Joseph Clayton Gathe, M.D.
Infectious Disease Physician · Houston, TX
Joseph Clayton Gathe, M.D. is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1366436263, issued on Sep 7, 2005. Check the license (Texas F9471, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Clayton Gathe
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License number
- F9471 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4900 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77004
- Phone
- (713) 526-9821
- Enumerated
- Sep 7, 2005
- Record last updated
- Dec 16, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 526-0614
- Medicaid ID
- 123131805 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050824001166); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Baylor College Of Medicine, 1981
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4900 Fannin St
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Verify Joseph Clayton Gathe in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license F9471Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
17.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average infectious disease physician in 2024
11,690 Medicare Part D claims for 648 beneficiaries, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 41% of claims. 89 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Biktarvy1,062 claims
- Prezcobix601 claims
- Symtuza411 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate257 claims
- Genvoya255 claims
- Tivicay253 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): 39.9 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: $135,720.58
221 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, Inc. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 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.
Joseph Clayton Gathe among 674 infectious disease physician records in Texas
Joseph Clayton Gathe, M.D. is one of 674 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 84% 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, 93% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated1981 · median 2002 among the 510 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 46% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Infectious Disease Physician providers in Texas
There are 674 infectious disease physician records in Texas.
All 674 in Texas → Every provider in Houston → Infectious Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Janitzio Guzman, MDHouston, TX 770041235592643
- Thomas Kaspar, M.D.Houston, TX 770041205810629
- Jordan Lake, M.D.Houston, TX 770041700032075
- Benjamin Portnoy, MDHouston, TX 770041073583423
- Rubina Joseph, M.D.Houston, TX 770061104051853
- Rocco RichardsHouston, TX 770061679912729
- William Siebert, M.D.Houston, TX 770021962465765
- Meena Sunil, M.D.Houston, TX 770061801108428
Common questions
What is Joseph Clayton Gathe, M.D.'s NPI number?
Joseph Clayton Gathe, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1366436263, issued on Sep 7, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Clayton Gathe, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4900 Fannin St, Houston, TX, 77004. Phone: (713) 526-9821. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Clayton Gathe, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number F9471, 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 Clayton Gathe, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Clayton Gathe, M.D. had 11,690 Medicare Part D claims for 648 beneficiaries; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joseph Clayton Gathe, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 39.9 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.