Joel Fernandez, MD
General Practice Physician · Houston, TX
Joel Fernandez, MD is a general practice physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1730465980, issued on Nov 1, 2011. Check the license (Texas R4387, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joel Fernandez
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- General Practice Physician 208D00000X
- License numbers
- R4387 TX
31255 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 13601 Woodforrest Blvd., Houston, TX 77015
- Phone
- (713) 330-4325
- Enumerated
- Nov 1, 2011
- Record last updated
- Jun 30, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Verify Joel Fernandez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license R4387Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
84% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average general practice physician in 2024
481 Medicare Part D claims for 109 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,030 among the 8,395 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium26 claims
- Metformin Hcl19 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium18 claims
- Carvedilol17 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium17 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium14 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $274.21
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 4,259 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,273.40 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.
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Common questions
What is Joel Fernandez, MD's NPI number?
Joel Fernandez, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730465980, issued on Nov 1, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joel Fernandez, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 13601 Woodforrest Blvd., Houston, TX, 77015. Phone: (713) 330-4325. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joel Fernandez, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number R4387, 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 Joel Fernandez, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joel Fernandez, MD had 481 Medicare Part D claims for 109 beneficiaries; the average among general practice physician prescribers was 3,030. 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.
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.