NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ismael Alejandro Salas De Armas, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Houston, TX

Ismael Alejandro Salas De Armas, M.D. is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1245478585, issued on Jan 24, 2009. Check the license (Texas P1588, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1245478585
Name
Ismael Alejandro Salas De Armas
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
License numbers
P1588 TX
8254 TX
BP10029344 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
6400 Fannin St Ste 2500, Houston, TX 77030
Phone
(713) 486-6737
Enumerated
Jan 24, 2009
Record last updated
Sep 21, 2022
Fax
(713) 500-0868
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20150716000419); 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 6400 Fannin St Ste 2500

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Aamir Abbas, M.D.Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician1487948030
  2. Ogechi Agu, AGACNP-BCAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1659004653
  3. Mehmet Akay, MDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1457510729
  4. Faiz Baqai, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1982303053
  5. Siya Bhagat, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1801589817
  6. Anju Bhardwaj, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1881803070

Verify Ismael Alejandro Salas De Armas 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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The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 82.4 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score79.2
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%58.5
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $53,974.62

47 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abiomed. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Ismael Salas De Armas$53,975
  2. Specialty average$7,829

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

  1. UT PhysiciansHouston, TX

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

Ismael Alejandro Salas De Armas among 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Texas

Ismael Alejandro Salas De Armas, M.D. is one of 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in Texas. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 71% of them.

  • NPI issued2009 · 71% of these records are older, 27% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated2001 · median 1996 among the 309 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 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 208G00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in Texas

There are 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Texas.

The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Marvin Atkins, MDHouston, TX 770301730160706
  2. Steven Eisenberg, M.D.Houston, TX 770301073512513
  3. Jonathan Ho, MDHouston, TX 770301417949264
  4. Gerald Lawrie, MDHouston, TX 770301457351074
  5. Thomas Macgillivray, MDHouston, TX 770301184605354
  6. Walter Ohara, MDHouston, TX 770301376541789
  7. Octavio Pajaro, M.D.Houston, TX 770301629065677
  8. Rick Peng, M.D.Houston, TX 770301154304103

Common questions

What is Ismael Alejandro Salas De Armas, M.D.'s NPI number?

Ismael Alejandro Salas De Armas, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245478585, issued on Jan 24, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ismael Alejandro Salas De Armas, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6400 Fannin St Ste 2500, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 486-6737. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ismael Alejandro Salas De Armas, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number P1588, 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.

What is Ismael Alejandro Salas De Armas, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 82.4 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.