Louis Caruso, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Germantown, TN
Louis Caruso, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Germantown, Tennessee, and NPI 1811918287, issued on Jul 21, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 49498, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Louis Caruso
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- 49498 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8060 Wolf River Blvd, Germantown, TN 38138
- Phone
- (901) 271-1000
- Enumerated
- Jul 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 25, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (901) 271-4187
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20231220002612); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Albany Medical College Of Union University, 1983
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 8060 Wolf River Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Mary Allen, APNAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1568769040
Verify Louis Caruso in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 49498Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
49% more Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
4,573 Medicare Part D claims for 938 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 27% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Eliquis441 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate340 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium301 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium269 claims
- Entresto201 claims
- Repatha Sureclick142 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,117.39
50 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- Pinelake Physician Practice LLCMayfield, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Louis Caruso among 464 cardiovascular disease physician records in Tennessee
Louis Caruso, MD is one of 464 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 81% 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 19% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 19% of these records are older, 38% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 1999 among the 320 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Tennessee
There are 464 cardiovascular disease physician records in Tennessee.
All 464 in Tennessee → Every provider in Germantown → Cardiovascular Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ajay Dalal, MDGermantown, TN 381381770583239
- Todd Edwards, MDMemphis, TN 381381639261001
- Jack Hopkins, M.D.Germantown, TN 381381326048877
- David Iansmith, MD PHDMemphis, TN 381381477585768
- Jason Infeld, MDMemphis, TN 381381194827089
- Frank McGrew, MDMemphis, TN 381381922190396
- Jennifer Morrow, MDMemphis, TN 381381477656536
- Brenda Richardson, MDGermantown, TN 381381568465482
Common questions
What is Louis Caruso, MD's NPI number?
Louis Caruso, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811918287, issued on Jul 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Louis Caruso, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8060 Wolf River Blvd, Germantown, TN, 38138. Phone: (901) 271-1000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Louis Caruso, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 49498, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Louis Caruso, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Louis Caruso, MD had 4,573 Medicare Part D claims for 938 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Louis Caruso, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.