Lucia Karam, DDS
Dentist · Houston, TX
Lucia Karam, DDS is a dentist with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1215665732, issued on Aug 11, 2022. Check the license (Texas 38817, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lucia Karam
- Credential
- DDS
- Primary taxonomy
- Dentist 122300000X
- License number
- 38817 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2200 Space Park Dr Ste 300, Houston, TX 77058
- Phone
- (713) 517-4556
- Enumerated
- Aug 11, 2022
- Record last updated
- Aug 15, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lucia Karam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license 38817Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
74% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average dentist in 2024
22 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries, against an average of 86 among the 51,021 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of 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: $31.32
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Solventum Corporation. The 31,974 providers of this specialty with any payment received $540.36 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.
Lucia Karam among 6,572 dentist records in Texas
Lucia Karam, DDS is one of 6,572 dentist records with a practice address in Texas. 64% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 83% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 83% of these records are older, 13% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 64% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · under 1% of these records are
- Record last updated2022 · 64% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 122300000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Lucia Karam, DDS's NPI number?
Lucia Karam, DDS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215665732, issued on Aug 11, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lucia Karam, DDS located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2200 Space Park Dr Ste 300, Houston, TX, 77058. Phone: (713) 517-4556. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lucia Karam, DDS's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 38817, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Lucia Karam, DDS prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lucia Karam, DDS had 22 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries; the average among dentist prescribers was 86. 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.