Houtan Ali Taba, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician · Houston, TX
Houtan Ali Taba, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1699110874, issued on May 1, 2013. Check the license (Texas S3755, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Houtan Ali Taba
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician 207XS0117X
- License number
- S3755 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7401 Main St, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 799-2300
- Enumerated
- May 1, 2013
- Record last updated
- Apr 22, 2025
- Fax
- (281) 501-5986
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20191120002795); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Florida College Of Medicine, 2013
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 7401 Main St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Nabiha Ahmed, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTSurgical Physician Assistant1386009231
- Kelechi Anyakee, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1740066190
- Susan Ball, R.N.Registered Nurse1013907278
- Lindsey Biggs, PASurgical Physician Assistant1730064635
- Sheila Bradley, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1730182890
- Barrett Brown, M.D.Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician1952470262
Verify Houtan Ali Taba in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license S3755Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician in 2024
1,160 Medicare Part D claims for 263 beneficiaries, against an average of 381 among the 1,714 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 467 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen253 claims
- Gabapentin184 claims
- Methocarbamol183 claims
- Acetaminophen-Codeine102 claims
- Methylprednisolone67 claims
- Celecoxib53 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $3,457.55
39 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Globus Medical, Inc. The 1,726 providers of this specialty with any payment received $34,071.55 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
- Ortholonestar PLLCHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Houtan Ali Taba among 225 orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician records in Texas
Houtan Ali Taba, M.D. is one of 225 orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 87% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 77% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 77% of these records are older, 22% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 79% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2005 among the 177 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 44% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207XS0117X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician providers in Texas
There are 225 orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician records in Texas.
All 225 in Texas → Every provider in Houston → Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician nationwide →
The 8 orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Rubin Bashir, MDHouston, TX 770301568653798
- Shah-Nawaz Dodwad, M.D.Houston, TX 770301477882520
- Stephen Esses, M.D.Houston, TX 770301760489595
- Alan Heilman, M.D.Houston, TX 770301952399347
- Rex Marco, M.D.Houston, TX 770301205861887
- Adam ParkHouston, TX 770301538691985
- Ra'Kerry Rahman, MDHouston, TX 770301972752228
- Jeffrey Ratusznik, MDHouston, TX 770301710148119
Common questions
What is Houtan Ali Taba, M.D.'s NPI number?
Houtan Ali Taba, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699110874, issued on May 1, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Houtan Ali Taba, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7401 Main St, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 799-2300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Houtan Ali Taba, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number S3755, 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 Houtan Ali Taba, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Houtan Ali Taba, M.D. had 1,160 Medicare Part D claims for 263 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery of the spine physician prescribers was 381. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Houtan Ali Taba, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.