Tamara Lafont
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · New Orleans, LA
Tamara Lafont is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in New Orleans, Louisiana, and NPI 1578174686, issued on Aug 12, 2020. Check the license (Louisiana 215261, as entered in NPPES) with the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tamara Lafont
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
- License number
- 215261 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70121
- Phone
- (504) 842-4025
- Enumerated
- Aug 12, 2020
- Record last updated
- Oct 29, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (504) 842-6264
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20201006001007); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tamara Lafont in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Louisiana board licenses this profession
Search for license 215261Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
46% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024
485 Medicare Part D claims for 39 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trazodone Hcl67 claims
- Alprazolam35 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl29 claims
- Sertraline Hcl29 claims
- Clonazepam27 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate24 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.
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).
Tamara Lafont among 755 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Louisiana
Tamara Lafont is one of 755 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Louisiana. 76% 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 45% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 45% of these records are older, 50% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2021 among the 475 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 23% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LP0808X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner providers in Louisiana
There are 755 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in Louisiana.
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The 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Tanya Busch, NPNew Orleans, LA 701211578129920
- Richard Dubourg, PMHNP-BCNew Orleans, LA 701211962094276
- David Hyde, NPNew Orleans, LA 701211235178757
- Hosea Lafleur, PMHNP-BCNew Orleans, LA 701211689105298
- Belinda Miller, APRN-PMHNPNew Orleans, LA 701211295021053
- Jihan Ripoll, PMHNP-BCNew Orleans, LA 701211275163255
- Shae Sanders, PMHNPNew Orleans, LA 701211477231553
- Michael Santone, APRN-BC, MSNNew Orleans, LA 701211568689123
Common questions
What is Tamara Lafont's NPI number?
Tamara Lafont's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578174686, issued on Aug 12, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tamara Lafont located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA, 70121. Phone: (504) 842-4025. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tamara Lafont's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 215261, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Tamara Lafont prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tamara Lafont had 485 Medicare Part D claims for 39 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner prescribers was 906. 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.