Shruti Rao
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Houston, TX
Shruti Rao is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1609364710, issued on Apr 24, 2018. Check the license (Texas W0272, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shruti Rao
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- W0272 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 12121 Richmond Ave Ste 314, Houston, TX 77082
- Phone
- (281) 531-8013
- Enumerated
- Apr 24, 2018
- Record last updated
- Jul 7, 2026
- Fax
- (281) 929-0276
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250814001134); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas A & M University System, Hsc, College Of Medicine, 2018
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Shruti Rao in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license W0272Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
262 Medicare Part D claims for 78 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Succinate28 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium27 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate26 claims
- Carvedilol20 claims
- Furosemide18 claims
- Losartan Potassium15 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: $167.00
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- Cardiovascular Association, P.L.L.C.Humble, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Shruti Rao among 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas
Shruti Rao is one of 1,603 cardiovascular 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 2018, is newer than 93% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 93% of these records are older, 5% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 1998 among the 1,219 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Texas
There are 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas.
All 1,603 in Texas → Every provider in Houston → Cardiovascular Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Alfredo Garcia, M.D.Houston, TX 770821851388698
- Ahmed Jamaluddin, MDHouston, TX 770821811981319
- Young Kim, MDHouston, TX 770821134216831
- Ahmad Taleghany, MDHouston, TX 770811639269491
- Asif Akhtar, M.D.Houston, TX 770841801900352
- Irfan Iftikhar, MDHouston, TX 770841851357248
- Julio Teran, M.D.Houston, TX 770761912005265
- Haytham Al-Azzeh, MDHouston, TX 770891437170438
Common questions
What is Shruti Rao's NPI number?
Shruti Rao's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609364710, issued on Apr 24, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shruti Rao located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 12121 Richmond Ave Ste 314, Houston, TX, 77082. Phone: (281) 531-8013. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shruti Rao's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number W0272, 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 Shruti Rao prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Shruti Rao had 262 Medicare Part D claims for 78 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. 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.