Chris Alan Sparkman, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Shenandoah, TX
Chris Alan Sparkman, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Shenandoah, Texas, and NPI 1073618104, issued on Sep 13, 2006. Check the license (Texas L5571, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Chris Alan Sparkman
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- L5571 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 121 Vision Park Blvd Ste 110, Shenandoah, TX 77384
- Phone
- (936) 224-4976
- Enumerated
- Sep 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 13, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (832) 995-5874
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20031120000148); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At Houston, 2001
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 121 Vision Park Blvd Ste 110
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Karina RodriguezNurse Practitioner1619749181
Verify Chris Alan Sparkman in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L5571Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
44% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
5,090 Medicare Part D claims for 345 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 17 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium334 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium315 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium237 claims
- Ezetimibe189 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate137 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl111 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 10.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $764.08
50 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Chris Sparkman MD PAShenandoah, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Chris Alan Sparkman among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Chris Alan Sparkman, M.D. is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
34 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Shenandoah
They are 34 of the 966 NPPES records with a practice address in Shenandoah, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Chris Alan Sparkman, M.D.'s NPI number?
Chris Alan Sparkman, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073618104, issued on Sep 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Chris Alan Sparkman, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 121 Vision Park Blvd Ste 110, Shenandoah, TX, 77384. Phone: (936) 224-4976. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Chris Alan Sparkman, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L5571, 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 Chris Alan Sparkman, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Chris Alan Sparkman, M.D. had 5,090 Medicare Part D claims for 345 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Chris Alan Sparkman, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 10.1 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.