NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Mark Christian Hand

Family Medicine Physician · Houston, TX

Mark Christian Hand is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1760700041, issued on May 11, 2010. Check the license (Texas P6411, 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
1760700041
Name
Mark Christian Hand
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
P6411 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
8480 Highway 6 N, Houston, TX 77095
Phone
(281) 550-9005
Enumerated
May 11, 2010
Record last updated
Sep 18, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20131009001891); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of North Texas Hsc, College Of Osteopathic Med, 2010
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 8480 Highway 6 N

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

  1. Leah Garcia, MDFamily Medicine Physician1730884008
  2. Andreina Porter, MDFamily Medicine Physician1992226229
  3. Anira Rashid, D.O.Family Medicine Physician1871971655
  4. Sidra Siddiqui, MDFamily Medicine Physician1285376921

Verify Mark Christian Hand 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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2.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024

7,102 Medicare Part D claims for 532 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 21 claims were for opioids.

  1. Mark Hand7,102
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Amlodipine Besylate440 claims
  2. Atorvastatin Calcium432 claims
  3. Metformin Hcl351 claims
  4. Levothyroxine Sodium303 claims
  5. Losartan Potassium286 claims
  6. Rosuvastatin Calcium252 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: $157.68

8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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.

  1. Mark Hand$157.68
  2. Specialty average$902.55

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. Memorial Hermann Medical GroupHouston, TX

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

Mark Christian Hand among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas

Mark Christian Hand 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 2010, is newer than 62% of them.

  • NPI issued2010 · 62% of these records are older, 36% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated2010 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 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.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Roberto Alvarez, M.D.Houston, TX 770951427065283
  2. Susan Erie, M.D.Houston, TX 770951609871862
  3. Hetal Gandhi, MDHouston, TX 770951013936905
  4. Carlotta Hillert, MDHouston, TX 770951225073208
  5. Arthur Hillert, MDHouston, TX 770951861438269
  6. Nancy Hoang, MDHouston, TX 770951639139371
  7. Alfredo Huerta, MDHouston, TX 770951356398754
  8. Erik Johnson, M.D.Houston, TX 770951164409355

Common questions

What is Mark Christian Hand's NPI number?

Mark Christian Hand's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1760700041, issued on May 11, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Mark Christian Hand located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8480 Highway 6 N, Houston, TX, 77095. Phone: (281) 550-9005. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Mark Christian Hand's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number P6411, 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 Mark Christian Hand prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Mark Christian Hand had 7,102 Medicare Part D claims for 532 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.