Dr. Rula Mualla, MD

  • Baton Rouge, LA
  • Otolaryngologist
NPI1568825271PAC ID0840587739
Medicare services, 2024
214
Medicare patients, 2024
65
Part D claims, 2024
107
Publications
7
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
5000 Hennessy Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Practice phone
Call (225) 765-6565
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Primary practice

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center

Hospital · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Dr. Rula Mualla is an otolaryngologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Dr. Mualla practices at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, part of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady.

Dr. Mualla's NPI, 1568825271, was assigned on March 30, 2016. Dr. Mualla graduated from University of Michigan Medical School in 2016. Dr. Mualla holds Louisiana license 33319.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0840587739
NPI enumeration date
March 30, 2016
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(225) 765-6565
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
36
Medical school graduation
2016

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

Dr. Rula Mualla practices at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Dr. Mualla's primary practice is Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, at 5000 Hennessy Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 in E. Baton Rouge Parish. The practice phone is (225) 765-6565.

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Dr. Rula Mualla is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Mualla's primary practice is Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, part of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady. Dr. Mualla is also affiliated with North Oaks Medical Center. The medical group on file is Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Mualla to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Rula Mualla's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Mualla practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Rula Mualla is one of 193 otolaryngologists in Louisiana

Otolaryngology is Dr. Mualla's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Y00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Mualla's licenses on file in 2 states: Louisiana and Oregon.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Otolaryngology, LouisianaPrimaryLicense 33319 · taxonomy 207Y00000X
  • Oregon licenseLicense 1568825271

Otolaryngologists near Dr. Mualla

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Rula Mualla billed Medicare for 214 services in 2024

CMS data shows 214 Medicare services from Dr. Mualla across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 65 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $10,789 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024214
Medicare patients65
Paid by Medicare$10,789
Procedure codes5

Dr. Mualla's Medicare services by type, 2024

  1. Office and hospital visits134
  2. Surgery80

Dr. Mualla compared with the Louisiana median for otolaryngologists, 2024

  • Dr. Mualla
  • Louisiana median
Medicare services
214vs 53860% below
Medicare patients
65vs 22271% below
Part D claims
44vs 23381% below

Medians across 205 otolaryngologists in Louisiana with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Mualla'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. Rula Mualla treated 65 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 71

CMS counts 65 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Mualla in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 32 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 28% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.89, 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. Mualla's median patient age at 64, with 42% women.

Medicare patients, 202465
Average age71
Average risk score1.89
Also on Medicaid28%

Dr. Mualla's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Mualla's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women1929%
  • Men4671%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis40%
  4. Ischemic heart disease37%
  5. Diabetes34%
  6. Anxiety31%
  7. COPD29%
  8. Chronic kidney disease29%

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

Dr. Mualla's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 64

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women42%
  • Men57%

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

Dr. Rula Mualla wrote 107 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Mualla wrote 107 Medicare Part D claims for 43 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 44 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $230 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 41 claims across 3 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024107
Drugs named by CMS2
Total drug cost$230
Part D patients43

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

  • Generic100 claims93%
  • Brand-name and other7 claims7%

Dr. Mualla'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. Mualla's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids12%13 of 107 claims
  • Antibiotics17%18 of 107 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: 412024: 447%

Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2024, 3 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

Dr. Rula Mualla ranks in the 72nd percentile for melanoma (skin cancer) excision in Medicare

Dr. Mualla accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 17 procedures of melanoma (skin cancer) excision by Dr. Mualla, more than 72% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Mualla ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
72nd percentile17 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 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. Rula Mualla has 7 publications on record

Dmand AI links 7 papers to Dr. Mualla, published from 2012 to 2025. 2024 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule L1 and Phylogeny. Dr. Mualla's most frequent co-authors are Michael P. Hortsch, MD, Peter Edward Andersen, MD and Darrell A. Campbell, MD.

Papers7
Years published2012 to 2025

Dr. Mualla's papers by year, 2012 to 2025

Topics Dr. Mualla writes about most

  • Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule L1
  • Phylogeny

Dr. Mualla's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Mualla

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

Dr. Rula Mualla received $6,034 in industry payments from 2018 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 34 general payments to Dr. Mualla from 12 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 41% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $4,794.

General payments to Dr. Mualla by program year, 2018 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Mualla by kind, 2018 to 2025

$6Kin total
  • Education$2,50041%
  • Travel and lodging$2,22337%
  • Food and beverage$1,31222%

Companies that paid Dr. Mualla the most, 2018 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. Rula Mualla graduated from University of Michigan Medical School

Dr. Mualla graduated from University of Michigan Medical School in 2016.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Michigan Medical School

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Rula Mualla'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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. Rula Mualla's NPI number?

Dr. Rula Mualla's NPI number is 1568825271. It was assigned on March 30, 2016, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Rula Mualla?

Dr. Rula Mualla is an otolaryngologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Otolaryngology Physician (taxonomy code 207Y00000X).

Where does Dr. Rula Mualla practice?

Dr. Mualla practices at 5000 Hennessy Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808. Dr. Mualla's primary practice is Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, part of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady. Dmand AI also links Dr. Mualla to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Rula Mualla's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Mualla is (225) 765-6565.

What is Dr. Rula Mualla's medical license number?

Dr. Mualla holds Louisiana license 33319, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Rula Mualla been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Mualla in Louisiana and Oregon.

Which hospitals is Dr. Rula Mualla affiliated with?

Dr. Mualla practices at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Mualla is also affiliated with North Oaks Medical Center.

What medical group is Dr. Rula Mualla part of?

Dr. Mualla is linked to Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group.

Does Dr. Rula Mualla accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Mualla billed Medicare for 214 services in 2024, and Dr. Mualla accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Rula Mualla see?

CMS counts 65 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Mualla in 2024, with an average age of 71.

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What services does Dr. Rula Mualla bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Mualla's most billed Medicare services were surgery: lungs and airway (31575), office visit, established patient (99212) and office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Rula Mualla go to medical school?

Dr. Mualla graduated from University of Michigan Medical School in 2016.

What drugs does Dr. Rula Mualla prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Mualla's most prescribed drugs by claims were Levothyroxine Sodium and Butalbital-Acetaminophen-Caffe.

Has Dr. Rula Mualla received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $6,034 in general payments to Dr. Mualla from 12 companies from 2018 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Rula Mualla been practicing?

Dr. Mualla graduated from medical school in 2016, 10 years ago.

Does Dr. Rula Mualla do research?

Dmand AI links 7 publications to Dr. Mualla, published from 2012 to 2025.

Who does Dr. Rula Mualla publish with?

Dr. Mualla's most frequent co-authors are Michael P. Hortsch, MD (2 shared papers), Peter Edward Andersen, MD (1 shared paper) and Darrell A. Campbell, MD (1 shared paper).

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