Rachel Shepard
Internal Medicine Physician · New Orleans, LA
Rachel Shepard is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in New Orleans, Louisiana, and NPI 1982108502, issued on Mar 20, 2018. Check the license (Louisiana 326207, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rachel Shepard
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 326207 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1430 Tulane Ave # SL50, New Orleans, LA 70112
- Phone
- (504) 988-7809
- Enumerated
- Mar 20, 2018
- Record last updated
- Jul 15, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210623002315); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tulane University School Of Medicine, 2018
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Rachel Shepard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 326207Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
85% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
467 Medicare Part D claims for 144 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 17 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Succinate34 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate28 claims
- Eliquis24 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium18 claims
- Gabapentin17 claims
- Torsemide15 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: $120.08
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, 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
- East Jefferson Physicians Group LLCMetairie, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Rachel Shepard among 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana
Rachel Shepard 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 2018, is newer than 78% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 78% of these records are older, 18% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2008 among the 1,216 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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).
392 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in New Orleans
They are 392 of the 13,668 NPPES records with a practice address in New Orleans, and 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Rachel Shepard's NPI number?
Rachel Shepard's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982108502, issued on Mar 20, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rachel Shepard located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1430 Tulane Ave # SL50, New Orleans, LA, 70112. Phone: (504) 988-7809. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rachel Shepard's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 326207, 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 Rachel Shepard prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rachel Shepard had 467 Medicare Part D claims for 144 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.