NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Saara Hooda, CRNA

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist · Houston, TX

Saara Hooda, CRNA is a certified registered nurse anesthetist with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1588246458, issued on Apr 21, 2021. Check the license (Texas 1165986, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1588246458
Name
Saara Hooda
Credential
CRNA
Primary taxonomy
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist 367500000X
License number
1165986 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030
Phone
(713) 792-6161
Enumerated
Apr 21, 2021
Record last updated
Mar 12, 2026
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20260410001305); accepts Medicare assignment
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 1515 Holcombe Blvd

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

  1. Ashley Aaroe, MDNeurology Physician1902295793
  2. Linda Abad, PA-CPhysician Assistant1063928240
  3. Cynthia Abarado, RN, GNPGerontology Nurse Practitioner1851471049
  4. Hussein Abbas, MD, PHDInternal Medicine Physician1609220532
  5. James Abbruzzese, M.D.Medical Oncology Physician1134233224
  6. Karim Abdeldaem, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1558056200

Verify Saara Hooda in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
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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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The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score86.8
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $52.08

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Mindray DS USA, Inc. The 24,076 providers of this specialty with any payment received $135.08 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Saara Hooda$52.08
  2. Specialty average$135.08

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. Umass Memorial Medical Group IncWorcester, MA

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

Saara Hooda among 6,097 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in Texas

Saara Hooda, CRNA is one of 6,097 certified registered nurse anesthetist records with a practice address in Texas. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 80% of them.

  • NPI issued2021 · 80% of these records are older, 16% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 78% of these records are
  • Graduated2021 · median 2014 among the 4,734 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 367500000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

1,127 certified registered nurse anesthetist records list a practice address in Houston

They are 1,127 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 6,097 certified registered nurse anesthetist records in Texas.

The 8 certified registered nurse anesthetist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Ligaya Abangan, CRNAHouston, TX 770301922088384
  2. Tonia Browder, CRNAHouston, TX 770301083695449
  3. Nisha Eckhoff, CRNAHouston, TX 770301144218306
  4. Nancy Ellefson, CRNAHouston, TX 770301215925318
  5. Philip Grundy, CRNAHouston, TX 770301932106655
  6. Janey Hopkins, CRNAHouston, TX 770301356336366
  7. Darline Hurst, CRNAHouston, TX 770301861474470
  8. Wendy Miller, CRNAHouston, TX 770301396733374

Common questions

What is Saara Hooda, CRNA's NPI number?

Saara Hooda, CRNA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588246458, issued on Apr 21, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Saara Hooda, CRNA located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 792-6161. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Saara Hooda, CRNA's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number 1165986, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

What is Saara Hooda, CRNA's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 of 100. 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.