Malini A. Kumar, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Malini A. Kumar, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1801866165, issued on Jan 26, 2006. Check the license (Texas M2995, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Malini A. Kumar
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- M2995 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5252 Hollister St Ste 114, Houston, TX 77040
- Phone
- (832) 933-3087
- Enumerated
- Jan 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 14, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (888) 815-1786
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060209000592); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Malini A. Kumar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M2995Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
59% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,459 Medicare Part D claims for 82 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 30 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin87 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium84 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium76 claims
- Metformin Hcl71 claims
- Meloxicam67 claims
- Lisinopril44 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: $272.95
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. 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
- Medical Office ForceEl Paso, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Malini A. Kumar among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Malini A. Kumar, 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 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 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).
1,123 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 1,123 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Malini A. Kumar, MD's NPI number?
Malini A. Kumar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1801866165, issued on Jan 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Malini A. Kumar, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5252 Hollister St Ste 114, Houston, TX, 77040. Phone: (832) 933-3087. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Malini A. Kumar, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M2995, 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 Malini A. Kumar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Malini A. Kumar, MD had 1,459 Medicare Part D claims for 82 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.