Christopher L Richards, MD

Primary specialty

Family Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207Q00000X

License

024929 Issued in LA

Practice address

175 Hector Ave
Gretna, LA 70056-2590

Phone

(504) 349-6925

Fax

(504) 362-5310

NPI assigned

Sep 23, 2005

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in LA

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Family Practice

Education

Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, 2000

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

New Orleans Physician Services IncGroup PAC ID 5294057824, 177 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• West Jefferson Medical Center Hospital, Marrero, LA, CCN 190039
• Touro Infirmary Hospital, New Orleans, LA, CCN 190046

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

78.64 of 100Reported as group

Quality

68.02

Improvement activities

40

Cost

76.01

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• New Orleans Physician Services Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Marrero, LA
  • NPI 1396169678

  Family Medicine

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Touro Infirmary

  • Rehabilitation Hospital Unit
  • New Orleans, LA
  • NPI 1588817878
  Care Compare affiliation
• Touro Infirmary

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • New Orleans, LA
  • NPI 1821098286
  Care Compare affiliation
• West Jefferson Holdings, LLC

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Marrero, LA
  • NPI 1265437644
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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            "address_1": "1101 MEDICAL CENTER BLVD",
            "address_2": "ATTN: HEIDI GWINN",
            "city": "MARRERO",
            "state": "LA",
            "postal_code": "700723147",
            "telephone_number": "504-349-1297",
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        }
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        "enumeration_date": "2005-09-23",
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• Lenell Riley

• Family Medicine Physician in Gretna, LA
• Providers in Gretna, LA by specialty
• Family Medicine Physician in Louisiana

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 13, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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