Karen Venegas Samuels, M.D.
Mental Health Counselor · Houston, TX
Karen Venegas Samuels, M.D. is a mental health counselor with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1073606307, issued on Sep 30, 2006. Check the license (Texas G7959, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Venegas Samuels
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Mental Health Counselor 101YM0800X
- License number
- G7959 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4550 Post Oak Place Dr, Houston, TX 77027
- Phone
- (713) 627-9400
- Enumerated
- Sep 30, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (281) 589-1525
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Karen Venegas Samuels in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license G7959Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
18 Medicare Part D claims are listed under this NPI for 2024
18 Medicare Part D claims. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims.
CMS lists these Part D claims under this NPI, but the provider type reported to NPPES (mental health counselor) is not one that prescribes. The claims may be attributed to the wrong NPI in the CMS file, or the NPPES taxonomy may be out of date; PlainDoctor does not compare them with other providers.
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.
Karen Venegas Samuels among 9,782 mental health counselor records in Texas
Karen Venegas Samuels, M.D. is one of 9,782 mental health counselor records with a practice address in Texas. 4% 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 under 1% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · under 1% of these records are older, 94% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 4% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 8% of these records are
- Record last updated2007 · 36% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 101YM0800X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,163 mental health counselor records list a practice address in Houston
They are 1,163 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 9,782 mental health counselor records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Karen Venegas Samuels, M.D.'s NPI number?
Karen Venegas Samuels, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073606307, issued on Sep 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Venegas Samuels, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4550 Post Oak Place Dr, Houston, TX, 77027. Phone: (713) 627-9400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Venegas Samuels, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number G7959, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Karen Venegas Samuels, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karen Venegas Samuels, M.D. had 18 Medicare Part D claims; the average among mental health counselor prescribers was 797. 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.