NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Rocco Richards

Infectious Disease Physician · Houston, TX

Rocco Richards is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1679912729, issued on Jun 21, 2013. Check the license (Texas S5753, 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 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1679912729
Name
Rocco Richards
Primary taxonomy
Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
License numbers
S5753 TX
293652 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1415 California St, Houston, TX 77006
Phone
(832) 548-5000
Enumerated
Jun 21, 2013
Record last updated
Nov 18, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20210212000726); 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 1415 California St

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Verify Rocco Richards 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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2.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average infectious disease physician in 2024

1,943 Medicare Part D claims for 130 beneficiaries, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 13 claims were for opioids.

  1. Rocco Richards1,943
  2. Specialty average689

Most prescribed

  1. Biktarvy390 claims
  2. Atorvastatin Calcium77 claims
  3. Symtuza69 claims
  4. Descovy62 claims
  5. Odefsey62 claims
  6. Tivicay52 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: $141.08

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, Inc. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Rocco Richards$141.08
  2. Specialty average$4,362.19

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

  1. Action Therapy Centers LimitedHouston, TX
  2. Legacy Community Health Services, IncHouston, TX

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

Rocco Richards among 674 infectious disease physician records in Texas

Rocco Richards is one of 674 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 75% of them.

  • NPI issued2013 · 75% of these records are older, 22% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
  • Graduated2013 · median 2002 among the 510 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 46% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Infectious Disease Physician providers in Texas

There are 674 infectious disease physician records in Texas.

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The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Rubina Joseph, M.D.Houston, TX 770061104051853
  2. Meena Sunil, M.D.Houston, TX 770061801108428
  3. Natalie Vanek, MDHouston, TX 770061023098282
  4. Mahmoud Al-Saadi, MD.Houston, TX 770071669905865
  5. Charlene FlashHouston, TX 770081417174897
  6. Ibrahim Garcia-Mowatt, M.D.Houston, TX 770081689750200
  7. Juan Garza, M.D.Houston, TX 770081821040429
  8. Joseph Gathe, M.D.Houston, TX 770041366436263

Common questions

What is Rocco Richards's NPI number?

Rocco Richards's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679912729, issued on Jun 21, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Rocco Richards located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1415 California St, Houston, TX, 77006. Phone: (832) 548-5000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Rocco Richards's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number S5753, 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 Rocco Richards prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Rocco Richards had 1,943 Medicare Part D claims for 130 beneficiaries; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. 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.

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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.