NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Sara Amend Blankenship

Nurse Practitioner · Shreveport, LA

Sara Amend Blankenship is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Shreveport, Louisiana, and NPI 1811518780, issued on May 2, 2020. Check the license (Louisiana 213810, as entered in NPPES) with the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1811518780
Name
Sara Amend Blankenship
Primary taxonomy
Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
License numbers
213810 LA
RN134042 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1811 E Bert Koun Loop Ste 400, Shreveport, LA 71105
Phone
(318) 212-3810
Enumerated
May 2, 2020
Record last updated
Jun 18, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(318) 212-3815
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20210429001413); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Louisiana board licenses this profession
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36% more Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024

1,509 Medicare Part D claims for 114 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Sara Blankenship1,509
  2. Specialty average1,109

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium104 claims
  2. Levothyroxine Sodium58 claims
  3. Ozempic54 claims
  4. Losartan Potassium52 claims
  5. Lisinopril51 claims
  6. Rosuvastatin Calcium46 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: $2,728.52

168 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Sara Blankenship$2,728.52
  2. Specialty average$791.64

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

  1. WK Pierremont Family PhysiciansShreveport, LA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Sara Amend Blankenship among 934 nurse practitioner records in Louisiana

Sara Amend Blankenship is one of 934 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Louisiana. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 65% of them.

  • NPI issued2020 · 65% of these records are older, 31% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated2020 · median 2017 among the 588 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

89 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Shreveport

They are 89 of the 8,660 NPPES records with a practice address in Shreveport, and 934 nurse practitioner records in Louisiana.

The 8 nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Rebecca Berry, ACNPShreveport, LA 711051467753707
  2. Angela Birdsong Fellows, NPShreveport, LA 711051134215361
  3. Jenna Blundell, FNPShreveport, LA 711051144829540
  4. John Charity, NP-BCShreveport, LA 711051134149859
  5. Donna Hewitt, NPShreveport, LA 711051588867485
  6. Katoya JohnsonShreveport, LA 711051801334453
  7. Deanna Kamphuis, NPShreveport, LA 711051437153319
  8. Amanda Lewis, FNP-CShreveport, LA 711051518450105

Common questions

What is Sara Amend Blankenship's NPI number?

Sara Amend Blankenship's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811518780, issued on May 2, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Sara Amend Blankenship located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1811 E Bert Koun Loop Ste 400, Shreveport, LA, 71105. Phone: (318) 212-3810. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Sara Amend Blankenship's license?

NPPES lists Louisiana license number 213810, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Sara Amend Blankenship prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Sara Amend Blankenship had 1,509 Medicare Part D claims for 114 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. 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.