NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Yakira Rose Alford, MD, MPH

Emergency Medicine Physician · Houston, TX

Yakira Rose Alford, MD, MPH is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1326667205, issued on Apr 10, 2020. Check the license (Texas U1633, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1326667205
Name
Yakira Rose Alford
Credential
MD, MPH
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
U1633 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
710 Cypress Creek Pkwy, Houston, TX 77090
Phone
(281) 440-1000
Enumerated
Apr 10, 2020
Record last updated
Jul 10, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230714001035); 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 710 Cypress Creek Pkwy

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

  1. Umer Ahmed, MD, MBA.Family Medicine Physician1538421557
  2. Kristina Aleman, ACNPAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1154192425
  3. Eza Ali, PHARMDPharmacist1225990146
  4. Tessa Anyangwe, , AGACNP, APRN-BCNurse Practitioner1992499032
  5. Yahshua BosRegistered Nurse1184582041
  6. Joyce Boyd, APRNGerontology Nurse Practitioner1902562572

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  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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37% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

142 Medicare Part D claims for 87 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 11 claims were for opioids.

  1. Yakira Alford142
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Cephalexin21 claims
  2. Prednisone16 claims
  3. Ibuprofen11 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: $266.05

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Yakira Alford$266.05
  2. Specialty average$953.79

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Elite Hospital Partners, PLLCHouston, TX
  2. Integrative Emergency Services Physician Group-Houston PLLCLake Jackson, TX

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

Yakira Rose Alford among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas

Yakira Rose Alford, MD, MPH is one of 4,885 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 84% of them.

  • NPI issued2020 · 84% of these records are older, 12% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
  • Graduated2020 · median 2013 among the 2,779 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

818 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston

They are 818 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Phu CaoHouston, TX 770901497179626
  2. Elizabeth Fair, MDHouston, TX 770901487753638
  3. Jonathan Hemmert, MDHouston, TX 770901588827455
  4. Vanessa Lauck, M.D.Houston, TX 770901164665287
  5. Dorothy Lemecha, DOHouston, TX 770901578636270
  6. Nosson Lerner, MDHouston, TX 770901942836077
  7. Param Maewal, M.D.Houston, TX 770901942305941
  8. Huzefa Mogri, MDHouston, TX 770901033458880

Common questions

What is Yakira Rose Alford, MD, MPH's NPI number?

Yakira Rose Alford, MD, MPH's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1326667205, issued on Apr 10, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Yakira Rose Alford, MD, MPH located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 710 Cypress Creek Pkwy, Houston, TX, 77090. Phone: (281) 440-1000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Yakira Rose Alford, MD, MPH's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number U1633, 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 Yakira Rose Alford, MD, MPH prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Yakira Rose Alford, MD, MPH had 142 Medicare Part D claims for 87 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.