Laura Renee Porterfield, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Galveston, TX
Laura Renee Porterfield, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Galveston, Texas, and NPI 1790980993, issued on Jun 18, 2007. Check the license (Texas P8067, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Laura Renee Porterfield
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- P8067 TX
046790 KS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 400 Harborside Dr, Galveston, TX 77555
- Phone
- (409) 772-2166
- Enumerated
- Jun 18, 2007
- Record last updated
- Mar 11, 2026
- Fax
- (409) 772-2663
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140612000934); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Baylor College Of Medicine, 2007
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Laura Renee Porterfield in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license P8067Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
53% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
5,409 Medicare Part D claims for 523 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 17% of claims. 164 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium309 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate225 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide159 claims
- Gabapentin152 claims
- Lisinopril144 claims
- Losartan Potassium142 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): 75 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: $47.48
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Utmb Faculty Group PracticeGalveston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Laura Renee Porterfield among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Laura Renee Porterfield, MD is one of 11,119 family 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 2007, is newer than 46% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 46% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
96 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Galveston
They are 96 of the 2,532 NPPES records with a practice address in Galveston, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Laura Renee Porterfield, MD's NPI number?
Laura Renee Porterfield, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1790980993, issued on Jun 18, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Laura Renee Porterfield, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 400 Harborside Dr, Galveston, TX, 77555. Phone: (409) 772-2166. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Laura Renee Porterfield, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number P8067, 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 Laura Renee Porterfield, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Laura Renee Porterfield, MD had 5,409 Medicare Part D claims for 523 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Laura Renee Porterfield, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 75 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.