Forough Farizani, D.O.
Family Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Forough Farizani, D.O. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1770583411, issued on Jul 22, 2005. Check the license (Texas K2461, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Forough Farizani
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- K2461 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6400 Hillcroft St Ste 100, Houston, TX 77081
- Phone
- (713) 988-3921
- Enumerated
- Jul 22, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jan 2, 2025
- Fax
- (713) 771-8552
- Medicaid IDs
- 081384201 TX
111758203 TX
111758201 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040525001069); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Kansas City University Of Med & Biosciences, College Of Osteo Med, 1994
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 6400 Hillcroft St Ste 100
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Forough Farizani in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K2461Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
58% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,486 Medicare Part D claims for 166 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 20 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium92 claims
- Metformin Hcl68 claims
- Lisinopril53 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium46 claims
- Ozempic39 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate37 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: $689.95
29 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Hillcroft Physicians PAHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Forough Farizani among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Forough Farizani, D.O. is one of 11,119 family 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,123 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 1,123 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Forough Farizani, D.O.'s NPI number?
Forough Farizani, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770583411, issued on Jul 22, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Forough Farizani, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6400 Hillcroft St Ste 100, Houston, TX, 77081. Phone: (713) 988-3921. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Forough Farizani, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K2461, 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 Forough Farizani, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Forough Farizani, D.O. had 1,486 Medicare Part D claims for 166 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.