Thomas Edison Craig, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · New Orleans, LA
Thomas Edison Craig, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in New Orleans, Louisiana, and NPI 1720163066, issued on Oct 26, 2006. Check the license (Louisiana 206945, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Thomas Edison Craig
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 206945 LA
30434 AL
036096703 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1542 Tulane Ave FL 3, New Orleans, LA 70112
- Phone
- (504) 568-8655
- Enumerated
- Oct 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 12, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160712002266); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Meharry Medical College School Of Medicine, 1993
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Thomas Edison Craig in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 206945Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
87% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
423 Medicare Part D claims for 68 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Allopurinol90 claims
- Chlorthalidone71 claims
- Losartan Potassium55 claims
- Farxiga47 claims
- Carvedilol34 claims
- Calcitriol30 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: $203.10
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Nxstage Medical, 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
- Cenla Kidney Specialists LLCNatchez, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Thomas Edison Craig among 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana
Thomas Edison Craig, M.D. 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 2006, is newer than 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2008 among the 1,216 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 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.
All 1,749 in Louisiana → Every provider in New Orleans → Internal Medicine Physician nationwide →
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Common questions
What is Thomas Edison Craig, M.D.'s NPI number?
Thomas Edison Craig, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720163066, issued on Oct 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Thomas Edison Craig, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1542 Tulane Ave FL 3, New Orleans, LA, 70112. Phone: (504) 568-8655. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Thomas Edison Craig, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 206945, 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 Thomas Edison Craig, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Thomas Edison Craig, M.D. had 423 Medicare Part D claims for 68 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.