Jose A. Romero, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Austin, TX
Jose A. Romero, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Austin, Texas, and NPI 1346686128, issued on May 20, 2013. Check the license (Texas Q8623, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jose A. Romero
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- Q8623 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1301 W 38TH St, Austin, TX 78705
- Phone
- (512) 447-5633
- Enumerated
- May 20, 2013
- Record last updated
- Mar 11, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190911001681); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Jose A. Romero in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license Q8623Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6% more Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
367 Medicare Part D claims for 184 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 294 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen156 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen82 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl50 claims
- Celecoxib22 claims
- Methylprednisolone21 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: $6,312.33
31 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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
- Seton Family OF DoctorsAustin, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jose A. Romero among 1,514 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Texas
Jose A. Romero, M.D. is one of 1,514 orthopaedic surgery 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 2013, is newer than 78% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 78% of these records are older, 20% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2003 among the 1,016 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Texas
There are 1,514 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Texas.
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The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Christopher Chenault, MDAustin, TX 787051225020217
- Matthew Driscoll, M.D.Austin, TX 787051437307592
- Malone Hill, M.D.Austin, TX 787051225068687
- Charles Malone, MDAustin, TX 787051538164306
- Jacob Manuel, MDAustin, TX 787051063628964
Common questions
What is Jose A. Romero, M.D.'s NPI number?
Jose A. Romero, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1346686128, issued on May 20, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jose A. Romero, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1301 W 38TH St, Austin, TX, 78705. Phone: (512) 447-5633. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jose A. Romero, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number Q8623, 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 A. Romero, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jose A. Romero, M.D. had 367 Medicare Part D claims for 184 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Jose A. Romero, M.D.'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.