Yi-Chen Lai, MD
Pediatrics Physician · Houston, TX
Yi-Chen Lai, MD is a pediatrics physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1033183439, issued on Feb 14, 2006. Check the license (Texas M4848, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Yi-Chen Lai
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pediatrics Physician 208000000X
- License number
- M4848 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6621 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (832) 826-6230
- Enumerated
- Feb 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 21, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 100944141 PA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070627000344); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine, 1998
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Yi-Chen Lai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M4848Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $45.83
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 21,580 providers of this specialty with any payment received $842.05 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
- Texas Childrens Physician GroupHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Yi-Chen Lai among 5,641 pediatrics physician records in Texas
Yi-Chen Lai, MD is one of 5,641 pediatrics physician records with a practice address in Texas. 47% 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 11% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 11% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 47% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 9% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2011 among the 485 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208000000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,038 pediatrics physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 1,038 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 5,641 pediatrics physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Yi-Chen Lai, MD's NPI number?
Yi-Chen Lai, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033183439, issued on Feb 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Yi-Chen Lai, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6621 Fannin, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (832) 826-6230. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Yi-Chen Lai, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M4848, 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.
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.