Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Carol S Lai, MD

Individual provider Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · NPI 1366889826

Dr. Carol S Lai, MD is registered under Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology) in Houston, Texas. Qualified in 2013, 13 years ago. Practices with Straub Clinic and Hospital, a 423-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Texas.

Years since qualifying
13
Licensed in
TX
In the registry since
2013
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

Student / training record This NPI belongs to someone enrolled in a health care training programme. It carries no licence and no practice of its own, so no address or phone number is published for it.

Houston, TX

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Specialties & licences

Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (primary) Taxonomy 390200000X · Licence BP10055274 (TX)

Record details

NPI number1366889826
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 23, 2013
Last updated in NPPESAugust 5, 2016

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2013 (13 years in practice)
Group practice Straub Clinic And Hospital — 423 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients1,013
Services billed 2,857 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age78

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $806 30 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Straub Clinic and Hospital

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 423 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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