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Richard Shimer MD has General Surgery as his primary medical specialty. Their primary office is: 2770 3rd Ave in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

They're a part of the: Lcms Surgical Associates Of Southwest Lousiana, Llc medical group which has around 6 members. You can call their office at 337-494-4868 to schedule an appointment. They also accept the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full. They attended Medical College Of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1997 (around 27 years of experience). They are not listed as doing telehealth appointments, but this may have changed. It can't hurt to call and check. If anything it may encourage them to make them available if they are not currently.


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Richard Shimer MD
Lcms Surgical Associates Of Southwest Lousiana, Llc
2770 3rd Ave
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601
337-494-4868


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Healthcare Info for Richard Shimer MD

Medical School: Medical College Of Pennsylvania
Graduation Year: 1997
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Shimer MD is listed as: General Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 27
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4486665601
NPI #: 1508832924
NPI Created On: 02/25/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/28/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
License Number:
14655R
Listed Gender: Male

Insurance, Services, Charges


Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

  • Humana
  • Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.


Services and Procedures include:

  1. Removal of gallbladder with x-ray study of bile ducts using endoscope
  2. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
  3. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
  4. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
  5. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day

They took part in Medicare's Electronic Health Record Incentive Program which was designed to help move people over to electronic records and improve the systems that were already in place.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).

Open Payments Data. This can include items to test (Durable Medical Equipment (DME)), Biological, Drug Samples, etc. This data must be reported to CMS.


Payments Total: $145

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 833717543

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Device

Product Category #1: RECON-SKIN AND WOUND

Name of Drug #1: SURGIMEND


Payments Total: $29

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 836355465

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Product Category #1: BD Interventional Surgery


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Providers in Lcms Surgical Associates Of Southwest Lousiana, Llc

1.Darin Doumite

2770 3rd Ave
Lake Charles La 70601-8994
Lcms Surgical Associates Of Southwest Lousiana, Llc
General Surgery

2.Amanda Ellington

2770 3rd Ave
Lake Charles La 70601-8994
Lcms Surgical Associates Of Southwest Lousiana, Llc
General Surgery

3.Marilyn Holland

2770 3rd Ave
Lake Charles La 70601-8994
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Nurse Practitioner

4.Eric Linville

2770 3rd Ave
Lake Charles La 70601-8994
Lcms Surgical Associates Of Southwest Lousiana, Llc
General Surgery

5.Lauren Marrero

2770 3rd Ave
Lake Charles La 70601-8994
Lcms Surgical Associates Of Southwest Lousiana, Llc
Nurse Practitioner

6.Richard Shimer Md

2770 3rd Ave
Lake Charles La 70601-8994
Lcms Surgical Associates Of Southwest Lousiana, Llc
General Surgery

View all 6 members of Lcms Surgical Associates Of Southwest Lousiana, Llc medical group