Gavin Taylor Best, M.D.
Anesthesiology Physician · Houston, TX
Gavin Taylor Best, M.D. is an anesthesiology physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1275983728, issued on Jun 15, 2016. Check the license (Texas S6798, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gavin Taylor Best
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Anesthesiology Physician 207L00000X
- License number
- S6798 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1504 Ben Taub Loop, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (817) 903-2974
- Enumerated
- Jun 15, 2016
- Record last updated
- May 11, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210909002287); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1504 Ben Taub Loop
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Kelsey Albrecht, DNP, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1942605845
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- Robin Daemmrich, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1033812656
- Margaret Davis, RNRegistered Nurse1942052253
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Verify Gavin Taylor Best in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license S6798Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 84.1 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: $24.91
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Theratechnologies Inc. The 17,774 providers of this specialty with any payment received $669.59 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
- Baylor College OF MedicineHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Gavin Taylor Best among 4,635 anesthesiology physician records in Texas
Gavin Taylor Best, M.D. is one of 4,635 anesthesiology physician records with a practice address in Texas. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 83% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 83% of these records are older, 14% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 71% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2005 among the 3,293 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207L00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,130 anesthesiology physician records list a practice address in Houston
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Common questions
What is Gavin Taylor Best, M.D.'s NPI number?
Gavin Taylor Best, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275983728, issued on Jun 15, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gavin Taylor Best, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1504 Ben Taub Loop, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (817) 903-2974. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gavin Taylor Best, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number S6798, 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.
What is Gavin Taylor Best, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.1 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.