Joel Garza
Physician Assistant · Rio Grande City, TX
Joel Garza is a physician assistant with a practice address in Rio Grande City, Texas, and NPI 1548992639, issued on Jun 27, 2022. Check the license (Texas PA16558, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joel Garza
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA16558 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2768 Pharmacy RD, Rio Grande City, TX 78582
- Phone
- (956) 487-5621
- Enumerated
- Jun 27, 2022
- Record last updated
- May 12, 2023
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 2768 Pharmacy RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Joel Garza in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license PA16558Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
98% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
15 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $220.22
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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.
17 physician assistant records list a practice address in Rio Grande City
They are 17 of the 290 NPPES records with a practice address in Rio Grande City, and 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas.
All 17 in Rio Grande City → All 10,999 in Texas → Every provider in Rio Grande City →
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Common questions
What is Joel Garza's NPI number?
Joel Garza's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548992639, issued on Jun 27, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joel Garza located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2768 Pharmacy RD, Rio Grande City, TX, 78582. Phone: (956) 487-5621. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joel Garza's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number PA16558, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Joel Garza prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joel Garza had 15 Medicare Part D claims; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.