NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Zohair Abbas, MD

Rheumatology Physician · Houston, TX

Zohair Abbas, MD is a rheumatology physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1598944027, issued on Nov 1, 2007. Check the license (Texas P5251, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1598944027
Name
Zohair Abbas
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Rheumatology Physician 207RR0500X
License number
P5251 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
13325 Hargrave RD, Houston, TX 77070
Phone
(832) 237-8585
Enumerated
Nov 1, 2007
Record last updated
Dec 15, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(832) 237-6565
Medicaid ID
02937011 NY
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20130829000121); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 13325 Hargrave RD

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

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  3. Honorine Mufuwah, APRNFamily Nurse Practitioner1568814416
  4. Melissa Newberry, OTROccupational Therapist1396001384
  5. Joanna Roberts, MS,CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1801451109
  6. Aditya Samal, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1790744399

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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41% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average rheumatology physician in 2024

1,163 Medicare Part D claims for 249 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,978 among the 6,301 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 174 claims were for opioids.

  1. Zohair Abbas1,163
  2. Specialty average1,978

Most prescribed

  1. Prednisone159 claims
  2. Diclofenac Sodium142 claims
  3. Tramadol Hcl130 claims
  4. Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate100 claims
  5. Methotrexate93 claims
  6. Allopurinol64 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $1,005.35

60 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Ucb, Inc. The 4,486 providers of this specialty with any payment received $8,538.33 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Zohair Abbas$1,005.35
  2. Specialty average$8,538.33

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

  1. HQ Infusion Center LLCHouston, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Rheumatology Physician providers in Texas

There are 545 rheumatology physician records in Texas.

Other rheumatology physician records in Texas

  1. Michael Abel, MDFredericksburg, TX1841270204
  2. Tareq Abou-Khamis, M.D.Houston, TX1851587612
  3. Robert Abresch, M.D.El Paso, TX1285628677
  4. Sampada Acharya, MDFort Worth, TX1033422662
  5. Waffiyah Afridi, M.D.Farmers Branch, TX1346400686
  6. Zeeshan Afzal, M.D.El Paso, TX1649586256
  7. Sandeep AgarwalHouston, TX1467489757
  8. Martha Aguilar, M.D.Houston, TX1750488805
  9. Fayyaz Ahmed, MDHouston, TX1669435996
  10. Mohammed Ahmed, MDRound Rock, TX1538443791

Common questions

What is Zohair Abbas, MD's NPI number?

Zohair Abbas, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1598944027, issued on Nov 1, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Zohair Abbas, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 13325 Hargrave RD, Houston, TX, 77070. Phone: (832) 237-8585. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Zohair Abbas, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number P5251, 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 Zohair Abbas, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Zohair Abbas, MD had 1,163 Medicare Part D claims for 249 beneficiaries; the average among rheumatology physician prescribers was 1,978. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Zohair Abbas, MD's MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.