2026 NPPES data Orthopaedic Surgery Physician NPI 1043483134
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MICHAEL CUSICK

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in KINGWOOD, Texas. CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System profile including specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare prescribing data when reported.

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Prescribing volume
1K
Medicare Part D claims · 295 beneficiaries · Orthopaedic Surgery Physician avg: 324
MIPS score
78.2666/100
▼ 5 pts below national avg 83.1 · [object Object]
Industry payments
$71.3K
93 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)

What the federal data shows

MICHAEL CUSICK reported a CMS MIPS final score of 78.2666/100 — below the 83.1 national average — and filed 1,100 Medicare Part D claims in 2023.

78.2666/100
MIPS score · -5 vs avg
1K
Part D claims, 2023
Likely
board-certified (heuristic)

Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) — no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.

MICHAEL CUSICK's MIPS score vs every scored U.S. clinician

CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023 — the federal quality measure

78 27th percentile higher than 27% of 477,587 scored providers

0–10: 8,684 scored providers (2%). Below this entry. 10–20: 3,008 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 20–30: 3,069 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 2,746 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 2,928 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,882 scored providers (1%). Below this entry. 60–70: 13,906 scored providers (3%). Below this entry. 70–80: 118,074 scored providers (25%). This entry sits in this band. 80–90: 129,887 scored providers (27%). Above this entry. 90–100: 189,403 scored providers (40%). Above this entry. This provider 0 100 every MIPS-scored clinician, bucketed by value

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Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023

Board certification likely (heuristic — not verified)

MICHAEL CUSICK practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 3 hospital affiliations — signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).

What does the federal data show about MICHAEL CUSICK?

Near national average

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 04/09/2008

NPI 1043483134

Primary specialty

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician

Mid-sized

25,781 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

1,100 240% vs specialty avg

2023 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 324

MIPS final score

78.2666/100 4.8333999999999975% pts

Above neutral band

vs 83.1 national avg

Specialty distribution in Texas

How Orthopaedic Surgery Physician compares to other specialties among Texas providers

Texas providers

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician share within Texas

1. Orthopaedic Surgery Physician42%2. Internal medicine21%3. Family medicine17%4. Surgical12%5. Pediatric8%
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician share within Texas

Medicare quality performance — MIPS

MICHAEL CUSICK's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Orthopaedic Surgery Physician national average

Near national average
MIPS Final Score
78.2666/100
vs 83.1 national avg · 2023 performance year

MIPS final score (Orthopaedic Surgery Physician) — 78.2666/100 vs national avg 83.1

0%100%National avg83%78.3%
MIPS final score (Orthopaedic Surgery Physician) — 78.2666/100 vs national avg 83.1

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.

Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).

MICHAEL CUSICK appears in the CMS NPPES registry as a Orthopaedic Surgery Physician provider at 22751 PROFESSIONAL DR STE 240, KINGWOOD, TX, 77339, with a listed phone of (713) 799-2300. NPI 1043483134 was issued on 04/09/2008. Because NPPES data is self-reported by the provider and refreshed monthly, the address, phone, and specialty reflect what CUSICK most recently submitted to CMS rather than a vetted directory listing, which is why patients should always confirm the practice is still at this location before scheduling.

Medicare Part D records for calendar year 2023 show 1,100 prescription claims written by this provider, covering 295 Medicare beneficiaries and totaling roughly $23K in drug spend, with an opioid prescribing rate of 18.8%. These figures capture only Medicare Part D — commercial insurance, Medicaid, and cash-pay prescriptions are not included, and any drug-beneficiary cell under 11 is suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. On the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, this provider earned a Final Score of 78.2666/100 for the 2023 performance year (Quality 63.7575), compared with the national average of 83.1.

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician is a mid-sized specialty nationwide, with 25,781 enrolled providers across 56 states and an average of 324 Part D claims per prescriber, so the context for interpreting these metrics differs meaningfully from a primary-care baseline. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available government data, not medical advice, a malpractice database, or a quality rating. Inclusion here does not imply a recommendation, and absence of complaints or sanctions on this page does not mean none exist — always verify credentials through the NPPES NPI Registry, your state medical board, and the ABMS or AOA before making healthcare decisions.

