Abby Elizabeth Tausend, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Abby Elizabeth Tausend, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1184868010, issued on Apr 22, 2009. Check the license (Texas P1497, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Abby Elizabeth Tausend
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- P1497 TX
MD.204466 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 739 Bison Dr, Houston, TX 77079
- Phone
- (409) 392-5662
- Enumerated
- Apr 22, 2009
- Record last updated
- Feb 26, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 301961401 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110726000955); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Abby Elizabeth Tausend in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license P1497Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
232 Medicare Part D claims for 151 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 37 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen32 claims
- Ondansetron Hcl21 claims
- Cephalexin18 claims
- Naproxen15 claims
- Prednisone12 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- St Tammany Emergency Physicians Group LLCCovington, LA
- Washington Parish Emergency Physicians Group LLCBogalusa, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Abby Elizabeth Tausend among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas
Abby Elizabeth Tausend, MD is one of 4,885 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 45% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 45% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2013 among the 2,779 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
818 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 818 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Abby Elizabeth Tausend, MD's NPI number?
Abby Elizabeth Tausend, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184868010, issued on Apr 22, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Abby Elizabeth Tausend, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 739 Bison Dr, Houston, TX, 77079. Phone: (409) 392-5662. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Abby Elizabeth Tausend, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number P1497, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Abby Elizabeth Tausend, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Abby Elizabeth Tausend, MD had 232 Medicare Part D claims for 151 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.