Wally R. Nawas, MD
Ophthalmology Physician · Bossier City, LA
Wally R. Nawas, MD is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Bossier City, Louisiana, and NPI 1518936376, issued on Mar 15, 2006. Check the license (Louisiana 024997, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Wally R. Nawas
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- 024997 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2300 Hospital Drive, Bossier City, LA 71111
- Phone
- (318) 746-2020
- Enumerated
- Mar 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 20, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (318) 741-3508
- Medicaid IDs
- 1423551 LA
1423351 LA - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040824000392); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In Shreveport, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2300 Hospital Drive
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Wally R. Nawas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 024997Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
47% more Medicare Part D claims than the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
2,229 Medicare Part D claims for 794 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 58% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost576 claims
- Restasis314 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate219 claims
- Cyclosporine130 claims
- Timolol Maleate115 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol93 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $329.40
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 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
- Bossier Eye Institute LLCBossier City, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Wally R. Nawas among 299 ophthalmology physician records in Louisiana
Wally R. Nawas, MD is one of 299 ophthalmology physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 83% 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 21% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 21% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2000 among the 206 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 73% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207W00000X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Ophthalmology Physician providers in Louisiana
There are 299 ophthalmology physician records in Louisiana.
All 299 in Louisiana → Every provider in Bossier City → Ophthalmology Physician nationwide →
The 8 ophthalmology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Yue Kong Au, M.D.Bossier City, LA 711111578522587
- April Moss, MDBossier City, LA 711111295317113
- Thomas Planchard, M.D.Bossier City, LA 711111104818905
- Lawrence Planchard, M.D.Bossier City, LA 711111083734230
- Norman Zaffater, M.D.Bossier City, LA 711111124010939
- Mary Berg, M.D.Shreveport, LA 711061174524391
- Claude Bundrick, MDShreveport, LA 711061043538796
- Mary Clemons, MDShreveport, LA 711061326281874
Common questions
What is Wally R. Nawas, MD's NPI number?
Wally R. Nawas, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518936376, issued on Mar 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Wally R. Nawas, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2300 Hospital Drive, Bossier City, LA, 71111. Phone: (318) 746-2020. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Wally R. Nawas, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 024997, 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 Wally R. Nawas, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Wally R. Nawas, MD had 2,229 Medicare Part D claims for 794 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Wally R. Nawas, 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.