Priya Palani Velu, MD
Family Medicine Physician · New Orleans, LA
Priya Palani Velu, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in New Orleans, Louisiana, and NPI 1720177991, issued on Oct 12, 2006. Check the license (Louisiana MD.201668, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Priya Palani Velu
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- MD.201668 LA
241641 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70121
- Phone
- (504) 842-4000
- Enumerated
- Oct 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 14, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid IDs
- 08186790 MS
1025232 LA - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20071022000710); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Priya Palani Velu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license MD.201668Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
53% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,680 Medicare Part D claims for 204 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 16 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate168 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium130 claims
- Losartan Potassium91 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium73 claims
- Mounjaro60 claims
- Metformin Hcl55 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: $258.84
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Optinose US, Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Ochsner Clinic LLCNew Orleans, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Priya Palani Velu among 1,728 family medicine physician records in Louisiana
Priya Palani Velu, MD is one of 1,728 family 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 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2006 among the 1,201 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
135 family medicine physician records list a practice address in New Orleans
They are 135 of the 13,668 NPPES records with a practice address in New Orleans, and 1,728 family medicine physician records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Priya Palani Velu, MD's NPI number?
Priya Palani Velu, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720177991, issued on Oct 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Priya Palani Velu, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA, 70121. Phone: (504) 842-4000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Priya Palani Velu, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number MD.201668, 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 Priya Palani Velu, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Priya Palani Velu, MD had 1,680 Medicare Part D claims for 204 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.