NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Benjamin Interiano, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · Houston, TX

Benjamin Interiano, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1144222159, issued on Aug 10, 2005. Check the license (Texas H6858, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1144222159
Name
Benjamin Interiano
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License numbers
H6858 TX
6858 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
7737 Southwest Fwy Ste 400, Houston, TX 77074
Phone
(281) 674-1700
Enumerated
Aug 10, 2005
Record last updated
Sep 16, 2024
Fax
(281) 674-1710
Medicaid ID
128116406 TX
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20111101000135); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Perelman School Of Med At The University Of Pennsylvania, 1968
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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Also registered at 7737 Southwest Fwy Ste 400

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

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  3. Michael Kleinman, MDSurgery Physician1427059187
  4. Theresa Rodriguez, MD, MPH, MSSurgery Physician1164086500
  5. Brett Solomon, M.D.Surgery Physician1710172101
  6. Ana Torres, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1871683946

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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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  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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3.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

10,253 Medicare Part D claims for 800 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 19 claims were for opioids.

  1. Benjamin Interiano10,253
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium702 claims
  2. Metformin Hcl621 claims
  3. Simvastatin481 claims
  4. Losartan Potassium377 claims
  5. Levothyroxine Sodium369 claims
  6. Lisinopril358 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: $40.71

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Benjamin Interiano$40.71
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. Wellmed Medical Group PASan Antonio, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

1,488 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston

They are 1,488 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.

Other internal medicine physician records in Texas

  1. Muhammad A. Sattar, MDDallas, TX1760465553
  2. Gayatri Aaluri, MDGalveston, TX1821928508
  3. Anunaya AashishDenton, TX1134246374
  4. Queenie Ann Abad, M.D.San Antonio, TX1174979785
  5. Fuad Abaleka, M.DLubbock, TX1861925596
  6. Carol Abalihi, M.D.El Paso, TX1326136243
  7. Oliverio Abarca Guzman, MDHarlingen, TX1346972940
  8. Obinna Abaribe, M.DMansfield, TX1457704355
  9. Enyinnaya Abarikwu, MDTyler, TX1174788178
  10. Sulaiman Abawi, D.O.Frisco, TX1780845255

Common questions

What is Benjamin Interiano, M.D.'s NPI number?

Benjamin Interiano, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144222159, issued on Aug 10, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Benjamin Interiano, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7737 Southwest Fwy Ste 400, Houston, TX, 77074. Phone: (281) 674-1700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Benjamin Interiano, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number H6858, 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 Benjamin Interiano, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Benjamin Interiano, M.D. had 10,253 Medicare Part D claims for 800 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.