Laura H Smith , RD, LD, CDCES
Dietitian, Registered • Austin, TX
5900 Balcones Dr # 15580
Austin, TX 787314257
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NPI assigned on October 30, 2013; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 54 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 97802 — Therapy procedure for nutrition management: 54 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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See the full table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Fewer Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Dietitian, Registered in Austin, TX (2024, 11 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 114. Middle half: 66 to 188.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Dietitian, Registered in Texas (2024, 97 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 134. Middle half: 67 to 275.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 177 in 2019 to 54 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2019–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
5900 Balcones Dr # 15580
Austin, TX 787314257
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Diabetes And Nutrition Partners Llc. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
2000
What Public CMS Data Show
Dietitian, Registered: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
16 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $1,598 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $1,598 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Years since graduation
26 years (graduated 2000)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2000 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2013
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Laura Smith has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Austin and Texas
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 90% of clinicians listed under Dietitian, Registered in Austin, TX (2024, 11 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 114. Middle half: 66 to 188.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 80% of clinicians listed under Dietitian, Registered in Texas (2024, 97 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 134. Middle half: 67 to 275.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Dietitian, Registered in Austin, TX (2024, 11 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $2,922. Middle half: $1,903 to $5,823.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 80% of clinicians listed under Dietitian, Registered in Texas (2024, 97 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $3,900. Middle half: $1,948 to $6,855.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 90% of clinicians listed under Dietitian, Registered in Austin, TX (2024, 11 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $2,922. Middle half: $1,903 to $5,533.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 80% of clinicians listed under Dietitian, Registered in Texas (2024, 97 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $3,900. Middle half: $1,883 to $6,855.
1,048 active clinicians are listed under Dietitian, Registered with a practice address in Austin, TX (5,100 in Texas).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Austin
3% of these 1,048 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
6.4% of these 1,048 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services decreased 69% from 177 in 2019 to 54 in 2024.
- 2019: 177
- 2021: 39
- 2022: 126
- 2024: 54
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 38% from $2,570 in 2019 to $1,598 in 2024.
- 2019: $2,570
- 2021: $2,220
- 2022: $6,694
- 2024: $1,598
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 18% from $1,945 in 2019 to $1,598 in 2024.
- 2019: $1,945
- 2021: $1,764
- 2022: $5,332
- 2024: $1,598
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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97802
Therapy procedure for nutrition management, each 15 minutes
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54 | 13 | $36.11 | $29.60 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2023-09-29NUCC Taxonomy Code: 133V00000X
A Registered Dietitian (RD)/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) is an individual uniquely trained in the science of nutrition and practice of dietetics to design and provide medical nutrition therapy (MNT) and other evidence-based applications of the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) that exemplify the profession's systematic approach to providing high quality nutrition care. Registered dietitians provide MNT for the purpose of disease prevention or management, or to treat or rehabilitate an illness, injury, or condition, with the use of specific, indicated physical and cognitive nutrition care services comprised of one or more of the following aspects of the NCP: nutrition assessment/reassessment, nutrition diagnosis, nutrition intervention (e.g., nutrition counseling, therapeutic diet ordering, and nutrition education) and nutrition monitoring and evaluation.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - REGISTERED DIETITIAN OR NUTRITION PROFESSIONAL
I20180212002510
TX
7113287160
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Medicare Group Practice Enrollments
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
Diabetes And Nutrition Partners Llc
None, Austin, TX 78731
Phone: 5127374112
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 5900 BALCONES DR # 15580, AUSTIN, TX 787314257 (Tel: 5123598459)
Registered at PO BOX 151735, AUSTIN, TX 787151735 (Tel: 5123598459)
Recorded as LAURA SMITH, RD, LD, CDCES
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 4614 N IH 35, AUSTIN, TX 787513401 (Tel: 5129789100)
Registered at 4614 N IH 35, AUSTIN, TX 787513401
Recorded as LAURA SMITH, RD, LD, CNSC
Dietitian, Registered (license number reported to NPPES: TX DT06494)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Dietitian, Registereds in Austin
- Carla Cos, RD, LD
- Jillian Sampaio, RD
- Amanda Hays, MS, RDN, LD
- Kirsten Molldrem, RD
- Alexandra Wimmerstedt
- Michelle Madsen, RD, LD, CDE
Mailing Address
Po Box 151735
Austin, TX 787151735
Phone: 5123598459