Walter R. Holmsten, MD
Occupational Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Walter R. Holmsten, MD is an occupational medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1124050596, issued on Jul 7, 2006. Check the license (Texas L8734, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Walter R. Holmsten
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Occupational Medicine Physician 2083X0100X
- License number
- L8734 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7545 S Braeswood Blvd, Houston, TX 77071
- Phone
- (713) 777-3131
- Enumerated
- Jul 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2025
- Fax
- (713) 777-5544
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050225000089); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Walter R. Holmsten in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L8734Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
73% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average occupational medicine physician in 2024
214 Medicare Part D claims for 78 beneficiaries, against an average of 794 among the 463 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Azithromycin16 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa11 claims
- Lisinopril11 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: $103.01
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 193 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,381.67 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
- Holmsten Family And Occupational MedicineRosenberg, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Walter R. Holmsten among 168 occupational medicine physician records in Texas
Walter R. Holmsten, MD is one of 168 occupational medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 23% 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, 75% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 23% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 11% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 1991 among the 18 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 74% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2083X0100X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Occupational Medicine Physician providers in Texas
There are 168 occupational medicine physician records in Texas.
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The 8 occupational medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Faiyaz Bhojani, M.D.Houston, TX 770741316024706
- James Fitko, MDHouston, TX 770741831315316
- Orin Hall, M.D.Houston, TX 770651679587802
- Ronald Beberniss, M.D.Houston, TX 770791457483687
- Gary Friedman, MDHouston, TX 770791457567034
- Bruce Packard, MDHouston, TX 770791497872303
- Ronald Ross, M.D.Houston, TX 770791649302795
- Deena Wall, M.D.Houston, TX 770791548468234
Common questions
What is Walter R. Holmsten, MD's NPI number?
Walter R. Holmsten, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1124050596, issued on Jul 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Walter R. Holmsten, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7545 S Braeswood Blvd, Houston, TX, 77071. Phone: (713) 777-3131. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Walter R. Holmsten, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L8734, 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 Walter R. Holmsten, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Walter R. Holmsten, MD had 214 Medicare Part D claims for 78 beneficiaries; the average among occupational medicine physician prescribers was 794. 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.