NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Aerospace Medicine Physician NPI 1417926718 MD
Verify on CMS → Paul Shupe, MD
Aerospace Medicine Physician in Houston, Texas.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 577 in Aerospace Medicine Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
129
Medicare Part D claims · 52 beneficiaries · Aerospace Medicine Physician avg: 425
MIPS score
82.4/100
▼ 1 pts below national avg 83.5 · Above neutral
Industry payments
$580.72
15 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
What the federal data shows
Paul Shupe, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 82.4/100 - below the 83.5 national average - and filed 129 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 82.4/100
- MIPS score · -1 vs avg
- 129
- Part D claims, 2024
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥36th
- pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Paul Shupe, MD
Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1417926718), first enumerated 03/17/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 129 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 82.4/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$580.72 in reported industry payments (15 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Texas statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Paul Shupe, MD's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: TMB annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1417926718 · Aerospace Medicine Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-NARROW · MIPS-INLINE · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH
- NPI-10 1417926718
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-NARROW 577
- MIPS-INLINE 82.4/100
- RX-LIGHT 129
- BOOK-THIN 94 in Texas
- PHOTO-FINISH Casey Smith, MD · ±0.8
MIPS final-score neighbourhood
Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity
- James Stepenosky…
James Stepenosky, D.O.
77.2 MIPS pts
- Henry Irvine, M.…
Henry Irvine, M.D.
78.8 MIPS pts
- Shupe · this pro…
Shupe · this provider
82.4 MIPS pts
- Casey Smith, MD …
Casey Smith, MD
83.2 MIPS pts
- Joseph Parks, DO…
Joseph Parks, DO
84.6 MIPS pts
What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).
Paul Shupe, MD's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.
82 ≥ 36th percentile 36% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023
Where Paul Shupe, MD sits
This provider among aerospace medicine physician peers
Across the 14 aerospace medicine physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Paul Shupe, MD writes more Part D claims than 36% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 43% - placing this provider in the lower-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.
Each dot is one aerospace medicine physician peer from a representative sample of 13; the gold marker is Paul Shupe, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Paul Shupe, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Paul Shupe, MD?
Near national averagePrimary specialty
Aerospace Medicine Physician
Medicare Part D claims
129 70% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
82.4/100 1.1 pts vs avg
Specialty distribution in Texas
How Aerospace Medicine Physician compares to other specialties among Texas providers
Medicare quality performance, MIPS
Paul Shupe, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Aerospace Medicine Physician national average
- MIPS Final Score
- 82.4/100
- vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1417926718 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Aerospace Medicine Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 03/17/2006 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
82.3883
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
79.2344
Quality
58.5062
Cost
100
Promoting Interoperability
Reporting: Group practice
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Paul Shupe, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
UT Physicians
Sugar Land, TX
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Paul Shupe, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$581
Largest payer
Medinc of Texas
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Texas TMB 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~77K Texas medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Paul Shupe, MD. To verify Paul Shupe, MD's current license status, search the TMB public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
344
Total board actions, Texas 2023
Across 334 cases
4.47
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Texas statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
94 cases
TMB publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Texas disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
129
Total Claims
$1K
Total Drug Cost
52
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 135
- Total Day Supply
- 1,796
- Generic Drug Cost
- $1K
- Opioid Claims
- 32 (24.8% rate)
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 71.0 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.26
- Gender Split
- 58% female / 42% male
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Paul Shupe, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Hydrocodone-Acetam…
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
26 claims
- Meloxicam
Meloxicam
22 claims
- Ondansetron Odt
Ondansetron Odt
22 claims
- Methylprednisolone
Methylprednisolone
13 claims
- Celecoxib
Celecoxib
11 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 26 |
| Meloxicam | 22 |
| Ondansetron Odt Ondansetron | 22 |
| Methylprednisolone | 13 |
| Celecoxib | 11 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Aerospace Medicine Physician Overview
How Paul Shupe, MD fits within the Aerospace Medicine Physician landscape nationally.
577
Aerospace Medicine Physician Providers in US
51
States with Aerospace Medicine Physician
425
Avg Claims per Provider
Paul Shupe, MD's 129 claims are below the specialty average of 425.
Nationwide Aerospace Medicine Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Shupe, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (82.4 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Aerospace Medicine Physician Providers in Texas
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Texas, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Shupe.
One of 94 Aerospace Medicine Physician providers enrolled in Texas, 5 are shown here.
Dr. William Agerton
D.O.
Corpus Christi, TX
Dr. Mary Anderson
MD, MPH
El Paso, TX
Dr. Richard Bachmann
M.D.
Brooks City Base, TX
Dr. Yael Barr
MD, MPH
Houston, TX
Dr. Michael Barratt
MD, MS
Houston, TX
Compare Aerospace Medicine Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Paul Shupe, MD's specialty? ▼
Paul Shupe, MD specializes in Aerospace Medicine Physician and practices in Houston, Texas. Credentials: MD.
How much does Paul Shupe, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Paul Shupe, MD wrote 129 Medicare Part D claims totaling $1K in drug costs for 52 beneficiaries.
What is Paul Shupe, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
Paul Shupe, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 82.4/100 (Quality: 79.2, Cost: 58.5). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Paul Shupe, MD located? ▼
Paul Shupe, MD is located at 10125 KATY FWY STE 100, Houston, TX, 77024. Phone: (713) 486-1700.
What is Paul Shupe, MD's NPI number? ▼
Paul Shupe, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417926718, issued on 03/17/2006.
Does Paul Shupe, MD prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Paul Shupe, MD had 32 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 24.8%.
How many Aerospace Medicine Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 577 Aerospace Medicine Physician providers across 51 states in the US. The average Aerospace Medicine Physician provider writes 425 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Paul Shupe, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Paul Shupe, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen, Meloxicam, Ondansetron Odt. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Paul Shupe, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Paul Shupe, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 129 Part D claims and 52 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Paul Shupe, MD's credentials? ▼
Paul Shupe, MD's NPI is 1417926718 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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