Zafar Tahir, PA
Family Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Zafar Tahir, PA is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1083042824, issued on Oct 14, 2013. Check the license (Texas PA10497, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Zafar Tahir
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- PA10497 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5990 Airline Dr, Houston, TX 77076
- Phone
- (712) 695-9947
- Enumerated
- Oct 14, 2013
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170630002053); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Zafar Tahir in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license PA10497Check 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 family medicine physician in 2024
966 Medicare Part D claims for 141 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Ibuprofen100 claims
- Naproxen55 claims
- Metformin Hcl52 claims
- Prednisone50 claims
- Montelukast Sodium36 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium33 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: $131.27
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Airline Doctors Family And Pediatric Clinics, PLLCHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Zafar Tahir among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Zafar Tahir, PA is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 70% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 70% of these records are older, 27% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X 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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They are 1,123 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Zafar Tahir, PA's NPI number?
Zafar Tahir, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1083042824, issued on Oct 14, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Zafar Tahir, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5990 Airline Dr, Houston, TX, 77076. Phone: (712) 695-9947. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Zafar Tahir, PA's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number PA10497, 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 Zafar Tahir, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Zafar Tahir, PA had 966 Medicare Part D claims for 141 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.