NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Bhuvana Muthuswamy, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Bellaire, TX

Bhuvana Muthuswamy, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Bellaire, Texas, and NPI 1588744999, issued on Oct 17, 2006. Check the license (Texas K8365, 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
1588744999
Name
Bhuvana Muthuswamy
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
K8365 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4710 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, TX 77401
Phone
(713) 441-9040
Enumerated
Oct 17, 2006
Record last updated
Mar 24, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicaid IDs
145379703 TX
145379710 TX
145379709 TX
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20051101000353); 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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Also registered at 4710 Bellaire Blvd

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

  1. Ebere Anya, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1710537980
  2. Rachel Bishop, MDInternal Medicine Physician1356348940
  3. Anthony Brown, MDFamily Medicine Physician1821187295
  4. Renee Clary, PA-CAllergy Physician1841474459
  5. Caryn Cohan, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1366444820
  6. Serge De Golovine, MDAllergy & Immunology Physician1538499173

Verify Bhuvana Muthuswamy 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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5% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

3,333 Medicare Part D claims for 310 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 20 claims were for opioids.

  1. Bhuvana Muthuswamy3,333
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium269 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate240 claims
  3. Rosuvastatin Calcium184 claims
  4. Levothyroxine Sodium143 claims
  5. Losartan Potassium143 claims
  6. Metoprolol Succinate94 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: $183.07

10 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. Bhuvana Muthuswamy$183.07
  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. Tmh Physician Associates PLLCSugar Land, TX

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

Bhuvana Muthuswamy among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas

Bhuvana Muthuswamy, 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
  • Graduated1990 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2016 · 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).

30 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Bellaire

They are 30 of the 1,159 NPPES records with a practice address in Bellaire, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Rachel Bishop, MDBellaire, TX 774011356348940
  2. Mark Blick, D.O.Bellaire, TX 774011811912041
  3. Bandana Chawla, MDBellaire, TX 774011619964020
  4. Danny Cheng, M.D.Bellaire, TX 774011437174661
  5. Nancy Esper, M.D.Bellaire, TX 774011013006063
  6. Alfredo Gueler, MDBellaire, TX 774011679506430
  7. Esther Guy, MDBellaire, TX 774011740399484
  8. Kelvin Lee, M.D.Bellaire, TX 774011851360499

Common questions

What is Bhuvana Muthuswamy, MD's NPI number?

Bhuvana Muthuswamy, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588744999, issued on Oct 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Bhuvana Muthuswamy, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4710 Bellaire Blvd, Bellaire, TX, 77401. Phone: (713) 441-9040. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Bhuvana Muthuswamy, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number K8365, 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 Bhuvana Muthuswamy, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Bhuvana Muthuswamy, MD had 3,333 Medicare Part D claims for 310 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.