Eric Chen, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Houston, TX
Eric Chen, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1508482472, issued on Jun 17, 2020. Check the license on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Eric Chen
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 284649 MA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4888 Loop Central Dr Ste 510, Houston, TX 77081
- Phone
- (713) 346-1551
- Enumerated
- Jun 17, 2020
- Record last updated
- Jul 9, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240823001244); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Connecticut School Of Medicine, 2020
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Eric Chen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical BoardCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
102 Medicare Part D claims for 20 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Prazosin Hcl14 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $1,190.63
48 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Iti, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.). The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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.
Eric Chen among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas
Eric Chen, MD is one of 3,318 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Texas. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 85% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 85% of these records are older, 11% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2006 among the 1,481 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in Texas
There are 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas.
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The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jose Bejarano, M.D.Houston, TX 770811164729091
- Nilgun Giray Bellezza, M.D.Houston, TX 770811588740047
- Shaojie Han, M.D.Houston, TX 770811073811832
- Karen Hughes, DOHouston, TX 770811770726309
- Mark Jacobs, M.D.Houston, TX 770811295737617
- Natalia Kazakevich, M.DHouston, TX 770811447570999
- John Marcellus, M.D.Houston, TX 770811972647352
- Riaz Mazcuri, M.D.Houston, TX 770811801885306
Common questions
What is Eric Chen, MD's NPI number?
Eric Chen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508482472, issued on Jun 17, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Eric Chen, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4888 Loop Central Dr Ste 510, Houston, TX, 77081. Phone: (713) 346-1551. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Eric Chen, MD's license?
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 Eric Chen, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Eric Chen, MD had 102 Medicare Part D claims for 20 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.