Florena Ponce, NP
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner · Houston, TX
Florena Ponce, NP is an acute care nurse practitioner with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1518614619, issued on Mar 8, 2022. Check the license (Texas 1010242, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Florena Ponce
- Credential
- NP
- Primary taxonomy
- Acute Care Nurse Practitioner 363LA2100X
- License number
- 1010242 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 792-6161
- Enumerated
- Mar 8, 2022
- Record last updated
- Oct 26, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220422001701); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Florena Ponce in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license 1010242Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
88% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average acute care nurse practitioner in 2024
74 Medicare Part D claims for 36 beneficiaries, against an average of 594 among the 13,133 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Dexamethasone16 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 81.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $389.39
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma US Inc. The 10,984 providers of this specialty with any payment received $647.94 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 2 group practices
- PhlogicsRichardson, TX
- Physicians Referral ServiceHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Florena Ponce among 3,239 acute care nurse practitioner records in Texas
Florena Ponce, NP is one of 3,239 acute care nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Texas. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 64% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 64% of these records are older, 27% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2019 among the 2,120 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 34% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LA2100X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
712 acute care nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Houston
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Common questions
What is Florena Ponce, NP's NPI number?
Florena Ponce, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518614619, issued on Mar 8, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Florena Ponce, NP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 792-6161. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Florena Ponce, NP's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 1010242, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Florena Ponce, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Florena Ponce, NP had 74 Medicare Part D claims for 36 beneficiaries; the average among acute care nurse practitioner prescribers was 594. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Florena Ponce, NP's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 81.4 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.