Orestes Romero, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Victoria, TX
Orestes Romero, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Victoria, Texas, and NPI 1053335851, issued on Jul 26, 2006. Check the license (Texas K1033, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Orestes Romero
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- K1033 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 601 E San Antonio St, Victoria, TX 77901
- Phone
- (361) 570-1200
- Enumerated
- Jul 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 19, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 167237001 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040825000631); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Orestes Romero in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K1033Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
41% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
5,012 Medicare Part D claims for 210 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 45 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium516 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate190 claims
- Olmesartan Medoxomil185 claims
- Nifedipine Er184 claims
- Metformin Hcl175 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium166 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: $176.57
9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
Orestes Romero among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Orestes Romero, MD is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% 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 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
57 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Victoria
They are 57 of the 1,105 NPPES records with a practice address in Victoria, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Orestes Romero, MD's NPI number?
Orestes Romero, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1053335851, issued on Jul 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Orestes Romero, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 601 E San Antonio St, Victoria, TX, 77901. Phone: (361) 570-1200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Orestes Romero, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K1033, 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 Orestes Romero, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Orestes Romero, MD had 5,012 Medicare Part D claims for 210 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.