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Mrs. Linda Crystal Ponce, AGACNP-BC

Individual provider Critical Care Medicine Nurse Practitioner · NPI 1972296408

Mrs. Linda Crystal Ponce, AGACNP-BC is a Nurse Practitioner in Houston, Texas. Qualified in 2021, 5 years ago. Practices with Houston Methodist Specialty Physicians, a 1,492-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Texas.

Years since qualifying
5
Licensed in
TX
In the registry since
2023
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Practice location Address checks out

6445 Main St Ste 2600
Houston, TX 77030-1502
Phone: (713) 441-5445
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Specialties & licences

Critical Care Medicine Nurse Practitioner (primary) Taxonomy 363LC0200X · Licence 1072310 (TX)

Record details

NPI number1972296408
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials AGACNP-BC
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 31, 2023
Last updated in NPPESMay 31, 2023
Certification dateMay 31, 2023

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyNURSE PRACTITIONER
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2021 (5 years in practice)
Group practice Houston Methodist Specialty Physicians — 1492 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations4 on file with Medicare

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 patients34
Services billed 67 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age69

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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 $615 28 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.

Colleagues at Houston Methodist Specialty Physicians

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1492 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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