NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Lauri Ballard, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · North Richland Hills, TX

Lauri Ballard, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in North Richland Hills, Texas, and NPI 1689624488, issued on May 11, 2006. Check the license (Texas L3917, 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 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1689624488
Name
Lauri Ballard
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
L3917 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
7640 NE Loop 820 Ste 100, North Richland Hills, TX 76180
Phone
(817) 284-8222
Enumerated
May 11, 2006
Record last updated
Nov 5, 2025
Fax
(817) 284-0287
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20110609000277); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School At Dallas, 1999
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.
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Also registered at 7640 NE Loop 820 Ste 100

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

  1. Sarah Gardner, D.O.Internal Medicine Physician1750659082
  2. Janki PatelFamily Nurse Practitioner1114580453
  3. Sahithi Solasa, PAPhysician Assistant1316457757

Verify Lauri Ballard in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  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
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3.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

11,590 Medicare Part D claims for 787 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 197 claims were for opioids.

  1. Lauri Ballard11,590
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium571 claims
  2. Levothyroxine Sodium545 claims
  3. Rosuvastatin Calcium498 claims
  4. Amlodipine Besylate459 claims
  5. Losartan Potassium330 claims
  6. Pantoprazole Sodium308 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.

Industry payments in 2024: $56.20

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Lauri Ballard$56.20
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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. Medical Clinic OF North Texas, PLLCNorth Richland Hills, TX

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

Lauri Ballard among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas

Lauri Ballard, M.D. is one of 9,175 internal 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 2006, is newer than 9% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 59% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated1999 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

11 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in North Richland Hills

They are 11 of the 797 NPPES records with a practice address in North Richland Hills, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. A Salam Al-Hafidh, M.D.Richland Hills, TX 761801366417842
  2. Laxman Bhatia, MDNorth Richland Hills, TX 761801235219270
  3. Sarah Gardner, D.O.North Richland Hills, TX 761801750659082
  4. Tapati Ghosh, MDNorth Richland Hills, TX 761801609038801
  5. Abdul Hasheesh, MDNorth Richland Hills, TX 761801912199654
  6. Beatriz Parra, M.D.North Richland Hills, TX 761801770790164
  7. Ramu Rangineni, M.D.North Richland Hills, TX 761801982661724
  8. Yousuf Sherwani, MDNorth Richland Hills, TX 761801285374918

Common questions

What is Lauri Ballard, M.D.'s NPI number?

Lauri Ballard, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689624488, issued on May 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Lauri Ballard, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7640 NE Loop 820 Ste 100, North Richland Hills, TX, 76180. Phone: (817) 284-8222. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Lauri Ballard, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number L3917, 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 Lauri Ballard, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Lauri Ballard, M.D. had 11,590 Medicare Part D claims for 787 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.