Orlando Enrique Garner Cruz, MD
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician · Houston, TX
Orlando Enrique Garner Cruz, MD is a critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1417309105, issued on Jul 6, 2016. Check the license (Texas T0490, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Orlando Enrique Garner Cruz
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician 207RC0200X
- License number
- T0490 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 13219 Dotson RD Ste 210, Houston, TX 77070
- Phone
- (281) 955-0338
- Enumerated
- Jul 6, 2016
- Record last updated
- Apr 29, 2026
- Fax
- (281) 469-0741
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210713002953); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 13219 Dotson RD Ste 210
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Andrea Branch, APRN-CNP, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1093539033
- Edomias Desta, MDCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1124549266
- Harman Kular, M.D.Pulmonary Disease Physician1003173550
- Neveda Murugesan, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1902463425
- Jesse Onyenekwe, M.D.Pulmonary Disease Physician1134489834
Verify Orlando Enrique Garner Cruz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license T0490Check 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): 75.7 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $703.82
11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abiomed. The 2,708 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,958.68 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 2 group practices
- Houston Pulmonary And Sleep Associates PLLCHouston, TX
- Wael Asi MD PAThe Woodlands, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Orlando Enrique Garner Cruz among 413 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records in Texas
Orlando Enrique Garner Cruz, MD is one of 413 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records with a practice address in Texas. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 82% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 82% of these records are older, 14% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 84% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2007 among the 346 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0200X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers in Texas
There are 413 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records in Texas.
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The 8 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Mudassar Ahmad, M.D.Houston, TX 770701497192074
- Thalia Casimire, MDHouston, TX 770701467650507
- Edomias Desta, MDHouston, TX 770701124549266
- Mustafa MehmoodHouston, TX 770701538589551
- Dana Woods, MDHouston, TX 770701821170200
- Cindy Trinh, M.D.Houston, TX 770741184848475
- Jazmin Kinsey, AGACNP-BCHouston, TX 770791073489712
- Vernon Lawrence, D.O.Houston, TX 770821326312174
Common questions
What is Orlando Enrique Garner Cruz, MD's NPI number?
Orlando Enrique Garner Cruz, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417309105, issued on Jul 6, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Orlando Enrique Garner Cruz, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 13219 Dotson RD Ste 210, Houston, TX, 77070. Phone: (281) 955-0338. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Orlando Enrique Garner Cruz, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number T0490, 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.
What is Orlando Enrique Garner Cruz, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 75.7 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.