Farah Burhani, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Sugar Land, TX
Farah Burhani, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Sugar Land, Texas, and NPI 1851788020, issued on Apr 24, 2015. Check the license (Texas S0434, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Farah Burhani
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- S0434 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 16811 Southwest Fwy Ste 300, Sugar Land, TX 77479
- Phone
- (281) 275-0897
- Enumerated
- Apr 24, 2015
- Record last updated
- Dec 14, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210922001512); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Farah Burhani in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license S0434Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
67% more Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
872 Medicare Part D claims for 358 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 69 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium44 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen43 claims
- Cefdinir36 claims
- Furosemide33 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate29 claims
- Prednisone26 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: $331.37
11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, 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 PhysiciansSugar Land, TX
- Tmh Physician Associates PLLCSugar Land, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Farah Burhani among 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas
Farah Burhani, MD 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 2015, is newer than 52% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 52% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2013 among the 1,298 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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).
66 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Sugar Land
They are 66 of the 3,851 NPPES records with a practice address in Sugar Land, and 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Farah Burhani, MD's NPI number?
Farah Burhani, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851788020, issued on Apr 24, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Farah Burhani, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 16811 Southwest Fwy Ste 300, Sugar Land, TX, 77479. Phone: (281) 275-0897. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Farah Burhani, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number S0434, 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 Farah Burhani, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Farah Burhani, MD had 872 Medicare Part D claims for 358 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.