Stephen Yenzen Lai, MD,PHD
Otolaryngology Physician · Houston, TX
Stephen Yenzen Lai, MD,PHD is an otolaryngology physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1326012725, issued on Feb 14, 2006. Check the license (Texas N1722, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Stephen Yenzen Lai
- Credential
- MD,PHD
- Primary taxonomy
- Otolaryngology Physician 207Y00000X
- License number
- N1722 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 792-6161
- Enumerated
- Feb 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Medicaid ID
- 199279401 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20081223000428); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, San Francisco School Of Medicine, 1998
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Stephen Yenzen Lai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license N1722Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average otolaryngology physician in 2024
24 Medicare Part D claims for 13 beneficiaries, against an average of 541 among the 8,339 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 81.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $7,560.00
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was consulting fee; the largest payer was Cardinal Health 414 LLC. The 6,429 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,922.50 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
- Physicians Referral ServiceHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Stephen Yenzen Lai among 790 otolaryngology physician records in Texas
Stephen Yenzen Lai, MD,PHD is one of 790 otolaryngology 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 20% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 20% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2003 among the 552 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Y00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Otolaryngology Physician providers in Texas
There are 790 otolaryngology physician records in Texas.
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- Amber Luong, M.D., PH.DHouston, TX 770301013948835
- Robert Parke, M.D.Houston, TX 770301154329894
Common questions
What is Stephen Yenzen Lai, MD,PHD's NPI number?
Stephen Yenzen Lai, MD,PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326012725, issued on Feb 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Stephen Yenzen Lai, MD,PHD 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 Stephen Yenzen Lai, MD,PHD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number N1722, 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 Stephen Yenzen Lai, MD,PHD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Stephen Yenzen Lai, MD,PHD had 24 Medicare Part D claims for 13 beneficiaries; the average among otolaryngology physician prescribers was 541. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Stephen Yenzen Lai, MD,PHD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 81.4 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.