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Frederick Heard, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Family Medicine
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Ochsner LSU Health - Peggy Prescott Community Health Center
3810 Jewella Ave
Shreveport, LA 71109
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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center
1541 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA
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General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Family Medicine

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Ochsner LSU Health - Peggy Prescott Community Health Center
3810 Jewella Ave
Shreveport, LA 71109
Get Directions
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center
1541 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA
Get Directions

General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Family Medicine
Dr. Heard graduated from LSU Health Shreveport, where he also did his family medicine residency. He joined the faculty of LSU Health Shreveport in 1994, after a fellowship in rural family medicine. Dr. Heard serves as Medical Director for the Center for Behavioral Health. He has won numerous Full Time Preceptor of the Year awards.

Medical School

Louisiana State University at Shreveport - undefined

Internship

Louisiana State University at Shreveport - Family Medicine

Residency

Louisiana State University at Shreveport - Family Medicine

Fellowship

Willis-Knighton Medical Center(Program) - Rural Rotating

Certifications

American Board of Family Medicine - Family Medicine

Appointment times and availability for established patients may vary within the MyChart portal.

Accepted Payors at Our Facilities

  • Aetna Better Health (Healthy Louisiana)
  • Aetna Health Inc. PPO/POS
  • Aetna Health Inc. - Medicare Advantage
  • AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana (Healthy Louisiana)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana- HMO/PPO/OGB & Blue Connect product(s) & Medicare Advantage product(s), Blue High Performance Network
  • Cigna Behavioral Health
  • Cigna HealthCare
  • Cigna-HealthSpring - Medicare Advantage product(s)
  • Coventry Healthcare of Louisiana
  • Dignity Care Health Plan - Medicare Advantage
  • First Health Network PPO
  • Gilsbar 360
  • Healthy Blue (formerly Amerigroup Louisiana Inc.) (Healthy Louisiana) and Healthy Blue Dual Advantage (HMO-D-SNP)
  • Humana Behavioral Health
  • Humana - Commercial, Medicare Advantage
  • Humana Military - Tricare
  • Louisiana Healthcare Connections (Healthy Louisiana)
  • Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation(LWCC)
  • Medicaid/Medicare
  • Multiplan/PHCS/American LifeCare
  • Optum VA CCN
  • Peoples Health Network - Medicare Advantage
  • Stratose - PPO
  • United Behavioral Health (Optum) - United Commercial, Medicare Advantage and Community Plan (Healthy Louisiana)
  • United Healthcare - Commercial
  • United Healthcare Community Plan (Healthy Louisiana)
  • USA Managed Care Network
  • Vantage Health Plan - Commercial, Medicare Advantage
  • Verity Health Network - LSU First Choice
  • Zelis (formerly PPOPlus)