Yochai Birnbaum, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Houston, TX
Yochai Birnbaum, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1114086931, issued on Dec 7, 2006. Check the license (Texas M1517, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Yochai Birnbaum
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- M1517 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7200 Cambridge St , 10 TH Floor, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 798-1750
- Enumerated
- Dec 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 27, 2023
- Medicaid ID
- 145438101 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20081105000578); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Yochai Birnbaum in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M1517Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
33% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
2,061 Medicare Part D claims for 241 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium269 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate147 claims
- Losartan Potassium147 claims
- Lisinopril101 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate99 claims
- Nifedipine Er98 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $205.57
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. 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
- Baylor College OF MedicineHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Yochai Birnbaum among 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas
Yochai Birnbaum, MD 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 2006, is newer than 20% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 20% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 1998 among the 1,219 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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
- Gregory Appleton, M.D.Houston, TX 770301114927928
- Jaime Benrey, MDHouston, TX 770301003810854
- Michael Bungo, M.D.Houston, TX 770301497756654
- Sayed Feghali, M.D.Houston, TX 770301326040486
- Jorge Garcia-Gregory, MDHouston, TX 770301760486450
- Ihab Hamzeh, MDHouston, TX 770301700886934
- Surendra Jain, MDHouston, TX 770301326036195
- Milton Klein, MDHouston, TX 770301689673568
Common questions
What is Yochai Birnbaum, MD's NPI number?
Yochai Birnbaum, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1114086931, issued on Dec 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Yochai Birnbaum, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7200 Cambridge St , 10 TH Floor, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 798-1750. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Yochai Birnbaum, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M1517, 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 Yochai Birnbaum, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Yochai Birnbaum, MD had 2,061 Medicare Part D claims for 241 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Yochai Birnbaum, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.3 of 100. 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.