Claude Silvanus Murugen, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Houston, TX
Claude Silvanus Murugen, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1356656995, issued on Aug 6, 2010. Check the license (Texas P9660, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Claude Silvanus Murugen
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- P9660 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 798-4870
- Enumerated
- Aug 6, 2010
- Record last updated
- Apr 27, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140930001222); 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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Verify Claude Silvanus Murugen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license P9660Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
79% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
212 Medicare Part D claims for 36 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Trazodone Hcl24 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate21 claims
- Mirtazapine16 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate16 claims
- Clonazepam15 claims
- Bupropion Xl12 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 84.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $128.88
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Baylor College OF MedicineHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Claude Silvanus Murugen among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas
Claude Silvanus Murugen, M.D. is one of 3,318 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Texas. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 56% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 56% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2006 among the 1,481 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 2084P0800X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Claude Silvanus Murugen, M.D.'s NPI number?
Claude Silvanus Murugen, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356656995, issued on Aug 6, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Claude Silvanus Murugen, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 798-4870. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Claude Silvanus Murugen, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number P9660, 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 Claude Silvanus Murugen, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Claude Silvanus Murugen, M.D. had 212 Medicare Part D claims for 36 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Claude Silvanus Murugen, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.1 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.