Laura Richard Braham, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Opelousas, LA
Laura Richard Braham, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Opelousas, Louisiana, and NPI 1770552556, issued on Mar 15, 2006. Check the license (Louisiana 25270, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Laura Richard Braham
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 25270 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3921 I 49 S Service RD, Opelousas, LA 70570
- Phone
- (337) 942-5706
- Enumerated
- Mar 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 13, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (337) 942-2644
- Medicaid ID
- 1577952 LA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101115000896); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In New Orleans, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3921 I 49 S Service RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Laura Richard Braham in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 25270Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
10,431 Medicare Part D claims for 482 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 69 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium566 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium492 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate471 claims
- Losartan Potassium377 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium364 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide340 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 78.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $510.41
29 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Baton Rouge Clinic, A Medical CorporationBaton Rouge, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Laura Richard Braham among 1,728 family medicine physician records in Louisiana
Laura Richard Braham, MD is one of 1,728 family 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 2006, is newer than 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2006 among the 1,201 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
18 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Opelousas
They are 18 of the 648 NPPES records with a practice address in Opelousas, and 1,728 family medicine physician records in Louisiana.
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The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Michael Basile, MDOpelousas, LA 705701013986728
- Michael Burnell, MDOpelousas, LA 705701588625487
- Lee Ellender, M.D.Opelousas, LA 705701558364331
- Craig Greene, M.D.Opelousas, LA 705701326041112
- Richard Harmon, MDOpelousas, LA 705701124089024
- Latonya Kelly, M.D.Opelousas, LA 705701063430213
- Stacey Mayeaux, MDOpelousas, LA 705701013986892
- Derek Metoyer, M.D.Opelousas, LA 705701942384870
Common questions
What is Laura Richard Braham, MD's NPI number?
Laura Richard Braham, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770552556, issued on Mar 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Laura Richard Braham, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3921 I 49 S Service RD, Opelousas, LA, 70570. Phone: (337) 942-5706. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Laura Richard Braham, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 25270, 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 Laura Richard Braham, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Laura Richard Braham, MD had 10,431 Medicare Part D claims for 482 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Laura Richard Braham, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 78.3 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.