Ahmed Virani, MD

Primary specialty

Pulmonary Disease PhysicianTaxonomy code 207RP1001X

License

310446 Issued in LA

Practice address

2508 Bert Kouns Industrial Loop Ste 311
Shreveport, LA 71118-3133

Phone

(318) 212-5764

NPI assigned

Apr 16, 2015

Last updated

Nov 3, 2021By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

Yes

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

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

Pulmonary Disease

Education

Other, 2014

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

WK North Pulmonary and Critical CareGroup PAC ID 1759382856, 22 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Willis Knighton Medical Center Hospital, Shreveport, LA, CCN 190111
• Minden Medical Center Hospital, Minden, LA, CCN 190144

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: avirani@direct.wkhs.com

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

• Lighthouse Medical LLC

  • Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Shreveport, LA
  • NPI 1023718202

  Multi-Specialty

  Medicare reassignment NPD Authorized official
• WK North Pulmonary & Critical Care

  • Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Shreveport, LA
  • NPI 1265529648

  Multi-Specialty

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Lsu Health Sciences Center Shreveport Faculty Group Practice

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Shreveport, LA
  • NPI 1013374222

  Multi-Specialty

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Hospitalist Medicine Physicians of Texas, PLLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Humble, TX
  • NPI 1629307095

  LA, Multi-Specialty

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Bryn-Fincher Pulmonary & Critical Care

  • Pulmonary Disease Physician
  • Shreveport, LA
  • NPI 1770683997

  Multi-Specialty

  NPD (past)
• Shreveport Internal Medicine and Pediatrics LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Shreveport, LA
  • NPI 1710041900

  Multi-Specialty

  NPD (past)

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

• CLHG - Minden, LLC

  dba Minden Medical Center

  • Rural Acute Care Hospital
  • Minden, LA
  • NPI 1891873337
  Care Compare affiliation
• Willis Knighton Medical Center, Inc.

  dba WK Bossier Health Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Bossier City, LA
  • NPI 1003968579
  Care Compare affiliation
• Willis Knighton Medical Center, Inc.

  dba Willis Knighton South Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Shreveport, LA
  • NPI 1124170691
  Care Compare affiliation
• Willis Knighton Medical Center, Inc.

  dba WK Pierremont Health Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Shreveport, LA
  • NPI 1275685539
  Care Compare affiliation
• Willis Knighton Medical Center, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Shreveport, LA
  • NPI 1568461572
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "address_1": "2508 BERT KOUNS INDUSTRIAL LOOP STE 311",
            "city": "SHREVEPORT",
            "state": "LA",
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            "telephone_number": "318-212-5764"
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        "enumeration_date": "2015-04-16",
        "last_updated": "2021-11-03",
        "certification_date": "2021-11-03",
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}

• Lauren Christy Vines
• Casey Vining, OTR/L
• Floyd Ray Vining, CRNA
• Stephen Vining
• Conseulea Vinson-Carey
• Qurat Ul Ain Virani
• Virginia Hall Nursing Home (Progressive Care Center)
• Chiranjiv Singh Virk, M.D
• Virtusmd, Inc. (ResurgentMD)
• Shelley R Visconte, PH.D., LPC, LMFT

• Pulmonary Disease Physician in Shreveport, LA
• Providers in Shreveport, LA by specialty
• Pulmonary Disease Physician in Louisiana

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Nov 3, 2021; 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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