Jose Angel Melendez
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Houston, TX
Jose Angel Melendez is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1134305253, issued on Jan 18, 2008. Check the license (Texas N7311, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jose Angel Melendez
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- N7311 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1631 N. Loop West, Houston, TX 77008
- Phone
- (713) 863-0902
- Enumerated
- Jan 18, 2008
- Record last updated
- Aug 7, 2026
- Fax
- (713) 863-8682
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130926000102); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York Medical College, 2005
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Jose Angel Melendez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license N7311Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
32% more Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
1,888 Medicare Part D claims for 285 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 54% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Montelukast Sodium223 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa208 claims
- Trelegy Ellipta178 claims
- Prednisone167 claims
- Ofev133 claims
- Breztri Aerosphere129 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: $2,719.91
133 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Philips North America LLC. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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 one group practice
- H S Kochar MD PAHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jose Angel Melendez among 967 pulmonary disease physician records in Texas
Jose Angel Melendez is one of 967 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 88% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 59% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 59% of these records are older, 34% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2001 among the 773 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Texas
There are 967 pulmonary disease physician records in Texas.
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The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Juan Barriga, M.D.Houston, TX 770081578520698
- Luis Chug, M.D.Houston, TX 770081326207648
- Harmohinder Kochar, MDHouston, TX 770081720086002
- Balchander Rao, MDHouston, TX 770081710026158
- Anurag Agrawal, MDHouston, TX 770051235373481
- Juan Botto, M.D.Houston, TX 770041457333775
- Martin Kaplan, M.D.Houston, TX 770041588640171
- Amelia Ng, MDHouston, TX 770041982717526
Common questions
What is Jose Angel Melendez's NPI number?
Jose Angel Melendez's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1134305253, issued on Jan 18, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jose Angel Melendez located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1631 N. Loop West, Houston, TX, 77008. Phone: (713) 863-0902. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jose Angel Melendez's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number N7311, 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 Jose Angel Melendez prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jose Angel Melendez had 1,888 Medicare Part D claims for 285 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. 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.