Nathan Payam Vafaie, MD MBA
Emergency Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Nathan Payam Vafaie, MD MBA is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1447637848, issued on May 5, 2015. Check the license (Texas BP10052956, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nathan Payam Vafaie
- Credential
- MD MBA
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- BP10052956 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 873-7045
- Enumerated
- May 5, 2015
- Record last updated
- May 5, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nathan Payam Vafaie in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license BP10052956Check 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% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
265 Medicare Part D claims for 181 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 34 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin32 claims
- Ondansetron Odt30 claims
- Dicyclomine Hcl23 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl20 claims
- Acetaminophen-Codeine18 claims
- Tramadol Hcl14 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.
Nathan Payam Vafaie among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas
Nathan Payam Vafaie, MD MBA is one of 4,885 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 67% of these records are older, 30% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 57% of these records are
- Record last updated2015 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Nathan Payam Vafaie, MD MBA's NPI number?
Nathan Payam Vafaie, MD MBA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1447637848, issued on May 5, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nathan Payam Vafaie, MD MBA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 873-7045. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nathan Payam Vafaie, MD MBA's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number BP10052956, 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 Nathan Payam Vafaie, MD MBA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nathan Payam Vafaie, MD MBA had 265 Medicare Part D claims for 181 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.