NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

John T. Paulsel, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Houston, TX

John T. Paulsel, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1285611764, issued on Dec 27, 2005. Check the license (Texas E4590, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1285611764
Name
John T. Paulsel
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
E4590 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1701 Sunset Blvd, Houston, TX 77005
Phone
(713) 526-5511
Enumerated
Dec 27, 2005
Record last updated
Feb 9, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(713) 520-4755
Medicaid ID
039329001 TX
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100805000642); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Baylor College Of Medicine, 1975
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 1701 Sunset Blvd

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

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Verify John T. Paulsel 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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2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

6,980 Medicare Part D claims for 613 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 122 claims were for opioids.

  1. John Paulsel6,980
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Losartan Potassium345 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate318 claims
  3. Atorvastatin Calcium318 claims
  4. Levothyroxine Sodium291 claims
  5. Metoprolol Succinate237 claims
  6. Lisinopril195 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

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

Industry payments in 2024: $311.24

15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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.

  1. John Paulsel$311.24
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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. Medical Clinic OF Houston, LLPHouston, TX

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

John T. Paulsel among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas

John T. Paulsel, MD 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 91% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated1975 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2016 · 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).

1,488 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston

They are 1,488 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

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  5. Matthew Lenz, MDHouston, TX 770051023095593
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Common questions

What is John T. Paulsel, MD's NPI number?

John T. Paulsel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285611764, issued on Dec 27, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is John T. Paulsel, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1701 Sunset Blvd, Houston, TX, 77005. Phone: (713) 526-5511. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify John T. Paulsel, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number E4590, 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 John T. Paulsel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, John T. Paulsel, MD had 6,980 Medicare Part D claims for 613 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is John T. Paulsel, MD's MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.