NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Blaine Lee Farless, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Cleburne, TX

Blaine Lee Farless, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Cleburne, Texas, and NPI 1881633766, issued on Jun 6, 2006. Check the license (Texas J1659, 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 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1881633766
Name
Blaine Lee Farless
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
License number
J1659 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2010 W Katherine P Raines RD, Cleburne, TX 76033
Phone
(817) 556-3212
Enumerated
Jun 6, 2006
Record last updated
Sep 16, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(817) 556-2388
Medicaid ID
047918001 TX
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20101006001017); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Texas Medical School At San Antonio, 1987
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 2010 W Katherine P Raines RD

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

  1. Channing Bryant, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1588675557
  2. Bradley Harman, M.D.Specialist1467458653
  3. Braden Moore, D.P.MFoot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist1730475419

Verify Blaine Lee Farless 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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2.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024

809 Medicare Part D claims for 207 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 337 claims were for opioids.

  1. Blaine Farless809
  2. Specialty average346

Most prescribed

  1. Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen236 claims
  2. Gabapentin127 claims
  3. Cyclobenzaprine Hcl90 claims
  4. Meloxicam57 claims
  5. Ondansetron Odt40 claims
  6. Acetaminophen-Codeine33 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

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

Industry payments in 2024: $1,985.92

29 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Arthrex, Inc. 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. Blaine Farless$1,986
  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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Chisholm Trail Orthopedics And Sports Medicine, LllpCleburne, TX

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

Blaine Lee Farless among 1,514 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Texas

Blaine Lee Farless, MD 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
  • Graduated1987 · median 2003 among the 1,016 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2016 · 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. Sara Haynes, MDCleburne, TX 760331588195507
  2. Von Evans, MDBurleson, TX 760281467484600
  3. Harry Smith, D.O.Burleson, TX 760281568429629
  4. John Thomas, MDBurleson, TX 760281710093976
  5. Peter Kwong, MD1Bedford, TX 760221508977851
  6. Katherine Bartush, M.D.Bedford, TX 760211396188694
  7. Daniel Foster, D.O.Bedford, TX 760211962577106
  8. Howard Harris, MDBedford, TX 760211790762615

Common questions

What is Blaine Lee Farless, MD's NPI number?

Blaine Lee Farless, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881633766, issued on Jun 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Blaine Lee Farless, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2010 W Katherine P Raines RD, Cleburne, TX, 76033. Phone: (817) 556-3212. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Blaine Lee Farless, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number J1659, 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 Blaine Lee Farless, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Blaine Lee Farless, MD had 809 Medicare Part D claims for 207 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Blaine Lee Farless, MD's MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.