Joel Fernando Garza, DO
Internal Medicine Physician · Edinburg, TX
Joel Fernando Garza, DO is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Edinburg, Texas, and NPI 1780146787, issued on Apr 1, 2019. Check the license (Texas T7564, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joel Fernando Garza
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- T7564 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5501 S Mccoll RD, Edinburg, TX 78539
- Phone
- (956) 362-8677
- Enumerated
- Apr 1, 2019
- Record last updated
- Mar 4, 2026
- Fax
- (956) 362-7253
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220711001075); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Kansas City University Of Med & Biosciences, College Of Osteo Med, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joel Fernando Garza in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license T7564Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
304 Medicare Part D claims for 148 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Cefdinir34 claims
- Levofloxacin28 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium15 claims
- Prednisone14 claims
- Eliquis13 claims
- Furosemide13 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: $83.45
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abiomed. 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 2 group practices
- Mcallen Hospitalist Group PLLCMcAllen, TX
- Renaissance HospitalistsRio Grande City, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joel Fernando Garza among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Joel Fernando Garza, DO 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 2019, is newer than 82% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 82% of these records are older, 15% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 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).
57 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Edinburg
They are 57 of the 2,724 NPPES records with a practice address in Edinburg, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Joel Fernando Garza, DO's NPI number?
Joel Fernando Garza, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1780146787, issued on Apr 1, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joel Fernando Garza, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5501 S Mccoll RD, Edinburg, TX, 78539. Phone: (956) 362-8677. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joel Fernando Garza, DO's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number T7564, 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 Fernando Garza, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joel Fernando Garza, DO had 304 Medicare Part D claims for 148 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.