Louis Kennedy, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · Arcata, CA
Louis Kennedy, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Arcata, California, and NPI 1689056954, issued on Jun 23, 2015. Check the license (California A150399, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Louis Kennedy
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- A150399 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 785 18TH St, Arcata, CA 95521
- Phone
- (707) 822-2481
- Enumerated
- Jun 23, 2015
- Record last updated
- Mar 13, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (707) 822-3656
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180518001487); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 785 18TH St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Louis Kennedy in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A150399Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
48% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
273 Medicare Part D claims for 99 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium16 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate13 claims
- Eliquis13 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium12 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: $59.41
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Galen Inpatient Physicians PCGreenbrae, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Louis Kennedy among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California
Louis Kennedy, M.D. is one of 3,099 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in California. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 66% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 66% of these records are older, 30% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 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 208M00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in California
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Common questions
What is Louis Kennedy, M.D.'s NPI number?
Louis Kennedy, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689056954, issued on Jun 23, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Louis Kennedy, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 785 18TH St, Arcata, CA, 95521. Phone: (707) 822-2481. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Louis Kennedy, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A150399, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Louis Kennedy, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Louis Kennedy, M.D. had 273 Medicare Part D claims for 99 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.