Donald Desmond Brown, D.O.
Hospitalist Physician · Houston, TX
Donald Desmond Brown, D.O. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1548622558, issued on Mar 28, 2016. Check the license (Texas S1571, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Donald Desmond Brown
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- S1571 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 18300 Houston Methodist Dr, Houston, TX 77058
- Phone
- (281) 523-2000
- Enumerated
- Mar 28, 2016
- Record last updated
- Jan 5, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190905002680); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Donald Desmond Brown in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license S1571Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
7% more Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
560 Medicare Part D claims for 236 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 28 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl31 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass28 claims
- Furosemide21 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate21 claims
- Prednisone19 claims
- Eliquis18 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: $20.99
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Sensus Healthcare, Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Houston Methodist Specialty PhysiciansHouston, TX
- Tmh Physician Associates PLLCLeague City, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Donald Desmond Brown among 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas
Donald Desmond Brown, D.O. is one of 1,587 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Texas. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 58% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 58% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2013 among the 1,298 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 25% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in Texas
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- Shawn Davis, MDHouston, TX 770701750463105
- Jean Luc Sime Fotso, M.DHouston, TX 770701770895542
- Marcus Harris, M.D.Houston, TX 770701982837464
Common questions
What is Donald Desmond Brown, D.O.'s NPI number?
Donald Desmond Brown, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548622558, issued on Mar 28, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Donald Desmond Brown, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 18300 Houston Methodist Dr, Houston, TX, 77058. Phone: (281) 523-2000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Donald Desmond Brown, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number S1571, 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 Donald Desmond Brown, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Donald Desmond Brown, D.O. had 560 Medicare Part D claims for 236 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.