Rodrigo Lema, M.D.
Pulmonary Disease Physician · McAllen, TX
Rodrigo Lema, M.D. is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in McAllen, Texas, and NPI 1336194851, issued on May 23, 2006. Check the license (Texas L7007, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rodrigo Lema
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- L7007 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1200 E Savannah Ave Ste 12, McAllen, TX 78503
- Phone
- (956) 688-6300
- Enumerated
- May 23, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 8, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (956) 688-6303
- Medicaid ID
- 164437903 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040601000761); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1200 E Savannah Ave Ste 12
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Samantha Saldivar, MSN FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1184336232
Verify Rodrigo Lema in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L7007Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
75% more Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
2,499 Medicare Part D claims for 469 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa296 claims
- Prednisone215 claims
- Trelegy Ellipta206 claims
- Montelukast Sodium201 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate153 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass112 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $351.52
21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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 one group practice
- Valley Intensivists, Pulmonologists And Sleep Specialists, P.L.L.C.McAllen, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Rodrigo Lema among 967 pulmonary disease physician records in Texas
Rodrigo Lema, M.D. is one of 967 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 88% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 16% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 2001 among the 773 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Texas
There are 967 pulmonary disease physician records in Texas.
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The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Numan Arafat, MDMcAllen, TX 785031043210396
- Potenciano Garcia, M.D.McAllen, TX 785031649281072
- Juan Gomez, M.D.,McAllen, TX 785031326093519
- Prakash Palimar, MDMcAllen, TX 785031356357875
- Juan Rivera, M.D.McAllen, TX 785031629023965
- Ramon Rodriguez, M.D.McAllen, TX 785031326093535
- Juan Chavez Paz, M.D.McAllen, TX 785041104003607
- Antonio Degorordo Arzamendi, M.D.McAllen, TX 785041497890198
Common questions
What is Rodrigo Lema, M.D.'s NPI number?
Rodrigo Lema, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1336194851, issued on May 23, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rodrigo Lema, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1200 E Savannah Ave Ste 12, McAllen, TX, 78503. Phone: (956) 688-6300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rodrigo Lema, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L7007, 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 Rodrigo Lema, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rodrigo Lema, M.D. had 2,499 Medicare Part D claims for 469 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Rodrigo Lema, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.