Josephine Salazar, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker · Houston, TX
Josephine Salazar, LCSW is a clinical social worker with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1629291224, issued on Apr 11, 2007. Check the license (Texas 18958, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Josephine Salazar
- Credential
- LCSW
- Primary taxonomy
- Clinical Social Worker 1041C0700X
- License number
- 18958 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5918 Effingham Drive, Houston, TX 77035
- Phone
- (713) 858-8259
- Enumerated
- Apr 11, 2007
- Record last updated
- Mar 1, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080313000226); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Josephine Salazar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license 18958Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 84.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Baylor College OF MedicineHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Josephine Salazar among 11,683 clinical social worker records in Texas
Josephine Salazar, LCSW is one of 11,683 clinical social worker records with a practice address in Texas. 12% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 11% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 11% of these records are older, 81% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 12% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 19% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2012 among the 2,264 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 45% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 1041C0700X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,660 clinical social worker records list a practice address in Houston
They are 1,660 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 11,683 clinical social worker records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Josephine Salazar, LCSW's NPI number?
Josephine Salazar, LCSW's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629291224, issued on Apr 11, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Josephine Salazar, LCSW located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5918 Effingham Drive, Houston, TX, 77035. Phone: (713) 858-8259. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Josephine Salazar, LCSW's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 18958, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
What is Josephine Salazar, LCSW's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.1 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.