Tayfun Karakoc, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Houston, TX
Tayfun Karakoc, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1265487904, issued on May 23, 2006. Check the license (Texas L9272, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tayfun Karakoc
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- L9272 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4314 Yoakum Blvd, Houston, TX 77006
- Phone
- (713) 850-0049
- Enumerated
- May 23, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 29, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 627-7302
- Medicaid ID
- 170955201 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041028000437); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tayfun Karakoc in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L9272Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
83% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,833 Medicare Part D claims for 282 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 2% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Divalproex Sodium288 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl223 claims
- Mirtazapine152 claims
- Sertraline Hcl146 claims
- Buspirone Hcl145 claims
- Trazodone Hcl142 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Psychiatric Services OF Houston And Associates I, PLLCPearland, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tayfun Karakoc among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas
Tayfun Karakoc, M.D. 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
- Graduated1994 · median 2006 among the 1,481 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 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).
Psychiatry Physician providers in Texas
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- Shirley Marks, MDHouston, TX 770061497762702
Common questions
What is Tayfun Karakoc, M.D.'s NPI number?
Tayfun Karakoc, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1265487904, issued on May 23, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tayfun Karakoc, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4314 Yoakum Blvd, Houston, TX, 77006. Phone: (713) 850-0049. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tayfun Karakoc, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L9272, 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 Tayfun Karakoc, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tayfun Karakoc, M.D. had 1,833 Medicare Part D claims for 282 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Tayfun Karakoc, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.