NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Heather Star Krause, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · El Paso, TX

Heather Star Krause, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in El Paso, Texas, and NPI 1114493475, issued on Oct 15, 2018. Check the license on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1114493475
Name
Heather Star Krause
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License numbers
MD2021-1143 NM
P10441 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4801 Alberta Ave, El Paso, TX 79905
Phone
(915) 215-8000
Enumerated
Oct 15, 2018
Record last updated
Mar 17, 2022
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20220701000617); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
George Washington University School Of Medicine, 2022
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 4801 Alberta Ave

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Amarachi Abanobi, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1891532990
  2. Aamer Abbas, MDInterventional Cardiology Physician1508975772
  3. Mehran Abolbashari, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1144633272
  4. Muhammad Absar-Ul-Haq, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1366386849
  5. Prakrati Acharya, M.B.B.SInternal Medicine Physician1053750018
  6. Luis Acosta, M.D.Neurology Physician1235140997

Verify Heather Star Krause in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical BoardCheck the board
  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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43% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

128 Medicare Part D claims for 91 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Heather Krause128
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Cephalexin15 claims
  2. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass14 claims
  3. Ondansetron Odt14 claims
  4. Prednisone13 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): 83.8 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score84.6
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%58.6
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Presbyterian Healthcare ServicesEspanola, NM
  2. Taos Health Systems Inc Holy Cross HospitalTaos, NM

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Heather Star Krause among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas

Heather Star Krause, 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 2018, is newer than 77% of them.

  • NPI issued2018 · 77% of these records are older, 19% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
  • Graduated2022 · median 2013 among the 2,779 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 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).

179 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in El Paso

They are 179 of the 11,091 NPPES records with a practice address in El Paso, and 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Darryl Atkinson, D.O.El Paso, TX 799051366431421
  2. Stephen Borron, MDEl Paso, TX 799051396739173
  3. James Brown, M.D.El Paso, TX 799051689664682
  4. Earl Bryan, M.D.El Paso, TX 799051821088824
  5. Scott Greene, M.D.El Paso, TX 799051154310233
  6. Shawnna Kifer, MDEl Paso, TX 799051396762068
  7. Robert Kilgo, M.D.El Paso, TX 799051457340549
  8. John Mackay, M.D.El Paso, TX 799051851380810

Common questions

What is Heather Star Krause, MD's NPI number?

Heather Star Krause, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1114493475, issued on Oct 15, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Heather Star Krause, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4801 Alberta Ave, El Paso, TX, 79905. Phone: (915) 215-8000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Heather Star Krause, 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 Heather Star Krause, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Heather Star Krause, MD had 128 Medicare Part D claims for 91 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Heather Star Krause, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 83.8 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.