NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ourania A. Preventza, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · San Antonio, TX

Ourania A. Preventza, M.D. is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in San Antonio, Texas, and NPI 1508984303, issued on Mar 27, 2007. Check the license (Texas 42830, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1508984303
Name
Ourania A. Preventza
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
License number
42830 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
6800 W Interstate 10 Ste 200, San Antonio, TX 78201
Phone
(210) 519-5797
Enumerated
Mar 27, 2007
Record last updated
May 16, 2025
Fax
(210) 579-7027
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230830002616); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 6800 W Interstate 10 Ste 200

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Robert Bennett, MDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1518906825

Verify Ourania A. Preventza in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.3 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score81.6
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%89.1
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $779.72

6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Artivion, Inc. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Ourania Preventza$779.72
  2. Specialty average$7,828.84

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

  1. Renata Ford MD PASan Antonio, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Ourania A. Preventza among 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Texas

Ourania A. Preventza, M.D. is one of 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in Texas. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 55% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 55% of these records are older, 35% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated1990 · median 1996 among the 309 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208G00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in Texas

There are 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Texas.

The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Robert Bennett, MDSan Antonio, TX 782011518906825
  2. Renata Ford, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782011972685907
  3. James Knight, MDSan Antonio, TX 782011730142688
  4. William Ogden, MDSan Antonio, TX 782011508862525
  5. John Smith, MDSan Antonio, TX 782011770589525
  6. Jose Vidal, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782011790707982
  7. Victor Bautista-Hernandez, MDSan Antonio, TX 782071972134013
  8. John Kupferschmid, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782071861459729

Common questions

What is Ourania A. Preventza, M.D.'s NPI number?

Ourania A. Preventza, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508984303, issued on Mar 27, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ourania A. Preventza, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6800 W Interstate 10 Ste 200, San Antonio, TX, 78201. Phone: (210) 519-5797. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ourania A. Preventza, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number 42830, 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 Ourania A. Preventza, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.3 of 100. 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.