Dr. Jay Babu Patel, MD

Dr. Patel practices at Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette, Louisiana, part of Ochsner Health System.

Dr. Patel's NPI, 1093176992, was assigned on March 19, 2016. Dr. Patel holds Louisiana license 319991.

Dr. Patel's primary practice is Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center, at 1214 Coolidge Avenue, Lafayette, LA 70503 in Lafayette Parish. The practice phone is (337) 289-7991.

Dr. Patel's primary practice is Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette, Louisiana, part of Ochsner Health System. The medical group on file is Sound Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Patel to 6 more medical groups, each named with a free account.

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

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

CMS data shows 1,254 Medicare services from Dr. Patel across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 429 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $114,308 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 429 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Patel in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 148 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 36% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.63, 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. Patel's median patient age at 67, with 54% women.

In 2024, Dr. Patel wrote 431 Medicare Part D claims for 199 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 124 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $9,056 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 162 claims across 11 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Patel for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Patel accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 87 general payments to Dr. Patel from 19 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 93% of the total. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company paid the most, $293.