Practice Address

22751 PROFESSIONAL DR STE 240
KINGWOOD, TX 77339

Provider Details

NPI 1043483134
Specialty Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
Gender Male
NPI Issued 04/09/2008

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.

78.2666
Final Score
Avg: 83.1
63.7575
Quality
94
Promoting Interoperability

Reporting: Individual

Hospital and facility affiliations

Facilities where MICHAEL CUSICK bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" — a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.

ORTHOLONESTAR PLLC
HOUSTON, TX
SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY TEXAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
HOUSTON, TX
SHEA PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALISTS LLC
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX

Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).

Industry payments received (2024) — CMS Open Payments transparency data

The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for MICHAEL CUSICK. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Total received

$71.3K

Largest payer

ENCORE MEDICAL, LP

Most common payment type

Food and Beverage

Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias — they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.

License & disciplinary context — Texas TMB 2023 annual report

Aggregate state board data only — NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~77K Texas medical licensees in 2023 — they are NOT specific to MICHAEL CUSICK. To verify MICHAEL CUSICK's current license status, search the TMB public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.

344
Total board actions, Texas 2023
Across 334 cases
4.47
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Texas statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
94 cases

TMB publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Texas disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2023.

1,100
Total Claims
$23K
Total Drug Cost
295
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
1,127
Total Day Supply
24,896
Generic Drug Cost
$22K
Opioid Claims
207 (18.8% rate)
Antibiotic Claims
130

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
72.1 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
1.20
Gender Split
61% female / 39% male
Age Distribution
<65: 22, 65-74: 169, 75-84: 89, 85+: 15

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2023. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

What MICHAEL CUSICK prescribes most

Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2023

claims
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File As of 2023
Drug Claims
Diclofenac Sodium Er
Diclofenac Sodium
329
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen
157
Doxycycline Hyclate
126
Ondansetron Odt
Ondansetron
120
Ibuprofen
89
Diclofenac Sodium
62
Meloxicam
56
Naproxen
48
Tramadol Hcl
37
Celecoxib
14

* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Overview

How MICHAEL CUSICK fits within the Orthopaedic Surgery Physician landscape nationally.

25,781
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Providers in US
56
States with Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
324
Avg Claims per Provider

MICHAEL CUSICK's 1,100 claims are above the specialty average of 324.

Nearby Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Providers in Texas

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Texas, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as CUSICK.

Compare Orthopaedic Surgery Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is MICHAEL CUSICK's specialty?
MICHAEL CUSICK specializes in Orthopaedic Surgery Physician and practices in KINGWOOD, Texas.
How much does MICHAEL CUSICK prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2023, MICHAEL CUSICK wrote 1,100 Medicare Part D claims totaling $23K in drug costs for 295 beneficiaries.
What is MICHAEL CUSICK's Medicare quality score?
MICHAEL CUSICK has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 78.2666/100 (Quality: 63.7575). The national average MIPS Final Score is 83.1. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is MICHAEL CUSICK located?
MICHAEL CUSICK is located at 22751 PROFESSIONAL DR STE 240, KINGWOOD, TX, 77339. Phone: (713) 799-2300.
What is MICHAEL CUSICK's NPI number?
MICHAEL CUSICK's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043483134, issued on 04/09/2008.
Does MICHAEL CUSICK prescribe opioids?
Yes, MICHAEL CUSICK had 207 opioid claims in 2023 with an opioid prescribing rate of 18.8%.
How many Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers are there in the US?
There are 25,781 Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers across 56 states in the US. The average Orthopaedic Surgery Physician provider writes 324 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does MICHAEL CUSICK prescribe most often?
Based on 2023 Medicare Part D data, MICHAEL CUSICK's most frequently prescribed drugs include Diclofenac Sodium Er, Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Doxycycline Hyclate. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does MICHAEL CUSICK accept Medicare?
MICHAEL CUSICK appears in CMS Medicare data with 1,100 Part D claims and 295 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify MICHAEL CUSICK's credentials?
MICHAEL CUSICK's NPI is 1043483134. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.

Data Sources

Provider Directory
CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
Specialty Classification
NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2023). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
Quality Performance
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) — 2023 performance year.
Limitations
Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.

See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.

Data as of April 2026 (NPPES) / 2023 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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