Saleh Jaafar, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Castroville, TX
Saleh Jaafar, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Castroville, Texas, and NPI 1679564587, issued on Oct 31, 2005. Check the license (Texas K0839, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Saleh Jaafar
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- K0839 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1051 Hwy 90E, Castroville, TX 78009
- Phone
- (830) 931-3336
- Enumerated
- Oct 31, 2005
- Record last updated
- Dec 20, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (830) 931-3508
- Medicaid IDs
- 127483902 TX
127483907 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20091207000467); may accept Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Saleh Jaafar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K0839Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
11.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
36,354 Medicare Part D claims for 2,475 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 178 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium2,106 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium1,852 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate1,724 claims
- Losartan Potassium1,651 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium1,610 claims
- Gabapentin1,018 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: $5,649.72
225 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Medcare Associates PACastroville, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Saleh Jaafar among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Saleh Jaafar, MD is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 91% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1991 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 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 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Castroville
They are 2 of the 88 NPPES records with a practice address in Castroville, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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- Terry Grover, D.O.Boerne, TX 780061548263759
- Auston Myers, M.D.Boerne, TX 780061770861742
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Common questions
What is Saleh Jaafar, MD's NPI number?
Saleh Jaafar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679564587, issued on Oct 31, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Saleh Jaafar, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1051 Hwy 90E, Castroville, TX, 78009. Phone: (830) 931-3336. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Saleh Jaafar, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K0839, 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 Saleh Jaafar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Saleh Jaafar, MD had 36,354 Medicare Part D claims for 2,475 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.