Joseph A. Elias, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician · Sugar Land, TX
Joseph A. Elias, MD is a physical medicine & rehabilitation physician with a practice address in Sugar Land, Texas, and NPI 1386970705, issued on Oct 19, 2009. Check the license (Texas S8300, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph A. Elias
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician 208100000X
- License numbers
- S8300 TX
MD60229186 WA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 16811 Southwest Fwy Ste 200, Sugar Land, TX 77479
- Phone
- (281) 276-8580
- Enumerated
- Oct 19, 2009
- Record last updated
- Dec 23, 2022
- Fax
- (713) 799-9595
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210916002671); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Baylor College Of Medicine, 2010
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph A. Elias in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license S8300Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
68% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physical medicine & rehabilitation physician in 2024
234 Medicare Part D claims for 109 beneficiaries, against an average of 727 among the 7,448 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Meloxicam46 claims
- Methylprednisolone37 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl28 claims
- Gabapentin28 claims
- Baclofen24 claims
- Pregabalin17 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: $817.86
18 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,237.86 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 2 group practices
- Houston Methodist Specialty PhysiciansSugar Land, TX
- Tmh Physician Associates PLLCSugar Land, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph A. Elias among 1,099 physical medicine & rehabilitation physician records in Texas
Joseph A. Elias, MD is one of 1,099 physical medicine & rehabilitation physician records with a practice address in Texas. 55% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 41% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 41% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 55% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 47% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2006 among the 512 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208100000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician providers in Texas
There are 1,099 physical medicine & rehabilitation physician records in Texas.
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The 8 physical medicine & rehabilitation physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Michael Abdelsayed, D.O.Sugar Land, TX 774791417935826
- Indira Mutyala, M.DSugar Land, TX 774791811380298
- Heather Naumann, MDSugar Land, TX 774791225535305
- Gabriella SantosSugar Land, TX 774791396216503
- Omair Ahmad, M.D.Sugar Land, TX 774781386909935
- Lucas Brane, MDSugar Land, TX 774781407348568
- Kevin Cao, M.D.Sugar Land, TX 774781881081297
- Neil Chitnis, DOSugar Land, TX 774781336726801
Common questions
What is Joseph A. Elias, MD's NPI number?
Joseph A. Elias, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1386970705, issued on Oct 19, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph A. Elias, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 16811 Southwest Fwy Ste 200, Sugar Land, TX, 77479. Phone: (281) 276-8580. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph A. Elias, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number S8300, 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 Joseph A. Elias, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph A. Elias, MD had 234 Medicare Part D claims for 109 beneficiaries; the average among physical medicine & rehabilitation physician prescribers was 727. 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.