Tacara N Soones, MD

Primary specialty

Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) PhysicianTaxonomy code 207RG0300X

License

R2483 Issued in TX

Practice address

5318 Weslayan St # 617
Houston, TX 77005-1048

Phone

(346) 200-7035

NPI assigned

Jun 18, 2009

Last updated

Sep 3, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

Yes

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Geriatric MedicineAlso: Internal Medicine

Education

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2009

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Carend Provider Group of Kansas PAGroup PAC ID 2961843198, 8 clinicians

Carend Provider Group PAGroup PAC ID 2264827518, 26 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Home Health Professionals Home health agency, Houston, TX, CCN 679660
• Care Options Health Services Inc Home health agency, Tiki Island, TX, CCN 677976
• Hospice Compassus - the Woodlands Hospice, Houston, TX, CCN 671537

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

84.29 of 100Reported as group

Quality

70.82

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

67.65

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Not enrolled

HHS exclusion list flag

CMS’s directory marks this NPI as on an HHS exclusion list; no matching OIG record was found. The OIG exclusions file (LEIE) holds no record for this NPI, and the directory does not say which list the flag comes from. How exclusions are shown Confirm with the OIG exclusions search.

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: tacara.soones@881830288818180.direct.elationemr.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Carend Provider Group of Kansas PA

  • Neurology Physician
  • Overland Park, KS
  • NPI 1386326387

  TX

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Carend Provider Group PA

  • Neurology Physician
  • Chicago, IL
  • NPI 1962161315

  TX

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Care Neurodegenerative Medical of New York PC

  • Neurology Physician
  • Staten Island, NY
  • NPI 1295417632

  TX

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Elizabeth Ferluga, M.D., P.C.

  dba CareND Provider Group of California PC

  • Neurology Physician
  • San Francisco, CA
  • NPI 1720703325

  TX

  Medicare reassignment NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Care Options Health Services, Inc.

  dba Solutions Home Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • Tiki Island, TX
  • NPI 1639254907
  Care Compare affiliation Name & address match
• Asperion Hospice of Houston, LP

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1609963883
  Care Compare affiliation
• Shults Industries Inc

  dba Home Health Professionals

  • Home Health Agency
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1326152950
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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            "state": "TX",
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            "telephone_number": "346-200-7035",
            "fax_number": "713-581-7287"
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    "basic": {
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• Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician in Houston, TX
• Providers in Houston, TX by specialty
• Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician in Texas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 3, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.