Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Mehul Bhalja, MD

Individual provider Internal Medicine Physician · NPI 1790031276

Mehul Bhalja, MD is registered under Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology) in Alexandria, Louisiana. Qualified in 2008, 18 years ago. Practices with Christus Health Central Louisiana, a 45-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Louisiana and Texas.

Years since qualifying
18
Licensed in
LA, TX
In the registry since
2012
Specialties on file
4
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

3311 Prescott Rd Ste 112
Alexandria, LA 71301
Phone: (318) 542-8856
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 3311 Prescott Rd Ste 112, Alexandria, LA 71301 — (318) 542-8856

Specialties & licences

Interventional Cardiology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RI0011X · Licence MD.208006 (LA)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence MD.208006 (LA)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence BP1-0043589 (TX)
Cardiovascular Disease Physician Taxonomy 207RC0000X · Licence MD.208006 (LA)

Record details

NPI number1790031276
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedAugust 2, 2012
Last updated in NPPESJanuary 2, 2024
Certification dateJanuary 2, 2024

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)
Also practisesINTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2008 (18 years in practice)
Group practice Christus Health Central Louisiana — 45 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations2 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Coronary angioplasty and stenting 49 times · 82nd percentile
Pacemaker insertion or repair 15 times · 66th percentile
Leg revascularization (restoring blood flow) 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients843
Services billed 3,303 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $966 51 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Alexandria Hospital Hospital · Alexandria, LA · listed as Alexandria Hospital, LLC
  • Natchitoches Regional Medical Center Hospital · Natchitoches, LA
  • Avoyelles Hospital Hospital · Marksville, LA
  • Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital Hospital · Alexandria, LA
  • Lasalle General Hospital Hospital · Jena, LA

Colleagues at Christus Health Central Louisiana

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 45 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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