Dr. Arnold B. Alper Jr., MD

Dr. Alper practices at Lakeview Regional Medical Center in Covington, Louisiana.

Dr. Alper's NPI, 1477509107, was assigned on May 25, 2006. Dr. Alper graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1995. Dr. Alper holds Louisiana license MD.022529.

Dr. Alper's primary practice is Lakeview Regional Medical Center, at 95 Judge Tanner Blvd, Covington, LA 70433 in Saint Tammany Parish. The practice phone is (504) 503-4000.

Dr. Alper's primary practice is Lakeview Regional Medical Center in Covington, Louisiana. Dr. Alper is also affiliated with Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans. The medical group on file is Tulane Doctors. Dmand AI also links Dr. Alper to 4 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. Alper practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Nephrology is Dr. Alper's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Alper is licensed in Louisiana.

CMS data shows 342 Medicare services from Dr. Alper across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 187 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $25,635 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 187 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Alper in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 98 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 30% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 4.46, 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. Alper's median patient age at 63, with 44% women.

In 2024, Dr. Alper wrote 1,880 Medicare Part D claims for 194 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,535 of them, across 35 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $108,173 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,314 claims across 42 drugs.

Dr. Alper accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 13 papers to Dr. Alper, published from 2012 to 2024. 2014 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, Glomerular Filtration Rate and Kidney Transplantation. Dr. Alper has published most often in Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. Dr. Alper's most frequent co-authors are Raymond R. Townsend, MD, Alan S. Go, MD and Chi-Yuan Hsu, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 64 general payments to Dr. Alper from 24 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Honoraria make up the largest share, 56% of the total. Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. paid the most, $2,860.

Dr. Alper graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1995.