NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Lakshmi Vs Tenneti, MD

Nephrology Physician · West Lake Hills, TX

Lakshmi Vs Tenneti, MD is a nephrology physician with a practice address in West Lake Hills, Texas, and NPI 1598944571, issued on Oct 26, 2007. Check the license (Texas R9002, 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 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1598944571
Name
Lakshmi Vs Tenneti
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Nephrology Physician 207RN0300X
License numbers
R9002 TX
E-6997 AR
35.090701 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1250 S Capital OF Texas Hwy Bldg 3, West Lake Hills, TX 78746
Phone
(512) 901-4010
Enumerated
Oct 26, 2007
Record last updated
Feb 10, 2022
Fax
(512) 901-3910
Medicaid ID
188916001 AR
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20190328001772); accepts Medicare assignment
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.
Download card Updates feed

Also registered at 1250 S Capital OF Texas Hwy Bldg 3

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

  1. Richard Debehnke, MDInternal Medicine Physician1174599617
  2. Raymond Paxton, MDInternal Medicine Physician1114981529

Verify Lakshmi Vs Tenneti in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
    Search for license R9002
    Check the board
  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
Open the Texas license search

PlainDoctor does not match the HHS-OIG exclusion list to individual records: most entries carry no NPI. Search the OIG exclusion list by name.

Is this page about you? You can ask us to correct, restrict or remove it: how.

13% more Medicare Part D claims than the average nephrology physician in 2024

1,654 Medicare Part D claims for 260 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,465 among the 10,986 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Lakshmi Tenneti1,654
  2. Specialty average1,465

Most prescribed

  1. Farxiga267 claims
  2. Sevelamer Carbonate101 claims
  3. Furosemide100 claims
  4. Calcitriol99 claims
  5. Kerendia91 claims
  6. Valsartan91 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $544.88

23 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 8,230 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,091.37 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Lakshmi Tenneti$544.88
  2. Specialty average$3,091.37

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. The Austin Diagnostic Clinic PLLCAustin, TX

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

Lakshmi Vs Tenneti among 1,159 nephrology physician records in Texas

Lakshmi Vs Tenneti, MD is one of 1,159 nephrology physician records with a practice address in Texas. 89% 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 47% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 47% of these records are older, 38% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 89% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • Graduated2000 · median 2001 among the 954 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RN0300X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Nephrology Physician providers in Texas

There are 1,159 nephrology physician records in Texas.

The 8 nephrology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Andrew Alpar, MDAustin, TX 787461750368510
  2. Judith Betts, MDAustin, TX 787511992735120
  3. Raeeda Gheewala, MDAustin, TX 787511851507115
  4. Shahzad Hashim, MDAustin, TX 787511205053147
  5. Timothy Hines, MDAustin, TX 787511063446359
  6. Youness Hussein, MDAustin, TX 787511588004121
  7. Yasser Nasser, M.D.Austin, TX 787511760413629
  8. Andrew Pelphrey, M.D.Austin, TX 787511457301764

Common questions

What is Lakshmi Vs Tenneti, MD's NPI number?

Lakshmi Vs Tenneti, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1598944571, issued on Oct 26, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Lakshmi Vs Tenneti, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1250 S Capital OF Texas Hwy Bldg 3, West Lake Hills, TX, 78746. Phone: (512) 901-4010. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Lakshmi Vs Tenneti, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number R9002, 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 Vs Tenneti, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Lakshmi Vs Tenneti, MD had 1,654 Medicare Part D claims for 260 beneficiaries; the average among nephrology physician prescribers was 1,465. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Lakshmi Vs Tenneti, MD's MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.