Brian S. Goldfarb, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Brian S. Goldfarb, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1215980503, issued on May 18, 2006. Check the license (Texas M1710, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brian S. Goldfarb
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- M1710 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1701 Sunset Blvd, Houston, TX 77005
- Phone
- (713) 526-5511
- Enumerated
- May 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 9, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 520-4755
- Medicaid ID
- 1776981-02 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050915000291); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York Medical College, 2002
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Brian S. Goldfarb in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M1710Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
35% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
4,281 Medicare Part D claims for 369 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 27 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium266 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate244 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium207 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium200 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er96 claims
- Synthroid95 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: $715.24
27 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Action Therapy Centers LimitedHouston, TX
- Medical Clinic OF Houston, LLPHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Brian S. Goldfarb among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Brian S. Goldfarb, M.D. 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
- Graduated2002 · 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).
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.
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Common questions
What is Brian S. Goldfarb, M.D.'s NPI number?
Brian S. Goldfarb, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215980503, issued on May 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brian S. Goldfarb, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1701 Sunset Blvd, Houston, TX, 77005. Phone: (713) 526-5511. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brian S. Goldfarb, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M1710, 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 Brian S. Goldfarb, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brian S. Goldfarb, M.D. had 4,281 Medicare Part D claims for 369 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Brian S. Goldfarb, M.D.'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.