Lam Nguyen
Hospitalist Physician · Houston, TX
Lam Nguyen is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1205360419, issued on Apr 13, 2017. Check the license (Texas S7297, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lam Nguyen
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- S7297 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 921 Gessner RD Ste 317, Houston, TX 77024
- Phone
- (713) 242-3768
- Enumerated
- Apr 13, 2017
- Record last updated
- Sep 24, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200917000691); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 921 Gessner RD Ste 317
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Lam Nguyen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license S7297Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
52% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
251 Medicare Part D claims for 102 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims. 42 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl36 claims
- Levofloxacin19 claims
- Gabapentin13 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 82.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $264.50
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Memorial Hermann Medical GroupHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lam Nguyen among 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas
Lam Nguyen 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 2017, is newer than 63% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 63% of these records are older, 32% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2013 among the 1,298 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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).
Hospitalist Physician providers in Texas
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The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Sandeep Cherry, M.D.Houston, TX 770241316226145
- Ann Fernandez, DOHouston, TX 770241356572507
- Meshaan Fitzgerald, MDHouston, TX 770241770763450
- Jonas Gunawan, M.D.Houston, TX 770241841634284
- Olaoluwapo Ikugbagbe, MDHouston, TX 770241821300799
- Jonathan Kobrin, M.D.Houston, TX 770241972948321
Common questions
What is Lam Nguyen's NPI number?
Lam Nguyen's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1205360419, issued on Apr 13, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lam Nguyen located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 921 Gessner RD Ste 317, Houston, TX, 77024. Phone: (713) 242-3768. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lam Nguyen's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number S7297, 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 Lam Nguyen prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lam Nguyen had 251 Medicare Part D claims for 102 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Lam Nguyen's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 82.4 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.