Joseph F. Bender, DPM
Podiatrist · McAllen, TX
Joseph F. Bender, DPM is a podiatrist with a practice address in McAllen, Texas, and NPI 1265436828, issued on Jun 10, 2005. Check the license (Texas 1235, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph F. Bender
- Credential
- DPM
- Primary taxonomy
- Podiatrist 213E00000X
- License number
- 1235 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 812 Lindberg Ave, McAllen, TX 78501
- Phone
- (956) 971-9107
- Enumerated
- Jun 10, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jun 12, 2024
- Fax
- (956) 971-9109
- Medicaid ID
- 120654203 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100712000593); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Temple University School Of Podiatric Medicine, 1989
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 812 Lindberg Ave
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Verify Joseph F. Bender in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license 1235Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
96% more Medicare Part D claims than the average podiatrist in 2024
614 Medicare Part D claims for 214 beneficiaries, against an average of 314 among the 6,407 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clotrimazole162 claims
- Santyl73 claims
- Amoxicillin68 claims
- Levofloxacin60 claims
- Ciclopirox34 claims
- Doxycycline Monohydrate29 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $27.64
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Organogenesis Inc. The 4,596 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,476.60 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
- Joseph M Caporusso Dpm PAMcAllen, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph F. Bender among 586 podiatrist records in Texas
Joseph F. Bender, DPM is one of 586 podiatrist records with a practice address in Texas. 76% 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, 84% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2001 among the 396 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 213E00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Podiatrist providers in Texas
There are 586 podiatrist records in Texas.
All 586 in Texas → Every provider in McAllen → Podiatrist nationwide →
The 8 podiatrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Adam Bieker, DPMMcAllen, TX 785011366276818
- Thomas Brooks, DPMMcAllen, TX 785011023014917
- Serei Lee, DPMMcAllen, TX 785011306959051
- Bryan Prukop, DPMMcAllen, TX 785011114922697
- Guadalupe Cavazos, D.P.M.McAllen, TX 785031346333465
- Ali Abdul Kareem, DPMMcAllen, TX 785041730446287
- Jose Galvan, DPMMcAllen, TX 785041821660374
- Tin Quach, DPMMcAllen, TX 785041851385488
Common questions
What is Joseph F. Bender, DPM's NPI number?
Joseph F. Bender, DPM's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1265436828, issued on Jun 10, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph F. Bender, DPM located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 812 Lindberg Ave, McAllen, TX, 78501. Phone: (956) 971-9107. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph F. Bender, DPM's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 1235, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Joseph F. Bender, DPM prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph F. Bender, DPM had 614 Medicare Part D claims for 214 beneficiaries; the average among podiatrist prescribers was 314. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joseph F. Bender, DPM'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.