Ritu Parikh, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · The Woodlands, TX
Ritu Parikh, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in The Woodlands, Texas, and NPI 1649533639, issued on Jun 25, 2012. Check the license (Texas S7929, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ritu Parikh
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- S7929 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 17201 I 45 S, The Woodlands, TX 77385
- Phone
- (936) 270-3637
- Enumerated
- Jun 25, 2012
- Record last updated
- Dec 10, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20201119002218); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Rush Medical College Of Rush University, 2012
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ritu Parikh in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license S7929Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
48% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
273 Medicare Part D claims for 133 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 21 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen16 claims
- Cefdinir15 claims
- Prednisone15 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: $173.07
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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 Methodist Specialty PhysiciansSugar Land, TX
- Tmh Physician Associates PLLCSugar Land, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ritu Parikh among 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas
Ritu Parikh, M.D. 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 2012, is newer than 36% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 36% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2013 among the 1,298 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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).
35 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in The Woodlands
They are 35 of the 2,254 NPPES records with a practice address in The Woodlands, and 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Ritu Parikh, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ritu Parikh, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649533639, issued on Jun 25, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ritu Parikh, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 17201 I 45 S, The Woodlands, TX, 77385. Phone: (936) 270-3637. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ritu Parikh, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number S7929, 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 Ritu Parikh, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ritu Parikh, M.D. had 273 Medicare Part D claims for 133 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.