Brett Thomas Earnest, MD
Family Medicine Physician · New Braunfels, TX
Brett Thomas Earnest, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in New Braunfels, Texas, and NPI 1134389711, issued on Jun 17, 2008. Check the license (Texas P0044, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brett Thomas Earnest
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- P0044 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 910 Gruene RD # 2, New Braunfels, TX 78130
- Phone
- (830) 629-3330
- Enumerated
- Jun 17, 2008
- Record last updated
- Dec 18, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120912000809); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School At Dallas, 2008
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 910 Gruene RD # 2
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Emily Briggs, MD, MPHFamily Medicine Physician1760514871
Verify Brett Thomas Earnest in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license P0044Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
23% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,367 Medicare Part D claims for 301 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 16 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium249 claims
- Losartan Potassium189 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate164 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium142 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide110 claims
- Lisinopril105 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: $675.50
36 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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
- Guadalupe Regional Medical GroupNew Braunfels, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Brett Thomas Earnest among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Brett Thomas Earnest, 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 2008, is newer than 55% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 55% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 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).
68 family medicine physician records list a practice address in New Braunfels
They are 68 of the 1,853 NPPES records with a practice address in New Braunfels, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Brett Thomas Earnest, MD's NPI number?
Brett Thomas Earnest, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1134389711, issued on Jun 17, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brett Thomas Earnest, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 910 Gruene RD # 2, New Braunfels, TX, 78130. Phone: (830) 629-3330. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brett Thomas Earnest, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number P0044, 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 Brett Thomas Earnest, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brett Thomas Earnest, MD had 4,367 Medicare Part D claims for 301 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.