Dr. Janak N. Shah, MD

  • New Orleans, LA
  • Gastroenterologist
NPI1225052319PAC ID1254305071
Medicare services, 2024
238
Medicare patients, 2024
183
Part D claims, 2024
272
Publications
59
Clinical trials
3
Practice address
1516 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70121
Practice phone
Call (504) 842-3000
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Primary practice

Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans

Hospital · New Orleans, Louisiana

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Dr. Janak N. Shah is a gastroenterologist in New Orleans, Louisiana

Dr. Shah practices at Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, part of Ochsner Health System.

Dr. Shah's NPI, 1225052319, was assigned on July 26, 2006. Dr. Shah graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1995. Dr. Shah holds Louisiana license MD.208249.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1254305071
NPI enumeration date
July 26, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(504) 842-3000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
57
Medical school graduation
1995

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

Dr. Janak N. Shah practices at Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana

Dr. Shah's primary practice is Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans, at 1516 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70121 in Jefferson Parish. The practice phone is (504) 842-3000.

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Dr. Janak N. Shah is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Shah's primary practice is Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, part of Ochsner Health System. Dr. Shah is also affiliated with Ochsner Medical Center - Kenner. The medical group on file is Ochsner Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Shah to 1 more hospital, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Janak N. Shah's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Shah practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Ochsner Medical Center - New OrleansAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Janak N. Shah is one of 226 gastroenterologists in Louisiana

Gastroenterology is Dr. Shah's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dmand AI has Dr. Shah's licenses on file in 2 states: Louisiana and California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Gastroenterology, LouisianaPrimaryLicense MD.208249 · taxonomy 207RG0100X
  • California licenseLicense A062387

Gastroenterologists near Dr. Shah

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Janak N. Shah billed Medicare for 238 services in 2024

CMS data shows 238 Medicare services from Dr. Shah across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 183 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $26,947 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024238
Medicare patients183
Paid by Medicare$26,947
Procedure codes10

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 1262024: 14918%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 302024: 4550%
Imaging
2023: 212024: 44110%

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

  • Dr. Shah
  • Louisiana median
Medicare services
238vs 46949% below
Medicare patients
183vs 27734% below
Part D claims
236vs 62662% below

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

Dr. Shah'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. Janak N. Shah treated 183 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 183 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shah in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 86 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.52, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Shah's median patient age at 71, with 52% women.

Medicare patients, 2024183
Average age72
Average risk score1.52
Also on Medicaid13%

Dr. Shah's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Shah's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women11161%
  • Men7239%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis42%
  4. Diabetes39%
  5. Ischemic heart disease34%
  6. Anxiety33%
  7. Mood disorders30%
  8. Chronic kidney disease26%

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

Dr. Shah's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women52%
  • Men47%

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

Dr. Janak N. Shah wrote 272 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Shah wrote 272 Medicare Part D claims for 198 patients. 69% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 236 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $146,340 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 328 claims across 8 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024272
Drugs named by CMS7
Total drug cost$146,340
Part D patients198

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

  • Generic187 claims69%
  • Brand-name85 claims31%

Dr. Shah'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. Shah's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics6%15 of 272 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: 3282024: 23628%

Drugs named by CMS: 7 in 2024, 8 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. Janak N. Shah ranks in the 81st percentile for upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux in Medicare

Dr. Shah accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Shah as offering telehealth. CMS counts 125 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Shah, more than 81% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Where Dr. Shah ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
81st percentile125 procedures
Colonoscopy
45th percentile16 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Janak N. Shah has 59 publications on record

Dmand AI links 59 papers to Dr. Shah, published from 2010 to 2025. 2018 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Endosonography, Stents and Ultrasonography, Interventional. Dr. Shah has published most often in Gastrointest Endosc. Dr. Shah's most frequent co-authors are Kenneth F. Binmoeller, MD, Yasser M. Bhat, MD and Rabindra Richard Watson, MD.

Papers59
Years published2010 to 2025

Dr. Shah's papers by year, 2016 to 2025

Topics Dr. Shah writes about most

  • Endosonography
  • Stents
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional
  • Drainage
  • Nepal
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • COVID-19
  • Cyanoacrylates

Dr. Shah's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Shah

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Janak N. Shah has worked on 3 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. Shah to 3 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Pancreatic Cyst and Cysts.

Conditions in Dr. Shah's trials

  • Pancreatic Cyst
  • Cysts

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Shah

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Shah

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Janak N. Shah received $57,799 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 165 general payments to Dr. Shah from 22 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 50% of the total. Olympus Corporation paid the most, $29,638. It also lists 4 research payments totaling $3,750 in 2022.

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

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

$57.8Kin total
  • Consulting fees$29,07850%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$16,88329%
  • Food and beverage$7,02512%
  • Travel and lodging$3,5086%
  • Other$1,2632%

Companies that paid Dr. Shah 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. Janak N. Shah graduated from Boston University School of Medicine

Dr. Shah graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1995.

  1. Medical schoolBoston University School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Janak N. Shah'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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (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. Janak N. Shah's NPI number?

Dr. Janak N. Shah's NPI number is 1225052319. It was assigned on July 26, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Janak N. Shah?

Dr. Janak N. Shah is a gastroenterologist in New Orleans, Louisiana. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Gastroenterology Physician (taxonomy code 207RG0100X).

Where does Dr. Janak N. Shah practice?

Dr. Shah practices at 1516 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70121. Dr. Shah's primary practice is Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, part of Ochsner Health System. Dmand AI also links Dr. Shah to 1 hospital.

What is Dr. Janak N. Shah's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Shah is (504) 842-3000.

What is Dr. Janak N. Shah's medical license number?

Dr. Shah holds Louisiana license MD.208249, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Janak N. Shah been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Shah in Louisiana and California.

Which hospitals is Dr. Janak N. Shah affiliated with?

Dr. Shah practices at Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Shah is also affiliated with Ochsner Medical Center - Kenner. Dmand AI links Dr. Shah to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Janak N. Shah part of?

Dr. Shah is linked to Ochsner Health.

Does Dr. Janak N. Shah accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Shah billed Medicare for 238 services in 2024, and Dr. Shah accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Janak N. Shah offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Shah as offering telehealth services.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Janak N. Shah see?

CMS counts 183 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shah in 2024, with an average age of 72.

What services does Dr. Janak N. Shah bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Shah's most billed Medicare services were diagnostic imaging (74328), hospital inpatient care (99223) and surgery: digestive system (43264).

Where did Dr. Janak N. Shah go to medical school?

Dr. Shah graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1995.

What drugs does Dr. Janak N. Shah prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Shah's most prescribed drugs by claims were Gavilyte-C, Creon and Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf.

Has Dr. Janak N. Shah received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $57,799 in general payments to Dr. Shah from 22 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Olympus Corporation.

How long has Dr. Janak N. Shah been practicing?

Dr. Shah graduated from medical school in 1995, 31 years ago.

Does Dr. Janak N. Shah do research?

Dmand AI links 59 publications to Dr. Shah, published from 2010 to 2025. Dr. Shah has worked on 3 clinical trials.

Who does Dr. Janak N. Shah publish with?

Dr. Shah's most frequent co-authors are Kenneth F. Binmoeller, MD (29 shared papers), Yasser M. Bhat, MD (20 shared papers) and Rabindra Richard Watson, MD (9 shared papers).

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