Dr. James Brandon Fontenot, MD

Dr. Fontenot practices at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Ville Platte, Louisiana, part of Allegiance Health Management.

Dr. Fontenot's NPI, 1770524332, was assigned on June 8, 2006. Dr. Fontenot graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 2002. Dr. Fontenot holds Louisiana license 025984.

Dr. Fontenot's primary practice is Mercy Regional Medical Center, at 800 E Main, Ville Platte, LA 70586 in Evangeline Parish. The practice phone is (337) 363-5684.

Dr. Fontenot's primary practice is Mercy Regional Medical Center in Ville Platte, Louisiana, part of Allegiance Health Management. Dr. Fontenot is also affiliated with Opelousas General Health System. The medical group on file is Mercy Regional Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Fontenot to 4 more hospitals, 5 home health agencies, 3 medical groups, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 skilled nursing facilities, 1 hospice and 1 rural health clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Fontenot practices, 17 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Dr. Fontenot's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Fontenot is licensed in Louisiana.

CMS data shows 1,074 Medicare services from Dr. Fontenot across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 407 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $76,513 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 407 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Fontenot in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 156 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 33% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.53, 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. Fontenot's median patient age at 71, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Fontenot wrote 22,924 Medicare Part D claims for 829 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 22,141 of them, across 228 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,210,637 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 24,117 claims across 248 drugs.

Dr. Fontenot accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 45 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Fontenot, more than 77% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

CMS Open Payments shows 366 general payments to Dr. Fontenot from 37 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 98% of the total. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP paid the most, $618.

Dr. Fontenot graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 2002.