Nelson A. Clara, PAC
Surgical Physician Assistant · Houston, TX
Nelson A. Clara, PAC is a surgical physician assistant with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1699775361, issued on Jul 26, 2005. Check the license (Texas PA00593, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nelson A. Clara
- Credential
- PAC
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgical Physician Assistant 363AS0400X
- License number
- PA00593 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7737 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77074
- Phone
- (713) 776-0655
- Enumerated
- Jul 26, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 776-1069
- Medicaid ID
- 2036774-01 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20091222000373); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nelson A. Clara in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license PA00593Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
73% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgical physician assistant in 2024
81 Medicare Part D claims for 50 beneficiaries, against an average of 304 among the 10,174 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Clopidogrel46 claims
- Ibuprofen19 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: $475.03
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Atricure, Inc. The 7,578 providers of this specialty with any payment received $703.95 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Tsa-Texas Surgical Associates LLPHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nelson A. Clara among 1,350 surgical physician assistant records in Texas
Nelson A. Clara, PAC is one of 1,350 surgical physician assistant records with a practice address in Texas. 55% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 96% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 55% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 46% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2016 among the 617 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 52% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AS0400X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgical Physician Assistant providers in Texas
There are 1,350 surgical physician assistant records in Texas.
All 1,350 in Texas → Every provider in Houston → Surgical Physician Assistant nationwide →
The 8 surgical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jack Addesso, RSAHouston, TX 770741376679373
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- Maurice Farag, LSAHouston, TX 770741548389216
- Michael Ferdkoff, RSAHouston, TX 770741144496290
- Jerri Furlan, RSAHouston, TX 770741043411309
- Miguel GrajedaHouston, TX 770741700977782
- Dawn Ingram, RSAHouston, TX 770741871745539
Common questions
What is Nelson A. Clara, PAC's NPI number?
Nelson A. Clara, PAC's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699775361, issued on Jul 26, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nelson A. Clara, PAC located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7737 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX, 77074. Phone: (713) 776-0655. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nelson A. Clara, PAC's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number PA00593, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Nelson A. Clara, PAC prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nelson A. Clara, PAC had 81 Medicare Part D claims for 50 beneficiaries; the average among surgical physician assistant prescribers was 304. 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.