NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pooja Pundhir

Hospitalist Physician · Houston, TX

Pooja Pundhir is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1184027815, issued on Oct 8, 2014. Check the license (Texas R1442, 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 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1184027815
Name
Pooja Pundhir
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License numbers
R1442 TX
TRN19475 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
921 Gessner RD RM 317, Houston, TX 77024
Phone
(713) 242-3768
Enumerated
Oct 8, 2014
Record last updated
Mar 13, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20240204000003); 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 921 Gessner RD RM 317

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

  1. Jonas Gunawan, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1841634284
  2. Richard Harris, MDInternal Medicine Physician1134563927
  3. Olaoluwapo Ikugbagbe, MDHospitalist Physician1821300799
  4. Curtis Okpara, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1306284203
  5. Earl Osuagwu, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1598028383
  6. Beenish Siddiqui, M.DHospitalist Physician1356781777

Verify Pooja Pundhir 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): 97.6 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 score86.5
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  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).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Banner-University Medical GroupTucson, AZ

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

Pooja Pundhir among 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas

Pooja Pundhir is one of 1,587 hospitalist 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 2014, is newer than 47% of them.

  • NPI issued2014 · 47% of these records are older, 48% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • Graduated2006 · median 2013 among the 1,298 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2020 · 25% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Hospitalist Physician providers in Texas

There are 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Maurice Akuchie, M.D.Houston, TX 770241801848023
  2. Kanakalingeswara Banda, M.D.Houston, TX 770241407039712
  3. Sandeep Cherry, M.D.Houston, TX 770241316226145
  4. Ann Fernandez, DOHouston, TX 770241356572507
  5. Meshaan Fitzgerald, MDHouston, TX 770241770763450
  6. Jonas Gunawan, M.D.Houston, TX 770241841634284
  7. Olaoluwapo Ikugbagbe, MDHouston, TX 770241821300799
  8. Jonathan Kobrin, M.D.Houston, TX 770241972948321

Common questions

What is Pooja Pundhir's NPI number?

Pooja Pundhir's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184027815, issued on Oct 8, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Pooja Pundhir located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 921 Gessner RD RM 317, Houston, TX, 77024. Phone: (713) 242-3768. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Pooja Pundhir's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number R1442, 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 Pooja Pundhir's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.6 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.