NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Arie Salzman, M.D.

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Laredo, TX

Arie Salzman, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Laredo, Texas, and NPI 1467490466, issued on Jun 2, 2006. Check the license (Texas L0921, 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
1467490466
Name
Arie Salzman
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
License number
L0921 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1710 E Saunders, Laredo, TX 78041
Phone
(956) 795-8275
Enumerated
Jun 2, 2006
Record last updated
Oct 29, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(956) 795-8278
Medicaid ID
037599002 TX
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20101117000356); 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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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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3.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024

1,247 Medicare Part D claims for 307 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 25 claims were for opioids.

  1. Arie Salzman1,247
  2. Specialty average346

Most prescribed

  1. Methylprednisolone372 claims
  2. Allopurinol163 claims
  3. Gabapentin158 claims
  4. Meloxicam126 claims
  5. Tymlos114 claims
  6. Raloxifene Hcl60 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): 80.7 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 score65.2
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%66.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

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

Industry payments in 2024: $623.28

11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Arie Salzman$623
  2. Specialty average$23,023

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Arie Salzman among 1,514 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Texas

Arie Salzman, M.D. is one of 1,514 orthopaedic surgery 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 18% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 18% of these records are older, 46% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • Graduated1993 · median 2003 among the 1,016 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2010 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Texas

There are 1,514 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Texas.

The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Jason Defrancis, MDLaredo, TX 780411801028717
  2. Yvel Moreau, MDLaredo, TX 780411558330761
  3. Anish Potty, M.D.,Laredo, TX 780411902208440
  4. Ramon Soriano, M.D.Laredo, TX 780411548459175
  5. Roberto Cantu-Lara, MDLaredo, TX 780401891887519
  6. Michael Galo, MDLaredo, TX 780401952402299
  7. Saravanaraja Muthusamy, MDLaredo, TX 780451770864399
  8. Jason Goodrum, MDKerrville, TX 780281265923189

Common questions

What is Arie Salzman, M.D.'s NPI number?

Arie Salzman, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467490466, issued on Jun 2, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Arie Salzman, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1710 E Saunders, Laredo, TX, 78041. Phone: (956) 795-8275. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Arie Salzman, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number L0921, 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 Arie Salzman, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Arie Salzman, M.D. had 1,247 Medicare Part D claims for 307 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Arie Salzman, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 80.7 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.