NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Kevin L. Pounds, MD

Family Medicine Physician · Tucson, AZ

Kevin L. Pounds, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Tucson, Arizona, and NPI 1831138569, issued on Jun 6, 2006. Check the license (Arizona 28956, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1831138569
Name
Kevin L. Pounds
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
28956 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2155 W Orange Grove RD, Tucson, AZ 85741
Phone
(520) 742-0414
Enumerated
Jun 6, 2006
Record last updated
Jun 19, 2026
Fax
(520) 742-4063
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20050208000182); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Pennsylvania State University College Of Medicine, 1999
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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 2155 W Orange Grove RD

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

  1. Hafsa Akram, M.DFamily Medicine Physician1851735971
  2. Megan Bauder, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1619645439
  3. Judith Brown, MDFamily Medicine Physician1639137417
  4. Nancy Favata, PAPhysician Assistant1790743409
  5. Terry Hargrove, MDInternal Medicine Physician1336117092
  6. Annie McCarter-Bayer, NPGerontology Registered Nurse1164498895

Verify Kevin L. Pounds in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
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  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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82% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

6,450 Medicare Part D claims for 811 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 104 claims were for opioids.

  1. Kevin Pounds6,450
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium497 claims
  2. Levothyroxine Sodium339 claims
  3. Amlodipine Besylate266 claims
  4. Lisinopril247 claims
  5. Rosuvastatin Calcium191 claims
  6. Simvastatin185 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.

Industry payments in 2024: $5,547.70

45 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was ModernaTX, Inc. 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.

  1. Kevin Pounds$5,547.70
  2. Specialty average$902.55

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

  1. Arizona Community Physicians PCTucson, AZ

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

Kevin L. Pounds among 3,119 family medicine physician records in Arizona

Kevin L. Pounds, MD is one of 3,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 75% 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 12% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
  • Graduated1999 · median 2006 among the 1,775 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 54% 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 Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

554 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Tucson

They are 554 of the 18,788 NPPES records with a practice address in Tucson, and 3,119 family medicine physician records in Arizona.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Michael Bischof, D.O.Tucson, AZ 857411326009069
  2. Judith Brown, MDTucson, AZ 857411639137417
  3. John Carter, MDTucson, AZ 857411235187493
  4. Kimy Charani, D.O.Tucson, AZ 857411467412874
  5. Michael Goldman, MDTucson, AZ 857411366426074
  6. Steven Gross, MDTucson, AZ 857411518923929
  7. Marilyn Hart, MDTucson, AZ 857411902854979
  8. Darren Hee, MDTucson, AZ 857411902864663

Common questions

What is Kevin L. Pounds, MD's NPI number?

Kevin L. Pounds, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1831138569, issued on Jun 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Kevin L. Pounds, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2155 W Orange Grove RD, Tucson, AZ, 85741. Phone: (520) 742-0414. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Kevin L. Pounds, MD's license?

NPPES lists Arizona license number 28956, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Kevin L. Pounds, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Kevin L. Pounds, MD had 6,450 Medicare Part D claims for 811 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.