NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Faiza Tahir, M.D

Infectious Disease Physician · Baytown, TX

Faiza Tahir, M.D is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Baytown, Texas, and NPI 1487897609, issued on Apr 17, 2009. Check the license (Texas N7884, 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
1487897609
Name
Faiza Tahir
Credential
M.D
Primary taxonomy
Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
License number
N7884 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
6051 Garth RD Ste 1100, Baytown, TX 77521
Phone
(281) 428-4024
Enumerated
Apr 17, 2009
Record last updated
Jun 4, 2024
Fax
(281) 428-4026
Medicaid ID
300749401 TX
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20120725000760); accepts Medicare assignment
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 6051 Garth RD Ste 1100

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

  1. Beverley CollinsFamily Nurse Practitioner1104371822
  2. Sukhbir Kaur, FNPNurse Practitioner1861343352

Verify Faiza Tahir 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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62% more Medicare Part D claims than the average infectious disease physician in 2024

1,118 Medicare Part D claims for 243 beneficiaries, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Faiza Tahir1,118
  2. Specialty average689

Most prescribed

  1. Daptomycin107 claims
  2. Ertapenem79 claims
  3. Doxycycline Hyclate72 claims
  4. Meropenem34 claims
  5. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass33 claims
  6. Amlodipine Besylate25 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: $549.23

25 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was ViiV Healthcare Company. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Faiza Tahir$549.23
  2. Specialty average$4,362.19

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. Faiza Tahir MD PABaytown, TX

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

Faiza Tahir among 674 infectious disease physician records in Texas

Faiza Tahir, M.D is one of 674 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 61% of them.

  • NPI issued2009 · 61% of these records are older, 35% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
  • Graduated2003 · median 2002 among the 510 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 46% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Infectious Disease Physician providers in Texas

There are 674 infectious disease physician records in Texas.

The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Marina Nunez, MDBaytown, TX 775211700815479
  2. Shariq Rauf, MDBaytown, TX 775211528019023
  3. Zaher Shebib, M.DPasadena, TX 775051780622928
  4. Andres Gutierrez Ordonez, M.D.Katy, TX 774941134452279
  5. Janice Koshy, M.D.Katy, TX 774941023336286
  6. Linda Yancey, M.D.Katy, TX 774931992759070
  7. Lucas Blanton, MDGalveston, TX 775551265519490
  8. Miguel Cabada, MD MSCGalveston, TX 775551255532982

Common questions

What is Faiza Tahir, M.D's NPI number?

Faiza Tahir, M.D's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487897609, issued on Apr 17, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Faiza Tahir, M.D located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6051 Garth RD Ste 1100, Baytown, TX, 77521. Phone: (281) 428-4024. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Faiza Tahir, M.D's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number N7884, 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 Faiza Tahir, M.D prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Faiza Tahir, M.D had 1,118 Medicare Part D claims for 243 beneficiaries; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Faiza Tahir, 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.