NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Heather Marie Villarreal Munoz, MD

Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician · Houston, TX

Heather Marie Villarreal Munoz, MD is a hospice and palliative medicine (internal medicine) physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1568099687, issued on Mar 26, 2020. Check the license (Texas T8681, 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 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1568099687
Name
Heather Marie Villarreal Munoz
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician 207RH0002X
License number
T8681 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
6720 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX 77030
Phone
(713) 798-1750
Enumerated
Mar 26, 2020
Record last updated
Oct 8, 2024
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20240701000824); 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 6720 Bertner Ave

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  4. Fatima Adhi, MDCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1437590387
  5. Yunuen Aguilera Garcia, M.D.Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1578842522
  6. Tabish Aijaz, M.D.Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician1417319732

Verify Heather Marie Villarreal Munoz 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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98% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospice and palliative medicine (internal medicine) physician in 2024

12 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 741 among the 1,607 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Heather Villarreal Munoz12
  2. Specialty average741

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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Baylor College OF MedicineHouston, TX

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

Heather Marie Villarreal Munoz among 169 hospice and palliative medicine (internal medicine) physician records in Texas

Heather Marie Villarreal Munoz, MD is one of 169 hospice and palliative medicine (internal medicine) physician records with a practice address in Texas. 91% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 86% of them.

  • NPI issued2020 · 86% of these records are older, 7% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 91% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
  • Graduated2020 · median 2012 among the 136 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 30% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RH0002X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers in Texas

There are 169 hospice and palliative medicine (internal medicine) physician records in Texas.

All 169 in Texas → Every provider in Houston → Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician nationwide →

The 8 hospice and palliative medicine (internal medicine) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Sonal Admane, MD, MPHHouston, TX 770301669607933
  2. Joseph Arthur, M.DHouston, TX 770301306032107
  3. Patricia Bramati, M.D.Houston, TX 770301316179732
  4. Jessica Casas, M.D.Houston, TX 770301740410067
  5. Shalini Dalal, M.D.Houston, TX 770301457442550
  6. Maxine Grace De La Cruz, M.D.Houston, TX 770301982844916
  7. Rony Dev, D.O.Houston, TX 770301073582458
  8. Ahmed Elsayem, M.D.Houston, TX 770301164516860

Common questions

What is Heather Marie Villarreal Munoz, MD's NPI number?

Heather Marie Villarreal Munoz, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1568099687, issued on Mar 26, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Heather Marie Villarreal Munoz, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6720 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 798-1750. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Heather Marie Villarreal Munoz, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number T8681, 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 Heather Marie Villarreal Munoz, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Heather Marie Villarreal Munoz, MD had 12 Medicare Part D claims; the average among hospice and palliative medicine (internal medicine) physician prescribers was 741. 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.

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

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.