Dr. Timothy R. Best, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,712
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 803
- Part D claims, 2024
- 3,861
- Hospital affiliations
- 6
- Industry payments
- $2,390
- Practice address
- 524 Dr Michael Debakey Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70601
- Practice phone
- Call (337) 436-2511
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Timothy R. Best is a neurologist in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Dr. Best practices at CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana, part of CHRISTUS Health.
Dr. Best's NPI, 1245212455, was assigned on November 15, 2005. Dr. Best graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1987. Dr. Best holds Louisiana license 07327R.
- NPI
- 1245212455NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 7214025964
- NPI enumeration date
- November 15, 2005
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (337) 436-2511
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 65
- Medical school graduation
- 1987
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Timothy R. Best practices at CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Dr. Best's primary practice is CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital, at 524 Dr Michael Debakey Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70601 in Calcasieu Parish. The practice phone is (337) 436-2511.
- CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital524 Dr Michael Debakey Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70601 · Calcasieu ParishPhone(337) 436-2511
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Timothy R. Best is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Best's primary practice is CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana, part of CHRISTUS Health. Dr. Best is also affiliated with Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is Neurology Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. Best to 4 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Timothy R. Best's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Best practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital | Available with a free account |
| +7 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Timothy R. Best is one of 200 neurologists in Louisiana
Neurology is Dr. Best's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084N0400X. Dr. Best is licensed in Louisiana.
Specialties and state licenses
- Neurology, LouisianaPrimary
Neurologists near Dr. Best
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Timothy R. Best billed Medicare for 1,712 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,712 Medicare services from Dr. Best across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 803 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $151,548 for them.
Dr. Best's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,1402024: 1,02710%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 9112024: 68525%
Where Dr. Best's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office1,53390%
- In a facility17910%
Dr. Best compared with the Louisiana median for neurologists, 2024
- Dr. Best
- Louisiana median
- Medicare services
- 1,712vs 3265.3 times
- Medicare patients
- 803vs 1784.5 times
- Part D claims
- 3,627vs 6855.3 times
Medians across 198 neurologists in Louisiana with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Best'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. Timothy R. Best treated 803 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 803 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Best in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 335 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 14% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.47, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Best's median patient age at 67, with 60% women.
Dr. Best's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Best's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women44555%
- Men35845%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Best's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis62%
- Diabetes37%
- Mood disorders37%
- Depression35%
- Ischemic heart disease35%
- Anxiety34%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Best's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 67
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women60%
- Men39%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Timothy R. Best wrote 3,861 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Best wrote 3,861 Medicare Part D claims for 527 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,627 of them, across 60 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,085,780 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,402 claims across 57 drugs.
Dr. Best's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic3,556 claims92%
- Brand-name243 claims6%
- Other62 claims2%
Dr. Best'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. Best's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids1%49 of 3,861 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over1%26 of 3,861 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: 3,4022024: 3,6277%
Drugs named by CMS: 60 in 2024, 57 in 2023.
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. Timothy R. Best scored 0 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 0 out of 100 for Dr. Best for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Best accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Best's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 0of 100Final score
- 0of 100Quality
- 0of 100Improvement Activities
- 0of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Timothy R. Best received $2,390 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 188 general payments to Dr. Best from 23 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 95% of the total. Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. paid the most, $895.
General payments to Dr. Best by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Best by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Food and beverage$2,27995%
- Education$1115%
Companies that paid Dr. Best the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Timothy R. Best graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine
Dr. Best graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1987.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Timothy R. Best's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Timothy R. Best's NPI number?
Dr. Timothy R. Best's NPI number is 1245212455. It was assigned on November 15, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Timothy R. Best?
Dr. Timothy R. Best is a neurologist in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Neurology Physician (taxonomy code 2084N0400X).
Where does Dr. Timothy R. Best practice?
Dr. Best practices at 524 Dr Michael Debakey Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70601. Dr. Best's primary practice is CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana, part of CHRISTUS Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Best to 4 hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency.
What is Dr. Timothy R. Best's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Best is (337) 436-2511.
What is Dr. Timothy R. Best's medical license number?
Dr. Best holds Louisiana license 07327R.
Which hospitals is Dr. Timothy R. Best affiliated with?
Dr. Best practices at CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Dr. Best is also affiliated with Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Best to 4 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Timothy R. Best part of?
Dr. Best is linked to Neurology Associates.
Does Dr. Timothy R. Best accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Best billed Medicare for 1,712 services in 2024, and Dr. Best accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Timothy R. Best's MIPS score?
Dr. Best's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 0 out of 100, reported individually.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Timothy R. Best see?
CMS counts 803 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Best in 2024, with an average age of 74.
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What services does Dr. Timothy R. Best bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Best's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), nerve and brain test (95886) and nerve and brain test (95911).
Where did Dr. Timothy R. Best go to medical school?
Dr. Best graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1987.
What drugs does Dr. Timothy R. Best prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Best's most prescribed drugs by claims were Memantine HCl, Gabapentin and Donepezil HCl.
Has Dr. Timothy R. Best received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $2,390 in general payments to Dr. Best from 23 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
How long has Dr. Timothy R. Best been practicing?
Dr. Best graduated from medical school in 1987, 39 years ago.
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