Merrill James Laurent, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Covington, LA
Merrill James Laurent, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Covington, Louisiana, and NPI 1083673917, issued on Mar 20, 2006. Check the license (Louisiana 09845R, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Merrill James Laurent
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 09845R LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1202 S Tyler St, Covington, LA 70433
- Phone
- (985) 898-4000
- Enumerated
- Mar 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 30, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 1986933 LA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060314000261); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In New Orleans, 1992
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Merrill James Laurent in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 09845RCheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
16,746 Medicare Part D claims for 463 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims. 210 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Eliquis688 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium576 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium526 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium519 claims
- Mirtazapine430 claims
- Gabapentin424 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: $22.04
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 2 group practices
- Curana Health OF Louisiana LLCBaton Rouge, LA
- St Tammany Parish Hospital Service District NO 1Covington, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Merrill James Laurent among 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana
Merrill James Laurent, MD is one of 1,749 internal 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 2008 among the 1,216 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
62 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Covington
They are 62 of the 1,868 NPPES records with a practice address in Covington, and 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Merrill James Laurent, MD's NPI number?
Merrill James Laurent, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1083673917, issued on Mar 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Merrill James Laurent, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1202 S Tyler St, Covington, LA, 70433. Phone: (985) 898-4000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Merrill James Laurent, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 09845R, 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 Merrill James Laurent, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Merrill James Laurent, MD had 16,746 Medicare Part D claims for 463 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.