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Michael Harper, MD

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General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Family Medicine

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General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Family Medicine
Following graduation from LSU Health Shreveport, Dr. Harper received his family medicine residency training in Augusta, GA, and practiced family medicine for two years prior to joining our faculty in 1981. He subsequently completed a fellowship at the Faculty Development Center in Waco, TX in 1986 and completed his MBA from LSU-Shreveport in 2012. He served as Family Medicine Residency Director at LSU Health Shreveport from 1984 to 2010. He was Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine from 2010- 2020. Dr Harper is a co-founder and past President of the American Association for Primary Care Endoscopy. He has taught the National Procedures Institute EGD and TNE workshops for over 15 years and has spoken at numerous national conferences. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr Harper was selected as the Louisiana Family Doctor of the Year in 2010 and served as President of the Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians in 2013.

Medical School

LSU Health Shreveport - Office of the Registrar - undefined

Internship

Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Ctr - Family Practice

Residency

Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Med Ctr - Family Practice

Fellowship

Family Practice Faculty Development Center of Texas - Academic Fellowship Verification 1986-1987

Certifications

American Board of Family Medicine - Family Medicine

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)