NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Cardiovascular Disease Physician NPI 1861599847 MD
Verify on CMS → Kevin Young, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician in Lake Charles, 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 25,298 in Cardiovascular Disease 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.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
3K
Medicare Part D claims · 376 beneficiaries · Cardiovascular Disease Physician avg: 3K
MIPS score
94.9/100
▲ 11 pts above national avg 83.5 · Exceptional
Industry payments
$722.16
40 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
What the federal data shows
Kevin Young, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 94.9/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 2,841 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 94.9/100
- MIPS score · +11 vs avg
- 3K
- Part D claims, 2024
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥73rd
- pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)
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 Kevin Young, MD
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 1861599847), first enumerated 09/20/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 2,841 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 94.9/100 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
$722.16 in reported industry payments (40 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
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Source: State medical board / FSMB
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1861599847 · Cardiovascular Disease Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MID · MIPS-ELITE · RX-MID · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1861599847
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-MID 25K Cardiovascular Disease
- MIPS-ELITE 94.9/100
- RX-MID 2,841
- BOOK-THIN 385 in Louisiana
- PHOTO-FINISH Peter Banitt, M.D. · ±0.0
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- Young · this pro…
Young · this provider
94.9 MIPS pts
- Claudio Bravo Ca…
Claudio Bravo Carrillo, M.D.
94.9 MIPS pts
- Peter Banitt, M.…
Peter Banitt, M.D.
94.9 MIPS pts
- Jill Gelow, M.D.…
Jill Gelow, M.D.
94.9 MIPS pts
- Emily Zern, MD ·…
Emily Zern, MD
94.9 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Kevin Young, MD'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.
95 ≥ 73rd percentile 73% 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.
The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Kevin Young, MD sits
This provider among cardiovascular disease physician peers
Across the 7,999 cardiovascular disease physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Kevin Young, MD writes more Part D claims than 51% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 76% - placing this provider in the high-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one cardiovascular disease physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Kevin Young, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
✓
Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Kevin Young, MD 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 Kevin Young, MD?
High performer (top quartile)Primary specialty
Cardiovascular Disease Physician
Medicare Part D claims
2,841 10% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
94.9/100 11.4 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Louisiana
How Cardiovascular Disease Physician compares to other specialties among Louisiana providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Kevin Young, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Cardiovascular Disease Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 94.9/100
- 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 | 1861599847 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Cardiovascular Disease Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 09/20/2006 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
94.8709
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
96.0198
Quality
79.507
Cost
Reporting: Individual
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Kevin Young, MD 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.
Lake Charles Memorial Heart And Vascular Center
Lake Charles, 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 Kevin Young, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$722
Largest payer
PFIZER 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.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
2,841
Total Claims
$449K
Total Drug Cost
376
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 5,540.733
- Total Day Supply
- 164,760
- Generic Drug Cost
- $32K
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 74.6 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.56
- Gender Split
- 47% female / 53% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 33, 65-74: 156, 75-84: 129, 85+: 58
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Kevin Young, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Metoprolol Tartrate
Metoprolol Tartrate
282 claims
- Eliquis
Eliquis
223 claims
- Amiodarone Hcl
Amiodarone Hcl
168 claims
- Carvedilol
Carvedilol
153 claims
- Clopidogrel
Clopidogrel
143 claims
- Xarelto 112
Xarelto
112 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate 109
Metoprolol Succinate
109 claims
- Entresto 96
Entresto
96 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 282 |
| Eliquis Apixaban | 223 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 168 |
| Carvedilol | 153 |
| Clopidogrel Clopidogrel Bisulfate | 143 |
| Xarelto Rivaroxaban | 112 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 109 |
| Entresto Sacubitril/Valsartan | 96 |
| Amlodipine Besylate | 82 |
| Potassium Chloride | 79 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Cardiovascular Disease Physician Overview
How Kevin Young, MD fits within the Cardiovascular Disease Physician landscape nationally.
25,298
Cardiovascular Disease Physician Providers in US
54
States with Cardiovascular Disease Physician
3,149
Avg Claims per Provider
Kevin Young, MD's 2,841 claims are below the specialty average of 3,149.
Nationwide Cardiovascular Disease Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Young, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (94.9 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Cardiovascular Disease Physician Providers in Louisiana
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Louisiana, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Young.
One of 385 Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers enrolled in Louisiana, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Richard Abben
MD
Houma, LA
Dr. Nidal Abi Rafeh
M.D.
Hammond, LA
Dr. Freddy Abi-Samra
MD
New Orleans, LA
Dr. Christian Abrahim
MD
Shreveport, LA
Godfrey Achilihu
MD FACC
Monroe, LA
Compare Cardiovascular Disease Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Kevin Young, MD's specialty? ▼
Kevin Young, MD specializes in Cardiovascular Disease Physician and practices in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Credentials: MD.
How much does Kevin Young, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Kevin Young, MD wrote 2,841 Medicare Part D claims totaling $449K in drug costs for 376 beneficiaries.
What is Kevin Young, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
Kevin Young, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 94.9/100 (Quality: 96, Cost: 79.5). 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 Kevin Young, MD located? ▼
Kevin Young, MD is located at 1717 OAK PARK BLVD FL 2, Lake Charles, LA, 70601. Phone: (337) 494-3278.
What is Kevin Young, MD's NPI number? ▼
Kevin Young, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861599847, issued on 09/20/2006.
How many Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 25,298 Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers across 54 states in the US. The average Cardiovascular Disease Physician provider writes 3,149 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Kevin Young, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Kevin Young, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Metoprolol Tartrate, Eliquis, Amiodarone Hcl. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Kevin Young, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Kevin Young, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 2,841 Part D claims and 376 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Kevin Young, MD's credentials? ▼
Kevin Young, MD's NPI is 1861599847 with credentials MD. 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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