Paul Craig Parker, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Covington, LA
Paul Craig Parker, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Covington, Louisiana, and NPI 1659348647, issued on Mar 8, 2006. Check the license (Louisiana 015828, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Paul Craig Parker
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 015828 LA
MD015828 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 47 Oaklawn Dr Ste A, Covington, LA 70433
- Phone
- (985) 630-8994
- Enumerated
- Mar 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 2, 2025
- Fax
- (985) 646-1156
- Medicaid ID
- 1339555 LA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080623000025); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tulane University School Of Medicine, 1980
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Paul Craig Parker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 015828Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
10.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
32,204 Medicare Part D claims for 433 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 285 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,278 claims
- Eliquis1,274 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium1,244 claims
- Gabapentin1,123 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium1,088 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate939 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: $14.26
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, 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 one group practice
- Curana Health OF Louisiana LLCBaton Rouge, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Paul Craig Parker among 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana
Paul Craig Parker, 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
- Graduated1980 · median 2008 among the 1,216 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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.
All 1,749 in Louisiana → Every provider in Covington → Internal Medicine Physician nationwide →
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Common questions
What is Paul Craig Parker, MD's NPI number?
Paul Craig Parker, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659348647, issued on Mar 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Paul Craig Parker, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 47 Oaklawn Dr Ste A, Covington, LA, 70433. Phone: (985) 630-8994. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Paul Craig Parker, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 015828, 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 Paul Craig Parker, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Paul Craig Parker, MD had 32,204 Medicare Part D claims for 433 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Paul Craig Parker, 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.