Akira Nishikawa, M.D.
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Houston, TX
Akira Nishikawa, M.D. is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1588695019, issued on Jul 5, 2006. Check the license (Texas G7295, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Akira Nishikawa
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- G7295 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5115 Fannin St Ste 801, Houston, TX 77004
- Phone
- (713) 790-0841
- Enumerated
- Jul 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 22, 2024
- Fax
- (713) 790-9663
- Medicaid ID
- 114135001 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20091009000429); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 5115 Fannin St Ste 801
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Kimberly Albright, NPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1760657043
- Abhijeet Basu, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1902853666
- Sanket Borgaonkar, M.D.Interventional Cardiology Physician1720408032
- Melissa Carranza, ACNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1700882511
- Mohamed El-Beheary, M.D., FACCCardiovascular Disease Physician1275578544
- Donald Foster, RN,APRN,ACNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1811363286
Verify Akira Nishikawa in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license G7295Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
41% more Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
4,350 Medicare Part D claims for 468 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Carvedilol439 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium392 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate329 claims
- Eliquis298 claims
- Clopidogrel213 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium198 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): 69.1 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,802.40
36 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Houston Cardiovascular Assoc PAHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Akira Nishikawa, M.D.'s NPI number?
Akira Nishikawa, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588695019, issued on Jul 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Akira Nishikawa, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5115 Fannin St Ste 801, Houston, TX, 77004. Phone: (713) 790-0841. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Akira Nishikawa, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number G7295, 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 Akira Nishikawa, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Akira Nishikawa, M.D. had 4,350 Medicare Part D claims for 468 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Akira Nishikawa, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 69.1 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.