NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Michael Meinhold, DO

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Lake Charles, LA

Michael Meinhold, DO is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and NPI 1245612068, issued on Jun 29, 2015. Check the license (Louisiana 343401, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1245612068
Name
Michael Meinhold
Credential
DO
Primary taxonomy
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
License numbers
343401 LA
OS17076 FL
312980 NY
OT016556 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4150 Nelson RD Bldg B Ste 6, Lake Charles, LA 70605
Phone
(337) 628-4755
Enumerated
Jun 29, 2015
Record last updated
Aug 4, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20250130002223); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Lake Erie College Of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, 2015
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Michael Meinhold in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 86.6 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score80.1
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%74.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $101.57

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Michael Meinhold$102
  2. Specialty average$23,023

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

  1. Allen Parish Hospital District NO 3Kinder, LA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Michael Meinhold among 336 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Louisiana

Michael Meinhold, DO is one of 336 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 77% 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 89% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 89% of these records are older, 9% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated2015 · median 2001 among the 213 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Louisiana

There are 336 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Louisiana.

The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Robert Bernauer, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706051235211095
  2. Kipp Cryar, MDLake Charles, LA 706051982023727
  3. David Drez, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706051912957044
  4. Stephen Flood, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706051427130186
  5. Jonathan Foret, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706051538365994
  6. Michael Garitty, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706051962815332
  7. Steven Hale, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706051205059763
  8. Michael Hinton, M.D.Lake Charles, LA 706051265484539

Common questions

What is Michael Meinhold, DO's NPI number?

Michael Meinhold, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245612068, issued on Jun 29, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Michael Meinhold, DO located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4150 Nelson RD Bldg B Ste 6, Lake Charles, LA, 70605. Phone: (337) 628-4755. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Michael Meinhold, DO's license?

NPPES lists Louisiana license number 343401, 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.

What is Michael Meinhold, DO's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 86.6 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.