Joseph Paul Puente, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Sinton, TX
Joseph Paul Puente, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Sinton, Texas, and NPI 1356312730, issued on Feb 1, 2006. Check the license (Texas K4327, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Paul Puente
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- K4327 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 209 E Market St, Sinton, TX 78387
- Phone
- (361) 364-0650
- Enumerated
- Feb 1, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 12, 2024
- Fax
- (361) 364-0653
- Medicaid ID
- 096793704 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20041116000169); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At San Antonio, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 209 E Market St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- John Rackley, PA-CPhysician Assistant1902248529
Verify Joseph Paul Puente in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K4327Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
23,062 Medicare Part D claims for 899 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 1,150 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,313 claims
- Losartan Potassium734 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium639 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate598 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium588 claims
- Metformin Hcl561 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: $461.53
22 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
5 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Sinton
They are 5 of the 37 NPPES records with a practice address in Sinton, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Joseph Paul Puente, M.D.'s NPI number?
Joseph Paul Puente, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356312730, issued on Feb 1, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Paul Puente, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 209 E Market St, Sinton, TX, 78387. Phone: (361) 364-0650. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Paul Puente, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K4327, 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 Paul Puente, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Paul Puente, M.D. had 23,062 Medicare Part D claims for 899 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.