Irvin Co Tantuco, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Irvin Co Tantuco, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1508025412, issued on Jun 5, 2008. Check the license (Texas N0497, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Irvin Co Tantuco
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- N0497 TX
ABIM282060 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1213 Hermann Dr Ste 610, Houston, TX 77004
- Phone
- (713) 524-3900
- Enumerated
- Jun 5, 2008
- Record last updated
- Jul 12, 2023
- Fax
- (713) 527-8356
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080924000497); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1213 Hermann Dr Ste 610
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Irvin Co Tantuco in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license N0497Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,039 Medicare Part D claims for 327 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 122 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium121 claims
- Losartan Potassium96 claims
- Metformin Hcl95 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium90 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate75 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium66 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 78.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $645.00
33 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Harmony Biosciences LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Oprex Medical Group PLLCHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Irvin Co Tantuco among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Irvin Co Tantuco, MD is one of 9,175 internal 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 2008, is newer than 50% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 50% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,488 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 1,488 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Irvin Co Tantuco, MD's NPI number?
Irvin Co Tantuco, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508025412, issued on Jun 5, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Irvin Co Tantuco, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1213 Hermann Dr Ste 610, Houston, TX, 77004. Phone: (713) 524-3900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Irvin Co Tantuco, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number N0497, 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 Irvin Co Tantuco, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Irvin Co Tantuco, MD had 3,039 Medicare Part D claims for 327 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Irvin Co Tantuco, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 78.9 of 100. 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.