Vasanthi Janarthanan, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Houston, TX
Vasanthi Janarthanan, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1447262001, issued on Aug 12, 2006. Check the license (Texas J5225, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vasanthi Janarthanan
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- J5225 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7011 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77074
- Phone
- (713) 970-7000
- Enumerated
- Aug 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 22, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 970-7246
- Medicaid ID
- 044303801 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20111006000219); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At Houston, 1994
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 7011 Southwest Fwy
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Vasanthi Janarthanan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license J5225Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
25% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,246 Medicare Part D claims for 105 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 2% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Risperidone125 claims
- Trazodone Hcl124 claims
- Benztropine Mesylate103 claims
- Sertraline Hcl79 claims
- Haloperidol Decanoate71 claims
- Divalproex Sodium Er70 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): 85.7 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: $39.06
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. 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 one group practice
- The Harris Center For Mental Health And IddHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vasanthi Janarthanan among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas
Vasanthi Janarthanan, 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 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 65% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2006 among the 1,481 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 2084P0800X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Vasanthi Janarthanan, MD's NPI number?
Vasanthi Janarthanan, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1447262001, issued on Aug 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vasanthi Janarthanan, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7011 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX, 77074. Phone: (713) 970-7000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vasanthi Janarthanan, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number J5225, 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 Vasanthi Janarthanan, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vasanthi Janarthanan, MD had 1,246 Medicare Part D claims for 105 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Vasanthi Janarthanan, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 85.7 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.