Joseph Varon, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Houston, TX
Joseph Varon, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1215983895, issued on May 26, 2006. Check the license (Texas J5933, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Varon
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- J5933 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2219 Dorrington St, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 669-1670
- Enumerated
- May 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 10, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 669-1671
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070531000513); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph Varon in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license J5933Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
29% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
1,005 Medicare Part D claims for 112 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 19 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Trelegy Ellipta76 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate64 claims
- Breztri Aerosphere54 claims
- Azithromycin45 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium36 claims
- Metformin Hcl32 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: $1,765.66
87 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Electromed, Inc. 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.
Joseph Varon among 967 pulmonary disease physician records in Texas
Joseph Varon, MD 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 2006, is newer than 16% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 2001 among the 773 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 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 Joseph Varon, MD's NPI number?
Joseph Varon, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215983895, issued on May 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Varon, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2219 Dorrington St, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 669-1670. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Varon, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number J5933, 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 Varon, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Varon, MD had 1,005 Medicare Part D claims for 112 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. 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.