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2026 NPPES data Pulmonary Disease Physician NPI 1770596736 M.D.
Verify on CMS → Ghassan Noureddine, M.D.
Pulmonary Disease Physician in Houston, Texas.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 9,323 in Pulmonary Disease Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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Prescribing volume
1K
Medicare Part D claims · 163 beneficiaries · Pulmonary Disease Physician avg: 1K
MIPS score
82.4/100
▼ 1 pts below national avg 83.1 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$2.1K
78 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Compiled from official public sources by the PlainDoctor editorial team.
What the federal data shows
Ghassan Noureddine, M.D. reported a CMS MIPS final score of 82.4/100 - below the 83.1 national average - and filed 1,131 Medicare Part D claims in 2023.
- 82.4/100
- MIPS score · -1 vs avg
- 1K
- Part D claims, 2023
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Ghassan Noureddine, M.D.'s MIPS score vs every scored U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure
82 39th percentile higher than 39% of 477,587 scored providers
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Ghassan Noureddine, M.D. sits
This provider among pulmonary disease physician peers
Across the 2,676 pulmonary disease physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Ghassan Noureddine, M.D. writes more Part D claims than 51% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 45% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile
Each dot is one pulmonary disease physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Ghassan Noureddine, M.D.. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Ghassan Noureddine, M.D. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Ghassan Noureddine, M.D.?
Near national averagePrimary specialty
Pulmonary Disease Physician
Medicare Part D claims
1,131 22% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
82.4/100 0.7 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Texas
How Pulmonary Disease Physician compares to other specialties among Texas providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Ghassan Noureddine, M.D.'s 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Pulmonary Disease Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 82.4/100
- vs 83.1 national avg · 2023 performance year
MIPS final score (Pulmonary Disease Physician) - 82.4/100 vs national avg 83.1
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Ghassan Noureddine, M.D. appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Pulmonary Disease Physician provider holding M.D. credentials at 6550 FANNIN ST STE 2321, Houston, TX, 77030, with a listed phone of (713) 795-5155. NPI 1770596736 was issued on 08/14/2006.
Medicare Part D records for calendar year 2023 show 1,131 prescription claims written by this provider, covering 163 Medicare beneficiaries and totaling roughly $539K in drug spend. On the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, this provider earned a Final Score of 82.4/100 for the 2023 performance year (Quality 79.2, Cost 58.5), compared with the national average of 83.1.
Pulmonary Disease Physician is a mid-sized specialty nationwide, with 9,323 enrolled providers across 53 states and an average of 1,457 Part D claims per prescriber, so the context for interpreting these metrics differs meaningfully from a primary-care baseline.
Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available government data, not medical advice, a malpractice database, or a quality rating. Inclusion here does not imply a recommendation, and absence of complaints or sanctions on this page does not mean none exist, always verify credentials through the NPPES NPI Registry, your state medical board, and the ABMS or AOA before making healthcare decisions.
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1770596736 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Pulmonary Disease Physician |
| Credentials | M.D. |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 08/14/2006 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
82.3883
Final Score
Avg: 83.1
79.2344
Quality
58.5062
Cost
100
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Ghassan Noureddine, M.D. bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
UT Physicians
Houston, TX
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Ghassan Noureddine, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$2.1K
Largest payer
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Texas TMB 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~77K Texas medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Ghassan Noureddine, M.D.. To verify Ghassan Noureddine, M.D.'s current license status, search the TMB public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
344
Total board actions, Texas 2023
Across 334 cases
4.47
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Texas statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
94 cases
TMB publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Texas disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2023.
