Lakshmi Swarna Puppala, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Houston, TX
Lakshmi Swarna Puppala, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1477755510, issued on Jun 1, 2007. Check the license (Texas N1082, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lakshmi Swarna Puppala
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- N1082 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5110 Buffalo Speedway, Houston, TX 77005
- Phone
- (713) 363-7460
- Enumerated
- Jun 1, 2007
- Record last updated
- Sep 19, 2024
- Fax
- (281) 660-0706
- Medicaid IDs
- 198188803 TX
198188802 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080929000757); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lakshmi Swarna Puppala in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license N1082Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
39% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
318 Medicare Part D claims for 153 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 15 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium23 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass17 claims
- Furosemide17 claims
- Eliquis15 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium11 claims
- Cefpodoxime Proxetil11 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Memorial Hermann Medical GroupHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lakshmi Swarna Puppala among 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas
Lakshmi Swarna Puppala, MD is one of 1,587 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Texas. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 13% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 13% of these records are older, 81% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2013 among the 1,298 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 25% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Lakshmi Swarna Puppala, MD's NPI number?
Lakshmi Swarna Puppala, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477755510, issued on Jun 1, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lakshmi Swarna Puppala, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5110 Buffalo Speedway, Houston, TX, 77005. Phone: (713) 363-7460. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lakshmi Swarna Puppala, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number N1082, 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 Lakshmi Swarna Puppala, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lakshmi Swarna Puppala, MD had 318 Medicare Part D claims for 153 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.