Shiva Kumar Lam, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Austin, TX
Shiva Kumar Lam, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Austin, Texas, and NPI 1871671032, issued on Nov 2, 2006. Check the license (Texas K4933, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shiva Kumar Lam
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- K4933 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1407 W Stassney LN, Austin, TX 78745
- Phone
- (512) 440-4800
- Enumerated
- Nov 2, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 30, 2022
- Fax
- (512) 440-4836
- Medicaid IDs
- 305165802 TX
305165801 TX
096990902 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120221000690); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1407 W Stassney LN
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Shiva Kumar Lam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K4933Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
17% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
832 Medicare Part D claims for 70 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clozapine87 claims
- Benztropine Mesylate45 claims
- Divalproex Sodium Er39 claims
- Gabapentin36 claims
- Olanzapine32 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate29 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: $302.77
14 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alkermes, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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.
Shiva Kumar Lam among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas
Shiva Kumar Lam, MD is one of 3,318 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Texas. 72% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 65% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2006 among the 1,481 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 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 2084P0800X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
343 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Austin
They are 343 of the 26,585 NPPES records with a practice address in Austin, and 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Shiva Kumar Lam, MD's NPI number?
Shiva Kumar Lam, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871671032, issued on Nov 2, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shiva Kumar Lam, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1407 W Stassney LN, Austin, TX, 78745. Phone: (512) 440-4800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shiva Kumar Lam, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K4933, 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 Shiva Kumar Lam, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Shiva Kumar Lam, MD had 832 Medicare Part D claims for 70 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.