Laura G. Balmain, MD
Specialist · Texarkana, TX
Laura G. Balmain, MD is a specialist with a practice address in Texarkana, Texas, and NPI 1386642692, issued on Jul 11, 2005. Check the license (Texas J1498, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Laura G. Balmain
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- J1498 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1920 Moores LN, Texarkana, TX 75503
- Phone
- (903) 792-8030
- Enumerated
- Jul 11, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jun 23, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101101000222); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School At Dallas, 1991
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1920 Moores LN
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- John Cozart, MDSpecialist1952309262
- Stanley Knowles, MDSpecialist1063419646
- Sarah Krudwig, CNPNurse Practitioner1962350231
Verify Laura G. Balmain in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license J1498Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
68% more Medicare Part D claims than the average specialist in 2024
2,321 Medicare Part D claims for 772 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium554 claims
- Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf312 claims
- Omeprazole180 claims
- Linzess107 claims
- Famotidine104 claims
- Esomeprazole Magnesium92 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $871.25
54 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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
- Texarkana Gastroenterology Consultants, PATexarkana, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Laura G. Balmain among 1,716 specialist records in Texas
Laura G. Balmain, MD is one of 1,716 specialist records with a practice address in Texas. 31% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 83% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 31% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 18% of these records are
- Graduated1991 · median 1989 among the 310 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 77% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Specialist providers in Texas
There are 1,716 specialist records in Texas.
All 1,716 in Texas → Every provider in Texarkana → Specialist nationwide →
The 8 specialist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- John Cozart, MDTexarkana, TX 755031952309262
- Wendy Gordon, LSATexarkana, TX 755031528079068
- John Gregory, M.D.Texarkana, TX 755031285621664
- David Harmon, P.T.Texarkana, TX 755031316932502
- Charles Hollingsworth, M.D.Texarkana, TX 755031962490458
- Stanley Knowles, MDTexarkana, TX 755031063419646
- Russ Nelson, LPTTexarkana, TX 755031407841695
- David Carlisle, MDTexarkana, TX 755011649275496
Common questions
What is Laura G. Balmain, MD's NPI number?
Laura G. Balmain, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1386642692, issued on Jul 11, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Laura G. Balmain, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1920 Moores LN, Texarkana, TX, 75503. Phone: (903) 792-8030. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Laura G. Balmain, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number J1498, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Laura G. Balmain, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Laura G. Balmain, MD had 2,321 Medicare Part D claims for 772 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Laura G. Balmain, 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.