Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh, MD

  • Baton Rouge, LA
  • Gastroenterologist
NPI1750356929PAC ID2961582218
Medicare services, 2024
2,408
Medicare patients, 2024
382
Part D claims, 2024
2,070
MIPS score, 2024
96
Hospital affiliations
4
Practice address
9103 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Practice phone
Call (225) 927-0970
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

Louisiana Endoscopy Center

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh is a gastroenterologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Dr. Walsh practices at Louisiana Endoscopy Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Dr. Walsh's NPI, 1750356929, was assigned on February 21, 2006. Dr. Walsh graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport in 1996. Dr. Walsh holds Louisiana license 14286R.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2961582218
NPI enumeration date
February 21, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(225) 927-0970
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
56
Medical school graduation
1996

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh practices at Louisiana Endoscopy Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Dr. Walsh's primary practice is Louisiana Endoscopy Center, at 9103 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge, LA 70809. The practice phone is (225) 927-0970.

  • Louisiana Endoscopy Center
    9103 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge, LA 70809Phone(225) 927-0970

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Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 3 medical groups

Dr. Walsh's primary practice is Louisiana Endoscopy Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Walsh is also affiliated with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. The medical group on file is Texas Digestive Disease Consultants. Dmand AI also links Dr. Walsh to 3 more hospitals, 2 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Walsh practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Louisiana Endoscopy CenterAvailable with a free account
+5 more sites and 2 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh is one of 226 gastroenterologists in Louisiana

Gastroenterology is Dr. Walsh's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Walsh is licensed in Louisiana.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Gastroenterology, LouisianaPrimaryLicense 14286R · taxonomy 207RG0100X

Gastroenterologists near Dr. Walsh

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Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh billed Medicare for 2,408 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,408 Medicare services from Dr. Walsh across 20 procedure codes in 2024, for 382 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $66,709 for them.

Medicare services, 20242,408
Medicare patients382
Paid by Medicare$66,709
Procedure codes20

Dr. Walsh's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Other services
2023: 542024: 1,6512957%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,1872024: 49758%
Surgery
2023: 1922024: 21914%
Imaging
2023: 132024: 41215%

Where Dr. Walsh's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office2,11088%
  • In a facility29812%

Dr. Walsh compared with the Louisiana median for gastroenterologists, 2024

  • Dr. Walsh
  • Louisiana median
Medicare services
2,408vs 4695.1 times
Medicare patients
382vs 27738% above
Part D claims
1,870vs 6263.0 times

Medians across 228 gastroenterologists in Louisiana with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Walsh's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh treated 382 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 382 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Walsh in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 197 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.38, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Walsh's median patient age at 68, with 56% women.

Medicare patients, 2024382
Average age74
Average risk score1.38
Also on Medicaid12%

Dr. Walsh's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Walsh's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women21456%
  • Men16844%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Walsh's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis49%
  4. Diabetes34%
  5. Ischemic heart disease34%
  6. Anxiety31%
  7. Chronic kidney disease31%
  8. Mood disorders28%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Walsh's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 68

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women56%
  • Men43%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh wrote 2,070 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Walsh wrote 2,070 Medicare Part D claims for 620 patients. 80% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,870 of them, across 27 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $349,456 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,840 claims across 24 drugs.

Part D claims, 20242,070
Drugs named by CMS27
Total drug cost$349,456
Part D patients620

Dr. Walsh's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic1,665 claims80%
  • Brand-name405 claims20%

Dr. Walsh's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Walsh's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics2%43 of 2,070 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1,8402024: 1,8702%

Drugs named by CMS: 27 in 2024, 24 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh scored 96 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 96 out of 100 for Dr. Walsh for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Walsh accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 78 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Walsh, more than 71% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Walsh's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 96of 100Final score
  • 82.1of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 71of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Walsh ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
71st percentile78 procedures
Colonoscopy
69th percentile63 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh received $5,557 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 355 general payments to Dr. Walsh from 41 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $1,508.

General payments to Dr. Walsh by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Walsh by kind, 2016 to 2025

$5.6Kin total
  • Food and beverage$5,50999%
  • Education$481%

Companies that paid Dr. Walsh the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport

Dr. Walsh graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport in 1996.

  1. Medical schoolLouisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh's NPI number?

Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh's NPI number is 1750356929. It was assigned on February 21, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh?

Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh is a gastroenterologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Gastroenterology Physician (taxonomy code 207RG0100X).

Where does Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh practice?

Dr. Walsh practices at 9103 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge, LA 70809. Dr. Walsh's primary practice is Louisiana Endoscopy Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dmand AI also links Dr. Walsh to 3 hospitals, 2 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Walsh is (225) 927-0970.

What is Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh's medical license number?

Dr. Walsh holds Louisiana license 14286R.

Which hospitals is Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh affiliated with?

Dr. Walsh is affiliated with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Walsh to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh part of?

Dr. Walsh is linked to Texas Digestive Disease Consultants. Dmand AI links Dr. Walsh to 2 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Walsh billed Medicare for 2,408 services in 2024, and Dr. Walsh accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh's MIPS score?

Dr. Walsh's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 96 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh see?

CMS counts 382 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Walsh in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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What services does Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Walsh's most billed Medicare services were medicare temporary code (Q9967), office visit, established patient (99214) and care management and other visits (99490).

Where did Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh go to medical school?

Dr. Walsh graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport in 1996.

What drugs does Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Walsh's most prescribed drugs by claims were Pantoprazole Sodium, Omeprazole and Dicyclomine HCl.

Has Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $5,557 in general payments to Dr. Walsh from 41 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.

How long has Dr. Douglas Christopher Walsh been practicing?

Dr. Walsh graduated from medical school in 1996, 30 years ago.

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