Richard A. Airhart, M.D.
Specialist · Metairie, LA
Richard A. Airhart, M.D. is a specialist with a practice address in Metairie, Louisiana, and NPI 1013909266, issued on Aug 15, 2005. Check the license (Louisiana L#012465, as entered in NPPES) with the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard A. Airhart
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- L#012465 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4315 Houma Blvd, Metairie, LA 70006
- Phone
- (504) 889-5426
- Enumerated
- Aug 15, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 17, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (504) 889-5610
- Medicaid ID
- 1332623 LA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120120000092); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tulane University School Of Medicine, 1973
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard A. Airhart in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Louisiana board licenses this profession
Search for license L#012465Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average specialist in 2024
3,346 Medicare Part D claims for 629 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Finasteride1,013 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl860 claims
- Dutasteride254 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro88 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl82 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim78 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 7.5 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $85.05
1 payment: education; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma US Inc. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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.
Richard A. Airhart among 550 specialist records in Louisiana
Richard A. Airhart, M.D. is one of 550 specialist records with a practice address in Louisiana. 36% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 85% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 36% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 23% of these records are
- Graduated1973 · median 1991 among the 124 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 77% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
69 specialist records list a practice address in Metairie
They are 69 of the 5,682 NPPES records with a practice address in Metairie, and 550 specialist records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Richard A. Airhart, M.D.'s NPI number?
Richard A. Airhart, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013909266, issued on Aug 15, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard A. Airhart, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4315 Houma Blvd, Metairie, LA, 70006. Phone: (504) 889-5426. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard A. Airhart, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number L#012465, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Richard A. Airhart, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard A. Airhart, M.D. had 3,346 Medicare Part D claims for 629 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard A. Airhart, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 7.5 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.