1,131
Total Claims
$539K
Total Drug Cost
163
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 1,698
- Total Day Supply
- 46,021
- Generic Drug Cost
- $24K
- Antibiotic Claims
- 145
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 72.9 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 2.27
- Gender Split
- 58% female / 42% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 15, 65-74: 82, 75-84: 53, 85+: 13
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2023. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Ghassan Noureddine, M.D. prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2023
- Trelegy Ellipta
Trelegy Ellipta
159 claims
- Montelukast Sodium
Montelukast Sodium
150 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate …
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa
148 claims
- Azithromycin
Azithromycin
119 claims
- Levocetirizine Dih…
Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride
79 claims
- Prednisone 56
Prednisone
56 claims
- Methylprednisolone 44
Methylprednisolone
44 claims
- Symbicort 25
Symbicort
25 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Trelegy Ellipta Fluticasone/Umeclidin/Vilanter | 159 |
| Montelukast Sodium | 150 |
| Albuterol Sulfate Hfa Albuterol Sulfate | 148 |
| Azithromycin | 119 |
| Levocetirizine Dihydrochloride | 79 |
| Prednisone | 56 |
| Methylprednisolone | 44 |
| Symbicort Budesonide/Formoterol Fumarate | 25 |
| Spiriva Handihaler Tiotropium Bromide | 24 |
| Levalbuterol Tartrate Hfa Levalbuterol Tartrate | 22 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Pulmonary Disease Physician Overview
How Ghassan Noureddine, M.D. fits within the Pulmonary Disease Physician landscape nationally.
9,323
Pulmonary Disease Physician Providers in US
53
States with Pulmonary Disease Physician
1,457
Avg Claims per Provider
Ghassan Noureddine, M.D.'s 1,131 claims are below the specialty average of 1,457.
Nearby Pulmonary Disease Physician Providers in Texas
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Texas, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Noureddine.
Dr. Qammar Abbas
M.D.
Wylie, TX
Dr. Mohamed Abdalla
MD
San Antonio, TX
Dr. Emran Abu Atherah
M.D
Webster, TX
Dr. Bruce Ackerman
D.O.
Garland, TX
Dr. Mari Adachi
MD
Plano, TX
Compare Pulmonary Disease Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Before you book an appointment
Use this federal record as your verification checklist, not as a recommendation.
- Confirm the NPI record is current in the official CMS registry, providers update their own NPPES details, and moves can lag. Verify this NPI
- Check the active license and any disciplinary history with the Texas medical board, federal registration is not a license check. Credential verification guide
- Weigh a second option: compare this provider with a nearby Pulmonary Disease Physician peer on Medicare volume and prescribing patterns. Compare providers
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Ghassan Noureddine, M.D.'s specialty? ▼
Ghassan Noureddine, M.D. specializes in Pulmonary Disease Physician and practices in Houston, Texas. Credentials: M.D..
How much does Ghassan Noureddine, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2023, Ghassan Noureddine, M.D. wrote 1,131 Medicare Part D claims totaling $539K in drug costs for 163 beneficiaries.
What is Ghassan Noureddine, M.D.'s Medicare quality score? ▼
Ghassan Noureddine, M.D. has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 82.4/100 (Quality: 79.2, Cost: 58.5). The national average MIPS Final Score is 83.1. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Ghassan Noureddine, M.D. located? ▼
Ghassan Noureddine, M.D. is located at 6550 FANNIN ST STE 2321, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 795-5155.
What is Ghassan Noureddine, M.D.'s NPI number? ▼
Ghassan Noureddine, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770596736, issued on 08/14/2006.
How many Pulmonary Disease Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 9,323 Pulmonary Disease Physician providers across 53 states in the US. The average Pulmonary Disease Physician provider writes 1,457 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Ghassan Noureddine, M.D. prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2023 Medicare Part D data, Ghassan Noureddine, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Trelegy Ellipta, Montelukast Sodium, Albuterol Sulfate Hfa. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Ghassan Noureddine, M.D. accept Medicare? ▼
Ghassan Noureddine, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 1,131 Part D claims and 163 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Ghassan Noureddine, M.D.'s credentials? ▼
Ghassan Noureddine, M.D.'s NPI is 1770596736 with credentials M.D.. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2023). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of April 2026 (NPPES) / 2023 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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