Providers
DEMPSEY SPEARS, LPC
NPI 1174653109, individual, Texas City, TX, Counselor, Mental Health
3
Evidence tier
charged in a public enforcement record
- Charged (indicted) per a Department of Justice release dated September 23, 2025, not adjudicated.
- Medicaid paid $6,903 in the last 12 observed months.
score 64 of 100, rank 1572, $7K at stake
National provider registry
From the CMS NPPES Registry, refreshed daily.
| Name | DEMPSEY SPEARS, LPC |
| Type | Individual, sole proprietor |
| Status | Active |
| NPI issued | March 7, 2007, last updated November 5, 2025 |
| Practice location | 7510 FM 1765, Texas City, TX 77591-2628, 409-935-6083 |
| Mailing address | 4352 EMMETT F LOWRY EXPY, Texas City, TX 77591-2628 |
| Specialties | Counselor, Professional (101YP2500X, license 61014 TX) Counselor, Mental Health (101YM0800X, primary, license 61014 TX) |
In this area
7 providers in Galveston County, TX carry an indicator in the public record, with $2.6M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 3 of them, followed by paid after a public list action on 2. 2 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.
| tier | provider | at stake | why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JANIS FOWLER-GULDE Hitchcock, TX, ranked 372 | $2K |
|
| 1 | VITAVIA TELEMEDICINE PLLC League City, TX, ranked 411 | $562 |
|
| 3 | INTEGRITY HOSPICE LLC League City, TX, ranked 2081 | $0 |
|
| 3 | RJ MERIDIAN CARE OF GALVESTON,LLC Galveston, TX, ranked 2316 | $0 |
|
| 4 | MAHALAKSHMI RAMCHANDRA Dickinson, TX, ranked 7622 | $2.5M |
|
| 5 | SYED ZAIDI Friendswood, TX, ranked 11552 | $141K | |
| 5 | RACHEL MCCLOSKEY Texas City, TX, ranked 11960 | $4K |
Recent enforcement in TX
All releasesDepartment of Justice and HHS-OIG releases for this state, newest first. Each opens in a new tab.
DOJCivil settlementAug 26, 2026
Dallas medical clinic to pay $7.5 million to resolve COVID-19 testing overbilling allegations
Aymancare billed the federal government's HRSA Uninsured Program for separate evaluation and management services in addition to COVID-19 specimen collection and testing at pop-up testing sites when no such separate services were performed.
DOJConvictedAug 12, 2026
Scammer pharmacist guilty in $20 million healthcare kickback scheme
Thomas paid over $2 million in kickbacks to the owner of a Houston clinic in exchange for referrals of DOL-OWCP insured patients prescribed high-reimbursement compounded medications, which his pharmacy then billed to DOL-OWCP, receiving more than $20 million in reimbursements.
DOJIndictedJun 24, 2026
U.S. Attorney Announces Major Health Care Fraud Cases in Western District of Texas
Charles is alleged to have received illegal kickbacks for referring patients to San Antonio area hospice companies, causing over $9 million in Medicare claims, while Dr. Duncan settled allegations of billing Medicare and TRICARE for an unapproved amniotic-based product and Trevor's Place settled allegations of submitting inflated TRICARE claims for services not provided.
DOJIndictedJun 23, 2026
Nine charged in SDTX as part of national health care fraud takedown
Nine defendants were indicted in the Southern District of Texas for operating pill mill clinics and a pharmacy that unlawfully distributed controlled substances, billing Medicaid $16 million for mental health services for minors that did not occur, and billing Medicare and TRICARE approximately $906 million for medically unnecessary amniotic wound allografts procured through kickbacks.
DOJChargedJun 23, 2026
Northern District of Texas Charges 13 Health Care Fraudsters for Loss Over $360 Million
Thirteen defendants in the Northern District of Texas were charged in seven cases involving more than $365 million in fraudulent billing to federally-funded programs and other insurers, including laboratory and genetic testing claims procured through kickbacks, transcranial magnetic stimulation treatments billed to TRICARE, medically unnecessary EEG testing, and hospice services never provided.
Referral packet
The packet is a draft for a reviewer. It reads every public record behind this case, states what the records show with a citation for each finding, names the regulation each finding relates to, and lists the ordinary explanations to rule out first. It never asserts intent.