NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Kristen Lea Lavere

Internal Medicine Physician · Houston, TX

Kristen Lea Lavere is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1043771801, issued on Mar 26, 2019. Check the license (Texas T5372, as entered in NPPES) 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 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1043771801
Name
Kristen Lea Lavere
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
T5372 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1 Baylor Plz, Houston, TX 77030
Phone
(832) 693-9776
Enumerated
Mar 26, 2019
Record last updated
Jan 11, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230313001912); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Baylor College Of Medicine, 2019
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 1 Baylor Plz

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

  1. Basmah Abdallah Maiga, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1952244998
  2. Fouad Abdole, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1073196317
  3. Danny Abdullah, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1336843226
  4. Lama AbdurrahmanStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1881530681
  5. Dany Abou Issa, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1982547725
  6. Amin Aboutaj, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1790629426

Verify Kristen Lea Lavere in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas 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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96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

119 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 15 claims were for opioids.

  1. Kristen Lavere119
  2. Specialty average3,176

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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Baylor College OF MedicineHouston, TX

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

Kristen Lea Lavere among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas

Kristen Lea Lavere 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 2019, is newer than 82% of them.

  • NPI issued2019 · 82% of these records are older, 15% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated2019 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 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).

1,488 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston

They are 1,488 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Ketti Awad, MDHouston, TX 770301740284710
  2. Parikshet Babber, MDHouston, TX 770301114915816
  3. James Baker, MDHouston, TX 770301477549566
  4. Ana Blackmon, M.D.Houston, TX 770301962402446
  5. Maria Cruz-Carreras, MDHouston, TX 770301376533893
  6. Marina George, MDHouston, TX 770301780680009
  7. Barry Goodfriend, MDHouston, TX 770301588666218
  8. Betty Halpern, MDHouston, TX 770301942292685

Common questions

What is Kristen Lea Lavere's NPI number?

Kristen Lea Lavere's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043771801, issued on Mar 26, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Kristen Lea Lavere located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1 Baylor Plz, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (832) 693-9776. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Kristen Lea Lavere's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number T5372, 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 Kristen Lea Lavere prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Kristen Lea Lavere had 119 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.