Samer Tawakkol, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Houston, TX
Samer Tawakkol, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1518937358, issued on Jan 24, 2006. Check the license (Texas L1762, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Samer Tawakkol
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- L1762 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 12121 Richmond Ave, Houston, TX 77082
- Phone
- (281) 293-8307
- Enumerated
- Jan 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 14, 2025
- Fax
- (281) 293-9984
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110414000205); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wayne State University School Of Medicine, 1989
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 12121 Richmond Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Samer Tawakkol in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L1762Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
1,710 Medicare Part D claims for 387 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims. 211 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Celecoxib614 claims
- Famotidine213 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen163 claims
- Ibandronate Sodium127 claims
- Gabapentin112 claims
- Cephalexin83 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: $13.91
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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
- Christus Trinity ClinicTyler, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Samer Tawakkol among 1,514 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Texas
Samer Tawakkol, MD is one of 1,514 orthopaedic surgery 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 18% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 18% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2003 among the 1,016 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Texas
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Common questions
What is Samer Tawakkol, MD's NPI number?
Samer Tawakkol, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518937358, issued on Jan 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Samer Tawakkol, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 12121 Richmond Ave, Houston, TX, 77082. Phone: (281) 293-8307. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Samer Tawakkol, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L1762, 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 Samer Tawakkol, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Samer Tawakkol, MD had 1,710 Medicare Part D claims for 387 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Samer Tawakkol, 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.