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John Wilder Baker, M D

NPI 1447239116ActiveIndividual· Surgery· New Orleans, LA

Surgery (M D) in New Orleans, Louisiana, trained at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport (class of 1983). Part D covered 93 prescriptions written in 2024, 76% of them generic. Ethicon US, LLC was the largest of 3 companies reporting payments in 2025, $312.74 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1447239116
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialM D
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedJan 11, 2006
Last updated in NPPESJan 26, 2023
Certified by providerJan 26, 2023

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Surgery Primary208600000X311310LA

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Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Oct 9, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 4, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 4, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 4, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 4, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 4, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - General Surgery (AK); Practitioner - Internal Medicine (AR); Practitioner - General Surgery (LA)

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)93 · 107 30-day fills
Patients18
Total drug cost$23,946
Generic share76% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolLouisiana State University School of Medicine in Shreveport
Graduation year1983
Medicare specialtyGeneral Surgery

Medical groups

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$312.74 · 5 payments from 3 companies
  • 2024$488.41 · 4 payments from 2 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Ethicon US, LLC$267.083
Intra-Sana Laboratories$25.001
Medtronic, Inc.$20.661

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$312.74 · 5 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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