Karla Alba, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Pasadena, TX
Karla Alba, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Pasadena, Texas, and NPI 1184079485, issued on Apr 25, 2016. Check the license (Texas S7835, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karla Alba
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- S7835 TX
298154 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 927 Shaw Ave, Pasadena, TX 77506
- Phone
- (713) 982-5900
- Enumerated
- Apr 25, 2016
- Record last updated
- May 13, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200818002745); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 2016
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Karla Alba in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license S7835Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
64% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,293 Medicare Part D claims for 292 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium89 claims
- Lisinopril57 claims
- Losartan Potassium48 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate41 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate41 claims
- Simvastatin34 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): 89.9 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: $478.32
23 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Memorial Hermann Medical GroupKingwood, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karla Alba among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Karla Alba, M.D. is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% 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 77% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 77% of these records are older, 20% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
52 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Pasadena
They are 52 of the 1,245 NPPES records with a practice address in Pasadena, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Karla Alba, M.D.'s NPI number?
Karla Alba, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184079485, issued on Apr 25, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karla Alba, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 927 Shaw Ave, Pasadena, TX, 77506. Phone: (713) 982-5900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karla Alba, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number S7835, 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.
How much does Karla Alba, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karla Alba, M.D. had 1,293 Medicare Part D claims for 292 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Karla Alba, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 89.9 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.