Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Lauren Slakey Pointer, MD

Individual provider Gastroenterology Physician · NPI 1609255231

Dr. Lauren Slakey Pointer, MD practises Gastroenterology in New Orleans, Louisiana. Graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine in 2015, 11 years ago. Practices with Ochsner Clinic LLC, a 2,842-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Louisiana.

Years since qualifying
11
Trained at
Tulane University School of Medicine
Licensed in
LA
In the registry since
2015
Specialties on file
2
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

1430 Tulane Ave # SL-50
New Orleans, LA 70112-2632
Phone: (504) 988-3971
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Specialties & licences

Gastroenterology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RG0100X · Licence 326133 (LA)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X

Record details

NPI number1609255231
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 28, 2015
Last updated in NPPESJuly 6, 2021
Certification dateJuly 6, 2021

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGASTROENTEROLOGY
Medical schoolTULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2015 (11 years in practice)
Group practice Ochsner Clinic Llc — 2842 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
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.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 43 times · 61st percentile
Colonoscopy 34 times · 56th percentile

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 patients190
Services billed 377 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

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 $707 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.

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.

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