Jose Fernando Santacruz, M.D.
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Houston, TX
Jose Fernando Santacruz, M.D. is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1699967695, issued on Aug 14, 2007. Check the license on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jose Fernando Santacruz
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- 57.011722 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6560 Fannin St Ste 1632, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 255-4000
- Enumerated
- Aug 14, 2007
- Record last updated
- Nov 2, 2023
- Fax
- (713) 255-4050
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100830000707); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Jose Fernando Santacruz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical BoardCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
18% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
1,170 Medicare Part D claims for 268 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 57% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa146 claims
- Symbicort125 claims
- Breo Ellipta63 claims
- Spiriva Respimat62 claims
- Prednisone61 claims
- Trelegy Ellipta55 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $568.70
18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Steris Corporation. 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
- Pulmonary Critical Care And Sleep Medicine Consultants, LLPHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jose Fernando Santacruz among 967 pulmonary disease physician records in Texas
Jose Fernando Santacruz, M.D. 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 2007, is newer than 48% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 48% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2001 among the 773 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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
- Khalid Almoosa, M.D.Houston, TX 770301578528956
- Timothy Connolly, M.D.Houston, TX 770301396798153
- Clinton Doerr, M.D.Houston, TX 770301790737187
- Prasad Manian, M.D.Houston, TX 770301194777318
- Dipaben Modi, MDHouston, TX 770301114971850
- Shahram Moghtader, M.D.Houston, TX 770301356398531
- Jayasimha Murthy, MDHouston, TX 770301477543122
- Phuong-Dung Nguyen, MDHouston, TX 770301962486878
Common questions
What is Jose Fernando Santacruz, M.D.'s NPI number?
Jose Fernando Santacruz, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699967695, issued on Aug 14, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jose Fernando Santacruz, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6560 Fannin St Ste 1632, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 255-4000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jose Fernando Santacruz, M.D.'s license?
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 Fernando Santacruz, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jose Fernando Santacruz, M.D. had 1,170 Medicare Part D claims for 268 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Jose Fernando Santacruz, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.3 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.