NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Bhrugesh Jogeshkumar Shah, M.D.

Hospitalist Physician · Houston, TX

Bhrugesh Jogeshkumar Shah, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1215467550, issued on Jun 19, 2017. Check the license (Texas T8940, 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
1215467550
Name
Bhrugesh Jogeshkumar Shah
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License numbers
T8940 TX
25MA10820200 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
6411 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030
Phone
(713) 500-7116
Enumerated
Jun 19, 2017
Record last updated
Apr 19, 2026
Fax
(713) 500-0625
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230316000558); accepts Medicare assignment
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 6411 Fannin St

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

  1. Abeer Abdelhafez, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1225791338
  2. Hamzah Abduljabar, MDHospitalist Physician1720608730
  3. Muhammad Abdullah, CAAAnesthesiologist Assistant1053295154
  4. Nora AbifarajPharmacist1073435855
  5. Doha Aboul-FotouhPediatrics Physician1891255691
  6. Rodeo Abrencillo, M.D.Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1164716635

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
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79% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

109 Medicare Part D claims for 46 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 12 claims were for opioids.

  1. Bhrugesh Shah109
  2. Specialty average521

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: $144.03

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Bhrugesh Shah$144.03
  2. Specialty average$494.84

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. UT PhysiciansHouston, TX

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

Bhrugesh Jogeshkumar Shah among 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas

Bhrugesh Jogeshkumar Shah, M.D. is one of 1,587 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Texas. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 63% of them.

  • NPI issued2017 · 63% of these records are older, 32% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • Graduated2014 · median 2013 among the 1,298 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 25% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Hospitalist Physician providers in Texas

There are 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Jamuna Daniel, M.D.Houston, TX 770301679541304
  2. John FlynnHouston, TX 770301144263955
  3. Ron Giveon, M.D.Houston, TX 770301386606788
  4. Josiah Halm, MDHouston, TX 770301275640880
  5. Matthew Harbison, MDHouston, TX 770301043223209
  6. Lubna Khawaja, M.D.Houston, TX 770301891748935
  7. Gina Khraish, M.D.Houston, TX 770301295764413
  8. Achilia Morrow, M.D.Houston, TX 770301548374044

Common questions

What is Bhrugesh Jogeshkumar Shah, M.D.'s NPI number?

Bhrugesh Jogeshkumar Shah, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215467550, issued on Jun 19, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Bhrugesh Jogeshkumar Shah, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6411 Fannin St, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 500-7116. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Bhrugesh Jogeshkumar Shah, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number T8940, 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 Bhrugesh Jogeshkumar Shah, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Bhrugesh Jogeshkumar Shah, M.D. had 109 Medicare Part D claims for 46 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.