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Pulmonologists who accept Medicare in Houston, TX
CMS lists 149 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Houston. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 146. Offer telehealth: 61.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 77030 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $134, of which you pay about $34; a follow-up visit $103, of which you pay about $26 — the 20% coinsurance after the yearly Part B deductible. Clinicians who don't accept assignment can charge up to 15% more; with a Medicare Advantage plan, your plan's copay applies instead.
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Order: clinicians who accept assignment first, then by MIPS score (highest first), then by last name.
Sandeep Gupta, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1987MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,652Charles G. Hebenstreit, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,036Halyna Ivashchuk, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Houston: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $7,981Mayank C. Patel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1992MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $814Mohammad F. Siddiqui, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,628Amarbir S. Mattewal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $6,260William A. Rhoton, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000MaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,300Humberto C. Sasieta, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.8/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,038Amrew Al-Ahmad, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 94.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $9,718Salah Fares, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,674Jefy M. Mathew, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996 · Baylor College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,037William Brasher, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.9/100Graduated 2015MaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $22Amy L. Heibel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.9/100Graduated 2015FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $37Francesca Polverino, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.9/100Graduated 2006FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $27,246Jaime A. Clavijo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.3/100Graduated 1991MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,125Wael Asi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.7/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,495Mohsin Bajwa, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1982MaleOther offices in Houston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,226Mauricio A. Reinoso, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1984MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $501Sara Assaf, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.6/100Graduated 2012FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $24Robert A. Salazar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1989MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,078Farah Akhtar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $36Harmohinder S. Kochar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.3/100Graduated 1978MaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,642Jose A. Melendez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.3/100Graduated 2005 · New York Medical CollegeMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,812Roberto Adachi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100Graduated 1990MaleDiwakar D. Balachandran, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Houston: 1Lara Bashoura, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997FemaleOther offices in Houston: 1Roberto F. Casal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100Graduated 1998MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $21,443Georgie A. Eapen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100Graduated 1990MaleOther offices in Houston: 1Saadia A. Faiz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonFemaleOther offices in Houston: 1Horiana B. Grosu, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001FemaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $30Carlos A. Jimenez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100Graduated 1986MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $75David E. Ost, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100Graduated 1990 · Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,030Bruce F. Sabath, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,888Ajay Sheshadri, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,771Rosa M. Estrada-Y-Martin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 1985FemaleOther offices in Houston: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,423Pushan P. Jani, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003MaleOther offices in Houston: 6Drug and device company payments (2025): $39,867Farrakh G. Khawaja, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 2001MaleOther offices in Houston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $154Robert F. Lodato, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 1978 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Houston: 2Ruckshanda Majid, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 1998FemaleOther offices in Houston: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $871Reeba Mathew, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100Graduated 1999FemaleOther offices in Houston: 8Drug and device company payments (2025): $956Joanna M. Scoon, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Houston: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,024Sumeet Soni, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 82/100Graduated 2011FemaleOther offices in Houston: 1Atul Matta, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 78.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $9,608Rupesh M. Vakil, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75.4/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005MaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $722Sanjay K. Aggarwal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1988MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,015Murtuza M. Ahmed, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2000 · West Virginia University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,167Mir Alikhan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2007 · University of Texas Medical School at San AntonioMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,941Leonard H. Chow, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · University of Texas Medical School at San AntonioMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $119Alberto L. Colomer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · Ponce School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $282Timothy A. Connolly, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $312Clinton H. Doerr, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995 · Baylor College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $358Ajay Jain, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,577George T. Keith Jr., MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1980 · University of Tennessee, HSC, College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $3,912Lisa M. Kopas, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003 · Baylor College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $14,479Harman S. Kular, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2012 · Baylor College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,063Jayasimha N. Murthy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $243Kiran D. Nair, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · University of North Texas HSC, College of Osteopathic MedMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $6,916Phuongdung J. Nguyen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1989 · University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $29,285Jesse Onyenekwe, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2012MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,552Mimi N. Phan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2010 · Tulane University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,987Dileep Puppala, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1994MaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $5,738Jamal A. Razzack, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1989MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,007Jose F. Santacruz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2000MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $387Minh Tran, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,305Srinivasa R. Venkatesh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1977MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $573Srinivas Vodnala, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 2003 · Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva UniversityMaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $4,243Ali J. Al-Himyary, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $174Philip M. Alapat, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Houston: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,797Umair Ashraf, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008MaleOther offices in Houston: 7Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,000Lakshmy V. Ayyar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $2,708Walid A. Baaklini, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993MaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $125Tehmina A. Badar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,650Juan C. Barriga, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $105Tara L. Barto, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004 · Creighton University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Houston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $281Sarah Beshay, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Houston: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $224Mena M. Botros, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015MaleOther offices in Houston: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $403Cinthya Carrasco Barcenas, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleJose I. Casar, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1978 · Emory University School of MedicineMaleThalia N. Casimire, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004FemaleOther offices in Houston: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $684Christine Chan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Georgetown University School of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Houston: 1Prangthip Charoenpong, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleOther offices in Houston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $535Farooq Z. Cheema, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005MaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $214Jennifer L. Cunningham, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999 · Baylor College of MedicineFemaleMaher Daas, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987MaleTarek Dammad, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002MaleOther offices in Houston: 6Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,832Suresh Daniel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984MaleSunjay R. Devarajan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012 · Texas a & M University System, HSC, College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,432Burton F. Dickey, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980 · University of Connecticut School of MedicineMaleGoutham Dronavalli, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001MaleOther offices in Houston: 5Drug and device company payments (2025): $3,602Mark L. Edwards, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988 · University of Texas Medical School at HoustonMaleBashar I. Farjo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000MaleOther offices in Houston: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $705Rodney J. Folz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1989 · Washington University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Houston: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $521Bhakti D. Gidvani, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1991FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,671Ahmad Goodarzi, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004MaleOther offices in Houston: 4Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,913Kalpalatha K. Guntupalli, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1971FemaleOther offices in Houston: 1Elizabeth S. Guy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1983FemaleNicola A. Hanania, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984MaleOther offices in Houston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $366,631Muhammad K. Hayat Syed, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $290Chao He, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009MaleOther offices in Houston: 2Drug and device company payments (2025): $80James P. Herlihy, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984 · Georgetown University School of MedicineMale
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Before you book
This list comes from Medicare's enrollment records, not from reviews. Call the office to confirm the clinician is taking new Medicare patients. With Original Medicare, a clinician who accepts assignment can only charge you the Medicare deductible and coinsurance; one who doesn't may charge up to 15% more than the Medicare-approved amount. If you have a Medicare Advantage plan, check that the clinician is in the plan's network.
The MIPS final score (0–100) comes from Medicare's Merit-based Incentive Payment System for 2024. It combines quality measures, cost, improvement activities and use of certified health records, and it sets a payment adjustment. Clinicians who report as a group share the group's score. It is not a patient rating, and many clinicians have no published score.
Payments from drug and medical device companies come from CMS Open Payments (2025 general payments: meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and similar), summed for each clinician. Receiving payments is legal and common and does not mean a clinician did anything wrong.
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Enrollment, addresses and scores are as reported to CMS and can change. This is not a list of in-network providers for any Medicare Advantage plan, and it is not medical advice. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, Clinician MIPS Performance 2024 and Facility Affiliation Data (released Oct 2, 2026).