Dr. Fernando Leon Sanchez, MD

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

Dr. Sanchez's NPI, 1295701035, was assigned on February 23, 2006. Dr. Sanchez holds Florida license ME104272.

Dr. Sanchez'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. Sanchez's primary practice is Lakeview Regional Medical Center in Covington, Louisiana. Dr. Sanchez is also affiliated with Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans. The medical group on file is Tulane Doctors. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sanchez to 4 more hospitals, 2 home health agencies 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. Sanchez practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Sanchez's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Sanchez's licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and Louisiana.

CMS data shows 313 Medicare services from Dr. Sanchez across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 149 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $20,874 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 149 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sanchez in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 70 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.29, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Sanchez's median patient age at 71, with 60% women.

In 2024, Dr. Sanchez wrote 1,409 Medicare Part D claims for 274 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,316 of them, across 18 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $10,924 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,193 claims across 18 drugs.

Dr. Sanchez accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 14 procedures of hip replacement by Dr. Sanchez, more than 57% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

CMS Open Payments shows 486 general payments to Dr. Sanchez from 27 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 88% of the total. Medacta USA, Inc. paid the most, $724,380. It also lists 17 research payments totaling $102,647 from 2018 to 2023.