Dr. Lemuel Phillips Jenkins, MD

Dr. Jenkins practices at Gastro Group and Endocenter in Covington, Louisiana.

Dr. Jenkins' NPI, 1386855138, was assigned on May 24, 2007. Dr. Jenkins graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 2006. Dr. Jenkins holds Louisiana license MD.202862.

Dr. Jenkins' primary practice is Gastro Group and Endocenter, at 131 Cherokee Rose Ln, Covington, LA 70433 in Saint Tammany Parish. The practice phone is (985) 809-8068.

Dr. Jenkins' primary practice is Gastro Group and Endocenter in Covington, Louisiana. Dr. Jenkins is also affiliated with St. Tammany Parish Hospital. The medical group on file is Texas Digestive Disease Consultants. Dmand AI also links Dr. Jenkins to 3 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Jenkins practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

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

CMS data shows 799 Medicare services from Dr. Jenkins across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 378 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $76,006 for them.

CMS counts 378 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Jenkins in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 225 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 5% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.35, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Jenkins' median patient age at 63, with 55% women.

In 2024, Dr. Jenkins wrote 1,223 Medicare Part D claims for 381 patients. 78% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,051 of them, across 21 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $741,453 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,278 claims across 22 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 81 out of 100 for Dr. Jenkins for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Jenkins accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 117 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Jenkins, more than 83% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links Dr. Jenkins to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Colitis, Ulcerative and Colitis. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Jenkins that name 1 trial.

CMS Open Payments shows 1,874 general payments to Dr. Jenkins from 61 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 64% of the total. Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies paid the most, $54,601. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $3,432 in 2021, naming 1 clinical trial.

Dr. Jenkins graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 2006.