Francesca Polverino, MD PHD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Houston, TX
Francesca Polverino, MD PHD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1760140420, issued on Nov 30, 2021. Check the license (Texas 48856, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Francesca Polverino
- Credential
- MD PHD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License numbers
- 48856 TX
47790 TX
48169 TX
48514 TX
735407 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (617) 306-8999
- Enumerated
- Nov 30, 2021
- Record last updated
- Nov 21, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20211216001285); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Francesca Polverino in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license 48856Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
89% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
162 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 60% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa39 claims
- Incruse Ellipta33 claims
- Dupixent Syringe13 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate13 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: $42,442.10
39 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Genzyme Corporation. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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).
Francesca Polverino among 967 pulmonary disease physician records in Texas
Francesca Polverino, MD PHD is one of 967 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 88% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 99% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 99% of these records are older, under 1% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2001 among the 773 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Texas
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- Prasad Manian, M.D.Houston, TX 770301194777318
- Dipaben Modi, MDHouston, TX 770301114971850
- Shahram Moghtader, M.D.Houston, TX 770301356398531
- Jayasimha Murthy, MDHouston, TX 770301477543122
- Phuong-Dung Nguyen, MDHouston, TX 770301962486878
Common questions
What is Francesca Polverino, MD PHD's NPI number?
Francesca Polverino, MD PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1760140420, issued on Nov 30, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Francesca Polverino, MD PHD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (617) 306-8999. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Francesca Polverino, MD PHD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 48856, 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 Francesca Polverino, MD PHD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Francesca Polverino, MD PHD had 162 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Francesca Polverino, MD PHD'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.