Dr. David Miguel Hinkle, MD

  • Covington, LA
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1760477624PAC ID3678538477
Medicare services, 2024
255
Medicare patients, 2024
106
Part D claims, 2024
301
Publications
26
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
95 Judge Tanner Blvd, Covington, LA 70433
Practice phone
Call (504) 503-4000
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Primary practice

Lakeview Regional Medical Center

Covington, Louisiana

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Dr. David Miguel Hinkle is an ophthalmologist in Covington, Louisiana

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

Dr. Hinkle's NPI, 1760477624, was assigned on September 16, 2005. Dr. Hinkle graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine in 2000. Dr. Hinkle holds Louisiana license 324850.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3678538477
NPI enumeration date
September 16, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(504) 503-4000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
52
Medical school graduation
2000

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. David Miguel Hinkle practices at Lakeview Regional Medical Center in Covington, Louisiana

Dr. Hinkle'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.

  • Lakeview Regional Medical Center
    95 Judge Tanner Blvd, Covington, LA 70433 · Saint Tammany ParishPhone(504) 503-4000

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. David Miguel Hinkle is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Hinkle's primary practice is Lakeview Regional Medical Center in Covington, Louisiana. Dr. Hinkle is also affiliated with East Jefferson General Hospital. The medical group on file is Tulane Doctors. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hinkle to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. David Miguel Hinkle's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Hinkle practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Lakeview Regional Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. David Miguel Hinkle is one of 264 ophthalmologists in Louisiana

Ophthalmology is Dr. Hinkle's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Hinkle's licenses on file in 2 states: Louisiana and Massachusetts.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, LouisianaPrimaryLicense 324850 · taxonomy 207W00000X
  • Massachusetts licenseLicense 227620

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Hinkle

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Dr. David Miguel Hinkle billed Medicare for 255 services in 2024

CMS data shows 255 Medicare services from Dr. Hinkle across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 106 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $11,262 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024255
Medicare patients106
Paid by Medicare$11,262
Procedure codes4

Dr. Hinkle's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1392024: 15310%
Tests and treatments
2023: 1092024: 1026%
Surgery
2023: 512024: 0100%

Dr. Hinkle compared with the Louisiana median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Hinkle
  • Louisiana median
Medicare services
255vs 1,12077% below
Medicare patients
106vs 44176% below
Part D claims
206vs 75673% below

Medians across 274 ophthalmologists in Louisiana with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Hinkle's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. David Miguel Hinkle treated 106 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 106 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hinkle in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 46 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 74% have high blood pressure. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.30, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Hinkle's median patient age at 69, with 54% women.

Medicare patients, 2024106
Average age74
Average risk score1.30
Also on Medicaid15%

Dr. Hinkle's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Hinkle's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women5653%
  • Men5047%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Hinkle's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure74%
  3. Diabetes42%
  4. Arthritis39%
  5. Chronic kidney disease28%
  6. Ischemic heart disease28%
  7. Atrial fibrillation18%
  8. Mood disorders18%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Hinkle's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 69

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women54%
  • Men45%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. David Miguel Hinkle wrote 301 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Hinkle wrote 301 Medicare Part D claims for 69 patients. 55% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 206 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $50,089 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 141 claims across 6 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024301
Drugs named by CMS7
Total drug cost$50,089
Part D patients69

Dr. Hinkle's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic166 claims55%
  • Brand-name135 claims45%

Dr. Hinkle'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.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1412024: 20646%

Drugs named by CMS: 7 in 2024, 6 in 2023.

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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

How Dr. David Miguel Hinkle takes part in Medicare

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

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Cataract surgery: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. David Miguel Hinkle has 26 publications on record

Dmand AI links 26 papers to Dr. Hinkle, published from 2010 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Uveitis, Antibodies, Monoclonal and Endophthalmitis. Dr. Hinkle has published most often in Int Ophthalmol. Dr. Hinkle's most frequent co-authors are Tahreem Aman Mir, MD, Gary E. Borodic, MD and Monique J. Leys, MD.

Papers26
Years published2010 to 2025

Dr. Hinkle's papers by year, 2011 to 2025

Topics Dr. Hinkle writes about most

  • Uveitis
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Endophthalmitis
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial
  • Syphilis
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents

Dr. Hinkle's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Hinkle

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. David Miguel Hinkle received $3,168 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 41 general payments to Dr. Hinkle from 19 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 37% of the total. Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. paid the most, $2,046.

General payments to Dr. Hinkle by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Hinkle by kind, 2016 to 2025

$3.2Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,16837%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$1,00032%
  • Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$1,00032%

Companies that paid Dr. Hinkle the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. David Miguel Hinkle graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine

Dr. Hinkle graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine in 2000.

  1. Medical schoolWest Virginia University School of Medicine

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Sources for Dr. David Miguel Hinkle's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. David Miguel Hinkle's NPI number?

Dr. David Miguel Hinkle's NPI number is 1760477624. It was assigned on September 16, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. David Miguel Hinkle?

Dr. David Miguel Hinkle is an ophthalmologist in Covington, Louisiana. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. David Miguel Hinkle practice?

Dr. Hinkle practices at 95 Judge Tanner Blvd, Covington, LA 70433. Dr. Hinkle's primary practice is Lakeview Regional Medical Center in Covington, Louisiana. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hinkle to 1 hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. David Miguel Hinkle's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Hinkle is (504) 503-4000.

What is Dr. David Miguel Hinkle's medical license number?

Dr. Hinkle holds Louisiana license 324850, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. David Miguel Hinkle been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Hinkle in Louisiana and Massachusetts.

Which hospitals is Dr. David Miguel Hinkle affiliated with?

Dr. Hinkle is affiliated with East Jefferson General Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Hinkle to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. David Miguel Hinkle part of?

Dr. Hinkle is linked to Tulane Doctors. Dmand AI links Dr. Hinkle to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. David Miguel Hinkle accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Hinkle billed Medicare for 255 services in 2024, and Dr. Hinkle accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. David Miguel Hinkle see?

CMS counts 106 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hinkle in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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What services does Dr. David Miguel Hinkle bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Hinkle's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), eye exam or test (92134) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. David Miguel Hinkle go to medical school?

Dr. Hinkle graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine in 2000.

What drugs does Dr. David Miguel Hinkle prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Hinkle's most prescribed drugs by claims were Ketorolac Tromethamine, Latanoprost and Brimonidine Tartrate.

Has Dr. David Miguel Hinkle received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $3,168 in general payments to Dr. Hinkle from 19 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.

How long has Dr. David Miguel Hinkle been practicing?

Dr. Hinkle graduated from medical school in 2000, 26 years ago.

Does Dr. David Miguel Hinkle do research?

Dmand AI links 26 publications to Dr. Hinkle, published from 2010 to 2025.

Who does Dr. David Miguel Hinkle publish with?

Dr. Hinkle's most frequent co-authors are Tahreem Aman Mir, MD (4 shared papers), Gary E. Borodic, MD (3 shared papers) and Monique J. Leys, MD (3 shared papers).

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