Ruben Mendez, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Houston, TX
Ruben Mendez, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1720375983, issued on Jul 7, 2011. Check the license (Texas BP10034402, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ruben Mendez
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- BP10034402 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4888 Loop Central Dr Ste 510, Houston, TX 77081
- Phone
- (713) 346-1551
- Enumerated
- Jul 7, 2011
- Record last updated
- May 5, 2023
- Fax
- (713) 346-1577
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250725000608); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At Houston, 2009
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4888 Loop Central Dr Ste 510
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Ruben Mendez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license BP10034402Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
51% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,507 Medicare Part D claims for 130 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Alprazolam160 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate126 claims
- Trazodone Hcl88 claims
- Clonazepam87 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate80 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate77 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 82.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,344.03
44 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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 3 group practices
- Mccd CA Psychiatry Services PCSan Francisco, CA
- Mccd FL Psychiatry Services PAMcKinney, TX
- Mccd Psychiatry Services PLLCNew York, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ruben Mendez among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas
Ruben Mendez, MD is one of 3,318 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Texas. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 59% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 59% of these records are older, 38% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2006 among the 1,481 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in Texas
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- Shaojie Han, M.D.Houston, TX 770811073811832
- Karen Hughes, DOHouston, TX 770811770726309
- Mark Jacobs, M.D.Houston, TX 770811295737617
- Natalia Kazakevich, M.DHouston, TX 770811447570999
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Common questions
What is Ruben Mendez, MD's NPI number?
Ruben Mendez, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720375983, issued on Jul 7, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ruben Mendez, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4888 Loop Central Dr Ste 510, Houston, TX, 77081. Phone: (713) 346-1551. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ruben Mendez, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number BP10034402, 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 Ruben Mendez, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ruben Mendez, MD had 1,507 Medicare Part D claims for 130 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ruben Mendez, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 82.4 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.