NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Alkesh C. Amin, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Lake Jackson, TX

Alkesh C. Amin, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Lake Jackson, Texas, and NPI 1215977145, issued on Jun 8, 2006. Check the license (Texas J6853, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1215977145
Name
Alkesh C. Amin
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
J6853 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
215 Oak Drive South, Lake Jackson, TX 77566
Phone
(979) 297-8911
Enumerated
Jun 8, 2006
Record last updated
Oct 27, 2023
Fax
(979) 297-8440
Medicaid ID
035032401 TX
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100629000776); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Alkesh C. Amin in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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7.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

23,267 Medicare Part D claims for 1,257 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 104 claims were for opioids.

  1. Alkesh Amin23,267
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Amlodipine Besylate1,638 claims
  2. Atorvastatin Calcium1,561 claims
  3. Levothyroxine Sodium1,279 claims
  4. Rosuvastatin Calcium845 claims
  5. Metoprolol Succinate632 claims
  6. Losartan Potassium617 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 20.6 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score15.0
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%48.8
  3. Promoting interoperabilitynot scored (reweighted)
  4. Improvement activities0 of 40 points · 15%0.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Alkesh C. Amin among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas

Alkesh C. Amin, MD is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 9% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 59% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated1989 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 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 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

6 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Lake Jackson

They are 6 of the 451 NPPES records with a practice address in Lake Jackson, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Mustanser Badar, MD, MPH, RPVILake Jackson, TX 775661932462140
  2. Rajesh Dalal, MDLake Jackson, TX 775661316928021
  3. Jeevan Gowda, MDLake Jackson, TX 775661881862027
  4. Frank Okosun, M.DLake Jackson, TX 775661093027807
  5. Sailaja Saragadam, MDLake Jackson, TX 775661912517905
  6. Dorothy Merritt, M.D.La Marque, TX 775681881698579
  7. Drury Woodson, M.D.La Marque, TX 775681467476242
  8. Janis Fowler-Gulde, M.D.Hitchcock, TX 775631780688598

Common questions

What is Alkesh C. Amin, MD's NPI number?

Alkesh C. Amin, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215977145, issued on Jun 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Alkesh C. Amin, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 215 Oak Drive South, Lake Jackson, TX, 77566. Phone: (979) 297-8911. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Alkesh C. Amin, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number J6853, 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 Alkesh C. Amin, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Alkesh C. Amin, MD had 23,267 Medicare Part D claims for 1,257 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Alkesh C. Amin, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 20.6 of 100. 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.