Ricky G. Swaim, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Metairie, LA
Ricky G. Swaim, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Metairie, Louisiana, and NPI 1972617231, issued on Aug 17, 2006. Check the license (Louisiana 200944, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ricky G. Swaim
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 200944 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3131 North I-10 Service Road East, Metairie, LA 70002
- Phone
- (504) 833-7770
- Enumerated
- Aug 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (504) 833-7782
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080811000764); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In Shreveport, 2005
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3131 North I-10 Service Road East
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Verify Ricky G. Swaim in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 200944Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
75% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
396 Medicare Part D claims for 250 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims. 18 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Methocarbamol71 claims
- Prednisone56 claims
- Cephalexin33 claims
- Azithromycin22 claims
- Naproxen19 claims
- Ondansetron Odt15 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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Metro Healthcare Services LLCOklahoma City, OK
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ricky G. Swaim among 1,000 emergency medicine physician records in Louisiana
Ricky G. Swaim, MD is one of 1,000 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 87% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2010 among the 653 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 64% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Louisiana
There are 1,000 emergency medicine physician records in Louisiana.
All 1,000 in Louisiana → Every provider in Metairie → Emergency Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Rusty Cook, MDMetairie, LA 700021437244266
- Thuytien Do, MDMetairie, LA 700021669564159
- William Elliott, MDMetairie, LA 700021649379199
- Gregory Gutgsell, MDMetairie, LA 700021306852751
- Cristobal Mandry, MDMetairie, LA 700021134133044
- Lisa Mazoch, MDMetairie, LA 700021861594178
Common questions
What is Ricky G. Swaim, MD's NPI number?
Ricky G. Swaim, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972617231, issued on Aug 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ricky G. Swaim, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3131 North I-10 Service Road East, Metairie, LA, 70002. Phone: (504) 833-7770. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ricky G. Swaim, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 200944, 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 Ricky G. Swaim, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ricky G. Swaim, MD had 396 Medicare Part D claims for 250 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ricky G. Swaim, 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.