Salimah Cumber, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Salimah Cumber, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1912011966, issued on Aug 18, 2006. Check the license (Texas K9513, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Salimah Cumber
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- K9513 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1826 Wirt RD, Houston, TX 77055
- Phone
- (713) 263-1955
- Enumerated
- Aug 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 26, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 263-1975
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040810001511); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Salimah Cumber in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K9513Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
14,386 Medicare Part D claims for 907 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 220 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium878 claims
- Metformin Hcl543 claims
- Lisinopril538 claims
- Alendronate Sodium496 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium468 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate458 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: $490.29
14 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
Salimah Cumber among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Salimah Cumber, M.D. is one of 11,119 family 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 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,123 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 1,123 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Salimah Cumber, M.D.'s NPI number?
Salimah Cumber, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1912011966, issued on Aug 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Salimah Cumber, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1826 Wirt RD, Houston, TX, 77055. Phone: (713) 263-1955. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Salimah Cumber, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K9513, 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 Salimah Cumber, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Salimah Cumber, M.D. had 14,386 Medicare Part D claims for 907 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.