Venkat Bharadwaj Meruva, DO
Hospitalist Physician · Humble, TX
Venkat Bharadwaj Meruva, DO is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Humble, Texas, and NPI 1043950405, issued on Mar 31, 2022. Check the license (Texas V9368, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Venkat Bharadwaj Meruva
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- V9368 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 18951 N Memorial Dr Ste 103W, Humble, TX 77338
- Phone
- (281) 540-7700
- Enumerated
- Mar 31, 2022
- Record last updated
- Jan 2, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20251230004027); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Lake Erie College Of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 18951 N Memorial Dr Ste 103W
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Venkat Bharadwaj Meruva in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license V9368Check 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 hospitalist physician in 2024
46 Medicare Part D claims for 26 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $119.08
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Houston Methodist Specialty PhysiciansHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Venkat Bharadwaj Meruva among 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas
Venkat Bharadwaj Meruva, DO is one of 1,587 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Texas. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 92% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 92% of these records are older, 3% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated2022 · median 2013 among the 1,298 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 25% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
41 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Humble
They are 41 of the 1,933 NPPES records with a practice address in Humble, and 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas.
All 1,587 in Texas → Every provider in Humble → Hospitalist Physician nationwide →
The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Betheal Aschenaki, M.D.Humble, TX 773381992191050
- Uma BhatHumble, TX 773381831519818
- Dereje Desta, MDHumble, TX 773381427289321
- Shaker Eid, MDHumble, TX 773381265614796
- Shinobu Gilbreth, M.D.Humble, TX 773381740417070
- Gary Gutierrez Campos, M.D.Humble, TX 773381518140839
- Adnan Mallick, MDHumble, TX 773381053751362
- Gavin McKinnon, MDHumble, TX 773381336587195
Common questions
What is Venkat Bharadwaj Meruva, DO's NPI number?
Venkat Bharadwaj Meruva, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043950405, issued on Mar 31, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Venkat Bharadwaj Meruva, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 18951 N Memorial Dr Ste 103W, Humble, TX, 77338. Phone: (281) 540-7700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Venkat Bharadwaj Meruva, DO's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number V9368, 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 Venkat Bharadwaj Meruva, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Venkat Bharadwaj Meruva, DO had 46 Medicare Part D claims for 26 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.