Physician Profile
Unclaimed ProfileAbout Dr. Tumarada
Based in Lake Charles, LA, Nirmala Tumarada, M.D is listed in the NPI registry under neurology. Nirmala is also listed as specializing in student in an organized health care education program. Medicare claims data shows Nirmala provided 595 services to 515 patients.
Summarised automatically from public NPI registry and CMS Medicare data. Not written or reviewed by this provider. Claim this profile to replace it.
Education & Training
Areas of Expertise
Licensing & Certification
Source: NPPES NPI Registry
Contact Information
- (337) 433-0762
- Email not available
Practice Locations
707 DR MICHAEL DEBAKEY DR
Lake Charles, LA 70601
Conditions Commonly Evaluated or Treated
Within Neurology generally. Availability varies by clinician, training and location — this profile has not been claimed, so nothing here is a personal claim by the provider.
Conditions
Headache and facial pain
- Chronic migraine
- Cluster headache
- Medication-overuse headache
- Migraine
- Migraine with aura
- Tension headaches
- Trigeminal neuralgia
Memory and cognition
- Alzheimer's disease
- Dementia with Lewy bodies
- Frontotemporal dementia
- Mild cognitive impairment
- Primary progressive aphasia
- Vascular dementia
Movement disorders
- Ataxia
- Dystonia
- Essential tremor
- Huntington's disease
- Parkinson's disease
- Restless legs syndrome
- Tourette syndrome
Neuroimmunology
Neuromuscular and peripheral nerve
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Inflammatory myopathy
- Muscular dystrophy
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Radiculopathy
Seizures and epilepsy
- Epilepsy and seizure disorders
- Focal epilepsy
- Functional seizures
- Generalized epilepsy
- Status epilepticus
Stroke and vascular
- Brain aneurysm
- Cerebral small-vessel disease
- Hemorrhagic stroke
- Ischemic stroke
- Transient ischemic attack
Spine, brain injury, and functional
- Bell's palsy
- Concussion
- Functional neurological disorder
- Spinal cord disorders
- Traumatic brain injury
Procedures & services
Consultation and testing
- Ambulatory EEG
- Cognitive and memory testing
- Comprehensive neurologic examination
- Electroencephalogram
- Electromyography
- Evoked-potential testing
- Inpatient video EEG monitoring
- Nerve-conduction studies
Treatment management
- Epilepsy medication management
- Migraine preventive treatment
- Multiple sclerosis disease-modifying treatment
- Neurologic infusion treatment
Office procedures
Procedures Most Often Billed to Medicare
595 services · 515 patients · 5 distinct codes
| Procedure | Type | Code | Services |
|---|---|---|---|
| Measurement of brain wave activity (eeg), awake and drowsy | Treatment | 95816 |
53 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes | Office visit | 99223 |
247 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes | Office visit | 99232 |
161 |
| Telehealth consultation, emergency department or initial inpatient, typically 70 minutes or more communicating with the patient via telehealth | Billing code | G0427 |
111 |
| Follow-up inpatient consultation, complex, physicians typically spend 35 minutes communicating with the patient via telehealth | Billing code | G0408 |
23 |
Source: CMS Medicare public data. Shows how often procedures were billed — not quality of care or patient satisfaction.
Related providers
Connections drawn from the registry and from what providers have told us. A link here is not a referral or an endorsement.
Other neurology specialists at this location 1
Same specialty, same street address — most likely the same department or group.
Also at this address 3
Providers at the same street address. Each files their own registry entry, so a shared practice often appears under several different names.
Other neurology specialists in Lake Charles 3
Same specialty, same city.
More connections — 24 related providers in 3 groups
Trained at Other 8
Other providers in the same specialty who trained at the same institution.
Class of 2006 at Other 8
Providers who graduated from the same medical school in the same year.
Also performs Measurement of brain wave activity (eeg), awake and drowsy 8
Providers in LA who bill this service to Medicare most often.
Common questions
What does Dr. Tumarada specialize in?
Dr. Tumarada is a neurology in Lake Charles, LA. This is the primary taxonomy recorded against the NPI in the federal registry, listed there as “NEUROLOGY”.
NPI registry
Where is Dr. Tumarada located?
Dr. Tumarada is listed at 707 DR MICHAEL DEBAKEY DR, Lake Charles, LA 70601. Addresses come from the NPI registry and can lag a move, so confirm before travelling.
NPI registry
What is Dr. Tumarada's phone number?
The number on file is (337) 433-0762. Guide.md cannot book appointments or pass on messages — please call the office directly.
NPI registry
What is the NPI for Dr. Tumarada?
Dr. Tumarada's National Provider Identifier is 1184060923. It is issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and is unique and permanent — it does not change if they move practice.
NPI registry
Where did Dr. Tumarada go to medical school?
Dr. Tumarada attended Other, graduating in 2006. This comes from the CMS National Downloadable File.
CMS public data
How much experience does Dr. Tumarada have?
Dr. Tumarada has 20 years experience. Calculated from a graduation year of 2006, reported in the CMS National Downloadable File.
CMS public data
What does Dr. Tumarada do most often?
According to Medicare billing data, Dr. Tumarada provides treatments such as measurement of brain wave activity , awake and drowsy, alongside routine visits and testing. This reflects Medicare patients only and is billing volume, not a measure of quality.
Medicare claims
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