James Craven M.D.
About this NPIWhat this record shows.
NPI 1518962653 is registered to James Craven M.D., a Vascular Surgery Physician practising at 7777 Hennessy Blvd Ste 103 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Vascular Surgery Physician is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy. James Craven M.D. has been enumerated in the National Provider Identifier (NPI) registry since 2005.
Beyond the registryWhat this record adds.
This record carries 4 secondary identifiers beyond the base NPI: Medicaid and other payer cross-references used by billers and credentialers, which the standard CMS NPPES lookup does not surface. It is enrolled in Medicare, linking to 1 PECOS enrollment record (with a public Medicare Enrollment ID) sourced from CMS, which the NPPES registry does not list. Within the directory it is one of 95 Vascular Surgery Physician providers on file in Louisiana.
Source: CMS NPPES and PECOS public files. snapshot, refreshed monthly.
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Secondary identifiers
Additional identifiers this provider has registered with NPPES. Used by medical billers, credentialers, and insurance verifiers to cross-reference claims and enrollments.
Source: NPPES public registry.
Medicare enrollment
This provider holds a Medicare enrollment on file with the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). Each enrollment carries a public Medicare Enrollment ID (ENRLMT_ID) used by billers and intermediaries.
Practitioner
- I20060628000262Vascular SurgeryLA
Source: CMS PECOS public enrollment file.
Insurance & acceptsHow to confirm coverage.
The National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) registry does not include commercial insurance network data, so we cannot show which plans James Craven M.D. accepts. To confirm in-network status with your specific health plan, contact James Craven M.D. directly at (225) 215-2255.
Frequently asked
Yes. NPI 1518962653 is registered as Active in the CMS NPPES public registry and passes the Luhn check-digit validation that all 10-digit NPIs use.
Vascular Surgery Physician is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy.
The CMS NPPES Public Registry at npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov is the authoritative source. FindMyNPI mirrors this dataset and refreshes monthly. For real-time verification, you can also call the provider's office at (225) 215-2255.
An individual healthcare provider has a single Type-1 NPI for life. Organisations can hold separate Type-2 NPIs per location, specialty, or sub-entity. James Craven M.D. is a Type-1 individual NPI.
As of the latest monthly CMS NPPES snapshot, 95 Vascular Surgery Physician providers are registered in Louisiana, and James Craven M.D. is one of them. The figure refreshes each month from the federal source.