Kathryn Hines, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Lubbock, TX
Kathryn Hines, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Lubbock, Texas, and NPI 1831161769, issued on Feb 4, 2006. Check the license (Texas K7166, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kathryn Hines
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- K7166 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 808 Joliet Ave Unit 220, Lubbock, TX 79415
- Phone
- (067) 610-5668
- Enumerated
- Feb 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 1, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (806) 744-7252
- Medicaid ID
- 037658403 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120501000671); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 1997
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 808 Joliet Ave Unit 220
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Brittani Huffhines, PA-CPhysician Assistant1831549013
Verify Kathryn Hines in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K7166Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
73% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
855 Medicare Part D claims for 163 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 138 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Tramadol Hcl88 claims
- Acetaminophen-Codeine43 claims
- Eliquis41 claims
- Pregabalin37 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium27 claims
- Lorazepam27 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 14.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $111.07
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Michael Mcpherson MD PALubbock, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kathryn Hines among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Kathryn Hines, MD is one of 9,175 internal 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 2006, is newer than 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
116 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Lubbock
They are 116 of the 5,735 NPPES records with a practice address in Lubbock, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Kathryn Hines, MD's NPI number?
Kathryn Hines, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1831161769, issued on Feb 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kathryn Hines, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 808 Joliet Ave Unit 220, Lubbock, TX, 79415. Phone: (067) 610-5668. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kathryn Hines, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K7166, 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 Kathryn Hines, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kathryn Hines, MD had 855 Medicare Part D claims for 163 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Kathryn Hines, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 14.1 of 100. 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.