Mr. Vasanth Kumar Bethala, MD

Individual provider Cardiovascular Disease Physician · NPI 1548263999

Mr. Vasanth Kumar Bethala, MD practises Interventional Cardiology in Slidell, Louisiana. Qualified in 1982, 44 years ago. Practices with Ochsner Clinic LLC, a 2,842-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Years since qualifying: 44
Licensed in: LA, MS
In the registry since: 2005
Specialties on file: 3

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Practice location Address checks out

1051 Gause Blvd Ste 230
Slidell, LA 70458
Phone: (985) 641-7577
Fax: (985) 643-0826

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Specialties & licences

Interventional Cardiology Physician (primary)	Taxonomy 207RI0011X · Licence 09114R (LA)
Cardiovascular Disease Physician	Taxonomy 207RC0000X · Licence 09114R (LA)
Cardiovascular Disease Physician	Taxonomy 207RC0000X · Licence 13115 (MS)

Record details

NPI number	1548263999
Entity type	Individual (Type 1)
Gender	Male
Credentials	MD
Sole proprietor	No
NPI enumerated	May 31, 2005
Last updated in NPPES	April 13, 2023
Certification date	April 13, 2023

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialty	INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY
Also practises	NUCLEAR MEDICINE
Medical school	OTHER
Graduated	1982 (44 years in practice)
Group practice	Ochsner Clinic Llc — 2842 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment	Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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 patients	1,987
Services billed	4,538 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age	75

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

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Food and Beverage	$1,203 45 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.

Highland Community Hospital Hospital · Picayune, MS · listed as Highland Community Hospital Physicians
Ochsner Medical Center Acute Hospital · New Orleans, LA · listed as Ochsner Medical Center
Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock Hospital · Bay Saint Louis, MS · listed as Ochsner Medical Center - Hancock LLC
Slidell Memorial Hospital Hospital · Slidell, LA
St Tammany Parish Hospital Hospital · Covington, LA · listed as St Tammany Parish Hospital Distric #1

Colleagues at Ochsner Clinic LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 2842 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

Daniel Lincoln Beckles, MD, PHD Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Lake Charles, LA
Nicholas Clayton, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · New Orleans, LA
Dr. Simon Finger, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Slidell, LA
Sherry V Guedry, CRNA Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist · Baton Rouge, LA
Aurash Khoobehi, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · Slidell, LA
Colleen G Martel, MD Anesthesiology Physician · New Orleans, LA
Karen Ann Muratore, MD Family Medicine Physician · Baton Rouge, LA
Chhaya Patel, MD Neurology Physician · West Bend, WI
Michael Shane Powell, CRNA Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist · Slidell, LA
Dr. Austin C. Thomas, MD Hospitalist Physician · New Orleans, LA
Adam C Wells, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · New Orleans, LA
Desiree Joan Young, CRNA Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist · Slidell, LA

Mr. Vasanth Kumar Bethala, MD

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Specialties & licences

Record details

Medicare enrollment

Medicare patients and services, 2024

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Practises at

Colleagues at Ochsner Clinic LLC

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