Brand vs Generic
- 7% brand / 93% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $242K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $100K
- Opioid Claims
- 2,969 (59.1% rate)
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 67.3 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.83
- Gender Split
- 55% female / 45% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 177, 65-74: 231, 75-84: 109, 85+: 22
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Ken Ehrhardt prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Hydrocodone-Acetam…
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
1,373 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetamin…
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen
906 claims
- Pregabalin
Pregabalin
591 claims
- Gabapentin 476
Gabapentin
476 claims
- Baclofen 299
Baclofen
299 claims
- Belbuca 250
Belbuca
250 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl 222
Tizanidine Hcl
222 claims
- Tramadol Hcl 198
Tramadol Hcl
198 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 1,373 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 906 |
| Pregabalin | 591 |
| Gabapentin | 476 |
| Baclofen | 299 |
| Belbuca Buprenorphine Hcl | 250 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 222 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 198 |
| Cyclobenzaprine Hcl | 126 |
| Lidocaine | 86 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
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Interventional Pain Medicine Physician Overview
How Ken Ehrhardt fits within the Interventional Pain Medicine Physician landscape nationally.
1,603
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician Providers in US
53
States with Interventional Pain Medicine Physician
2,221
Avg Claims per Provider
Ken Ehrhardt's 5,026 claims are above the specialty average of 2,221.
Nationwide Interventional Pain Medicine Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Ehrhardt, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (60.2 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2016)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Interventional Pain Medicine Physician Providers in Louisiana
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Louisiana, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Ehrhardt.
One of 34 Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers enrolled in Louisiana, 5 are shown here.
Tod Aust
Slidell, LA
Dr. Thomas Berry
M.D.
Lacombe, LA
Katie Bertel
FNP
New Orleans, LA
Dr. John Braswell
M.D.
Baton Rouge, LA
Dr. John Burdine
MD
Baton Rouge, LA
Compare Interventional Pain Medicine Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Ken Ehrhardt's specialty? ▼
Ken Ehrhardt specializes in Interventional Pain Medicine Physician and practices in Hammond, Louisiana.
How much does Ken Ehrhardt prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Ken Ehrhardt wrote 5,026 Medicare Part D claims totaling $342K in drug costs for 539 beneficiaries.
What is Ken Ehrhardt's Medicare quality score? ▼
Ken Ehrhardt has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 60.2/100 (Quality: 48.9, Cost: 59.5). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Ken Ehrhardt located? ▼
Ken Ehrhardt is located at 16070 DOCTORS BLVD, Hammond, LA, 70403. Phone: (985) 345-7246.
What is Ken Ehrhardt's NPI number? ▼
Ken Ehrhardt's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033571914, issued on 03/22/2016.
Does Ken Ehrhardt prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Ken Ehrhardt's prescribing is 7% brand-name and 93% generic drugs by claim count, with $242K in brand drug costs.
Does Ken Ehrhardt prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Ken Ehrhardt had 2,969 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 59.1%.
How many Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 1,603 Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers across 53 states in the US. The average Interventional Pain Medicine Physician provider writes 2,221 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Ken Ehrhardt prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Ken Ehrhardt's most frequently prescribed drugs include Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Pregabalin. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Ken Ehrhardt accept Medicare? ▼
Ken Ehrhardt appears in CMS Medicare data with 5,026 Part D claims and 539 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Ken Ehrhardt's credentials? ▼
Ken Ehrhardt's NPI is 1033571914. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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