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2026 NPPES data Orthopaedic Surgery Physician NPI 1811998651 MD
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Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Austin, Texas.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 25,781 in Orthopaedic Surgery Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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Prescribing volume
747
Medicare Part D claims · 231 beneficiaries · Orthopaedic Surgery Physician avg: 324
MIPS score
63.1/100
▼ 20 pts below national avg 83.1 · Mid-tier
Industry payments
$195.84
4 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Compiled from official public sources by the PlainDoctor editorial team.
What the federal data shows
Joel Hurt, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 63.1/100 - below the 83.1 national average - and filed 747 Medicare Part D claims in 2023.
- 63.1/100
- MIPS score · -20 vs avg
- 747
- Part D claims, 2023
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Joel Hurt, MD's MIPS score vs every scored U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure
63 6th percentile higher than 6% of 477,587 scored providers
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Joel Hurt, MD sits
This provider among orthopaedic surgery physician peers
Across the 8,194 orthopaedic surgery physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Joel Hurt, MD writes more Part D claims than 83% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 10% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile
Each dot is one orthopaedic surgery physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Joel Hurt, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Joel Hurt, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 2 hospital affiliations - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Joel Hurt, MD?
Below national averagePrimary specialty
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
Medicare Part D claims
747 131% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
63.1/100 20 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Texas
How Orthopaedic Surgery Physician compares to other specialties among Texas providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Joel Hurt, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Orthopaedic Surgery Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 63.1/100
- vs 83.1 national avg · 2023 performance year
MIPS final score (Orthopaedic Surgery Physician) - 63.1/100 vs national avg 83.1
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Joel Hurt, MD appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Orthopaedic Surgery Physician provider holding MD credentials at 11675 JOLLYVILLE RD, Austin, TX, 78759, with a listed phone of (512) 856-1000. NPI 1811998651 was issued on 08/02/2005.
Medicare Part D records for calendar year 2023 show 747 prescription claims written by this provider, covering 231 Medicare beneficiaries and totaling roughly $6K in drug spend, with an opioid prescribing rate of 56.9%. On the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, this provider earned a Final Score of 63.1/100 for the 2023 performance year (Quality 66, Cost 22.3), compared with the national average of 83.1.
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician is a mid-sized specialty nationwide, with 25,781 enrolled providers across 56 states and an average of 324 Part D claims per prescriber, so the context for interpreting these metrics differs meaningfully from a primary-care baseline.
Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available government data, not medical advice, a malpractice database, or a quality rating. Inclusion here does not imply a recommendation, and absence of complaints or sanctions on this page does not mean none exist, always verify credentials through the NPPES NPI Registry, your state medical board, and the ABMS or AOA before making healthcare decisions.
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1811998651 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Orthopaedic Surgery Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 08/02/2005 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
63.1122
Final Score
Avg: 83.1
66.0217
Quality
22.345
Cost
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Joel Hurt, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Joel H Hurt MD PLLC
Austin, TX
The West Texas Rehabilitation Center
Abilene, TX
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Joel Hurt, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$196
Largest payer
Core Surgical Group
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Texas TMB 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~77K Texas medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Joel Hurt, MD. To verify Joel Hurt, MD's current license status, search the TMB public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
344
Total board actions, Texas 2023
Across 334 cases
4.47
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Texas statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
94 cases
TMB publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Texas disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2023.
747
Total Claims
$6K
Total Drug Cost
231
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 751
- Total Day Supply
- 8,401
- Generic Drug Cost
- $6K
- Opioid Claims
- 425 (56.9% rate)
- Antibiotic Claims
- 31
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 72.4 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 0.78
- Gender Split
- 61% female / 39% male
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2023. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Joel Hurt, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2023
- Hydrocodone-Acetam…
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
236 claims
- Ondansetron Hcl
Ondansetron Hcl
95 claims
- Tramadol Hcl 93
Tramadol Hcl
93 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetamin… 63
Oxycodone-Acetaminophen
63 claims
- Meloxicam 55
Meloxicam
55 claims
- Methylprednisolone 53
Methylprednisolone
53 claims
- Amoxicillin 24
Amoxicillin
24 claims
- Acetaminophen-Code… 21
Acetaminophen-Codeine
21 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 236 |
| Ondansetron Hcl | 95 |
| Tramadol Hcl | 93 |
| Oxycodone-Acetaminophen Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 63 |
| Meloxicam | 55 |
| Methylprednisolone | 53 |
| Amoxicillin | 24 |
| Acetaminophen-Codeine Acetaminophen With Codeine | 21 |
| Celecoxib | 17 |
| Ibuprofen | 13 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Overview
How Joel Hurt, MD fits within the Orthopaedic Surgery Physician landscape nationally.
25,781
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Providers in US
56
States with Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
324
Avg Claims per Provider
Joel Hurt, MD's 747 claims are above the specialty average of 324.
Nearby Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Providers in Texas
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Texas, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Hurt.
Dr. Adham Abdelfattah
MD
San Antonio, TX
Dr. Abraham Abdo
M.D.
Mesquite, TX
Dr. Sharif Abdus-Salaam
MD
El Paso, TX
Dr. Ermias Abebe
M.D.
Texarkana, TX
Ricardo Abreu Irizarry
Houston, TX
Compare Orthopaedic Surgery Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Before you book an appointment
Use this federal record as your verification checklist, not as a recommendation.
- Confirm the NPI record is current in the official CMS registry, providers update their own NPPES details, and moves can lag. Verify this NPI
- Check the active license and any disciplinary history with the Texas medical board, federal registration is not a license check. Credential verification guide
- Weigh a second option: compare this provider with a nearby Orthopaedic Surgery Physician peer on Medicare volume and prescribing patterns. Compare providers
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Joel Hurt, MD's specialty? ▼
Joel Hurt, MD specializes in Orthopaedic Surgery Physician and practices in Austin, Texas. Credentials: MD.
How much does Joel Hurt, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2023, Joel Hurt, MD wrote 747 Medicare Part D claims totaling $6K in drug costs for 231 beneficiaries.
What is Joel Hurt, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
Joel Hurt, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 63.1/100 (Quality: 66, Cost: 22.3). The national average MIPS Final Score is 83.1. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Joel Hurt, MD located? ▼
Joel Hurt, MD is located at 11675 JOLLYVILLE RD, Austin, TX, 78759. Phone: (512) 856-1000.
What is Joel Hurt, MD's NPI number? ▼
Joel Hurt, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811998651, issued on 08/02/2005.
Does Joel Hurt, MD prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Joel Hurt, MD had 425 opioid claims in 2023 with an opioid prescribing rate of 56.9%.
How many Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 25,781 Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers across 56 states in the US. The average Orthopaedic Surgery Physician provider writes 324 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Joel Hurt, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2023 Medicare Part D data, Joel Hurt, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Ondansetron Hcl, Tramadol Hcl. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Joel Hurt, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Joel Hurt, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 747 Part D claims and 231 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Joel Hurt, MD's credentials? ▼
Joel Hurt, MD's NPI is 1811998651 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2023). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of April 2026 (NPPES) / 2023 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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