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Nirmal Prasad Basaula, MD

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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Monroe Medical Center
4864 Jackson Street
Monroe, Louisiana 71202
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General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Internal Medicine: Hospitalist

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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Monroe Medical Center
4864 Jackson Street
Monroe, Louisiana 71202
Get Directions

General Info

Gender

  • Male

Languages

  • English

Primary Specialty

Internal Medicine: Hospitalist
Dr. Basaula is experienced in practicing medicine coming from a multinational and multicultural background. After he graduated from medical school, in addition to practicing medicine, he has participated in various volunteer activities. He worked as a co-director of rural telemedicine and was a founder of a non-profit organization to provide healthcare and support to needy population in rural parts of Nepal. He helped provide medical services to the affected area of Nepal during the 2015 earthquake. He enjoys teaching from his extensive knowledge, but also loves being able to learn new things as well. He thoroughly enjoyed teaching medical students and junior residents during residency training and is excited to continue the same at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport. His goal is to continue practicing medicine to help medically underserved populations. He is a member of the American College of Physicians and Massachusetts Medical Society. He likes to spend his leisure time traveling and spending time with his wife.

Medical School

Dali University School of Medicine, Yunnan, China

Internship

Dali University Affiliated Hospital, Yunnan, China

Residency

Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA - Internal 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)