Shameem Akhtar, M.D.

Individual provider Active NPI Hospitalist Physician · Lafayette, LA

NPI 1720184328 · NPPES record last updated Dec 1, 2025

Key facts

NPI
1720184328
Entity type
Individual (NPI type 1)
Primary specialty
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License
MD.201062 (LA)
Practice address
4801 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy
Lafayette, LA 70508-6917
Phone
(337) 470-2605
Fax
(337) 470-4595
NPI assigned
Sep 15, 2006
Sex
Female
Sole proprietor
No

Organizations & group practices 11

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.

Hospital & facility affiliations 2

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

Medicare Care Compare profile

Specialty
Internal Medicine
Also: Hospitalist
Education
Other, 1998
Medicare assignment
Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full
Group practices
Coolidge Physician Services LLC (52 clinicians)
Lourdes Physician Group LLC (157 clinicians)

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

1214 Coolidge Blvd
Lafayette, LA 70503-2621
Phone (337) 289-7991

4801 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy
Lafayette, LA 70508-6917
Phone (337) 470-2990

Hospital & facility affiliations

  • Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc Hospital · Lafayette, LA · CCN 190102
  • Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center Hospital · Lafayette, LA · CCN 190002

Medicare participation

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment
Enrolled in LA
Eligible to order & refer
Part B services: Yes · DME: Yes · Home health: Yes · Power mobility devices: Yes · Hospice: Yes

Medicare enrollment records

Enrollment IDStateProvider typePAC IDDetails
I20061024000069 LA Practitioner - Internal Medicine
Practitioner - Hospitalist
2567469240 Reassigns benefits to 7 organizations

National Provider Directory

Medicare enrollment (NPD)
Yes
Credentials
Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

LicenseStateTypeSpecialty
MD.201062LAMDHospitalist Physician

Practice roles

OrganizationSpecialtyStatusNew patients
Ochsner Clinic LLC Internal Medicine Current
since Apr 1, 2019
Accepting new patients
St Martin Physician Services LLC Hospitalist Current
since Dec 1, 2022
Accepting new patients
Hub City Physician Group, LLC Hospitalist Current
since Dec 19, 2022
Accepting new patients
Lourdes Physician Group LLC Current
since Jan 1, 2026
Accepting new patients
Ochsner Clinic LLC Internal Medicine Current
since Apr 1, 2019
Accepting new patients
Ochsner Clinic LLC Current Accepting new patients
Belle Chasse Physician Services LLC Hospitalist Current
since Jul 4, 2020
Accepting new patients
Coolidge Physician Services LLC Hospitalist Current
since Sep 3, 2022
Accepting new patients
Mayfair Physician Services, LLC Internal Medicine Current
since May 10, 2019
Accepting new patients
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc Past Accepting new patients
Lafayette General Medical Center Inc Past Accepting new patients

Locations

17000 Medical Center Dr
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
Phone (225) 752-2470

5959 S Sherwood Forest Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
Phone (225) 526-0011

210 Champagne Blvd
Breaux Bridge, LA 70517
Phone (337) 332-2178

1305 E Highway 90
Crowley, LA 70526
Phone (337) 783-3222

1310 W 7th St
Kaplan, LA 70548
Phone (318) 643-8300

180 W Esplanade Ave
Kenner, LA 70065
Phone (504) 464-8284

4801 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy
Lafayette, LA 70508
Phone (337) 470-2000

1214 Coolidge Blvd
Lafayette, LA 70503
Phone (337) 234-9191

104 Acadia Park Dr
Raceland, LA 70394
Phone (985) 537-3211

100 Medical Center Dr
Slidell, LA 70461
Phone (504) 392-3131

2500 Belle Chasse Hwy
Terrytown, LA 70056
Phone (504) 391-5157

Interoperability endpoints

  • Direct secure messaging: sakhtar785370@direct.ochsner.org

Specialties & licenses

Specialty (taxonomy)CodeLicenseStatePrimary
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X MD.201062 LA Yes

Addresses

Primary practice location

4801 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy
Lafayette, LA 70508-6917

Mailing address

5959 S Sherwood Forest Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA 70816-6038
Phone (337) 470-2605

Other practice location 1

4640 W Congress St
Lafayette, LA 70506-6602
Phone (337) 258-4349

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