Ben Jacob Hersh, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Austin, TX
Ben Jacob Hersh, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Austin, Texas, and NPI 1346636065, issued on Apr 9, 2015. Check the license (Texas U9953, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ben Jacob Hersh
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- U9953 TX
ME140566 FL
MD180677 OR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 825 E Rundberg LN Ste B1, Austin, TX 78753
- Phone
- (512) 978-9600
- Enumerated
- Apr 9, 2015
- Record last updated
- Sep 6, 2024
- Fax
- (512) 901-9771
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20251008000867); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Boston University School Of Medicine, 2015
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 825 E Rundberg LN Ste B1
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Verify Ben Jacob Hersh in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license U9953Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
80% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
725 Medicare Part D claims for 90 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Biktarvy93 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium42 claims
- Descovy33 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate29 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate27 claims
- Gabapentin18 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $357.95
16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was ViiV Healthcare Company. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Central Texas Community Health CentersAustin, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ben Jacob Hersh among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Ben Jacob Hersh, MD is one of 11,119 family 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 2015, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 75% of these records are older, 23% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
544 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Austin
They are 544 of the 26,585 NPPES records with a practice address in Austin, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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- Mary Black, MDAustin, TX 787531417375510
- Ellen Gaudet Urrutia, DOAustin, TX 787531760131064
- Ernesto Gonzalez, MDAustin, TX 787531871528091
- Yun Kim, M.D., P.A.Austin, TX 787531730404138
- Keith Lamy, M.D.Austin, TX 787531164430278
Common questions
What is Ben Jacob Hersh, MD's NPI number?
Ben Jacob Hersh, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1346636065, issued on Apr 9, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ben Jacob Hersh, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 825 E Rundberg LN Ste B1, Austin, TX, 78753. Phone: (512) 978-9600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ben Jacob Hersh, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number U9953, 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 Ben Jacob Hersh, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ben Jacob Hersh, MD had 725 Medicare Part D claims for 90 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.