Afroz Shamim
Psychiatry Physician · Houston, TX
Afroz Shamim is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1497969323, issued on May 10, 2007. Check the license (Texas N6655, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Afroz Shamim
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- N6655 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1977 Butler Blvd Ste E4.400, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 798-4857
- Enumerated
- May 10, 2007
- Record last updated
- Dec 4, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101013000422); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Afroz Shamim in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license N6655Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
44% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
563 Medicare Part D claims for 63 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Hydroxyzine Hcl57 claims
- Sertraline Hcl42 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate39 claims
- Bupropion Xl38 claims
- Trazodone Hcl38 claims
- Citalopram Hbr37 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 84.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Baylor College OF MedicineHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Afroz Shamim among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas
Afroz Shamim is one of 3,318 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Texas. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 35% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 35% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2006 among the 1,481 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Afroz Shamim's NPI number?
Afroz Shamim's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497969323, issued on May 10, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Afroz Shamim located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1977 Butler Blvd Ste E4.400, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 798-4857. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Afroz Shamim's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number N6655, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Afroz Shamim prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Afroz Shamim had 563 Medicare Part D claims for 63 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Afroz Shamim's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.1 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.