Dr. Ashfaq Tapia, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Tapia
Dr. Ashfaq Tapia is an internal medicine specialist in Paris, TX, with 17 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Tapia performed 8,905 Medicare services across 2,368 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Tapia received a total of $5,637 from 36 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 546 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in internal medicine. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Tapia is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management using the results of remote vital sign monitoring per calendar month, each additional 20 minutes | 2,213 | $30 | $50 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 1,454 | $87 | $207 |
| Remote patient monitoring management, 20 min/month | 1,371 | $37 | $50 |
| Remote patient monitoring device, 30 days | 1,180 | $36 | $61 |
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 1,006 | $43 | $75 |
| Steroid injection (triamcinolone) | 376 | $1 | $5 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 224 | $126 | $223 |
| Advance care planning consultation, first 30 min | 161 | $76 | $100 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians a | 146 | $30 | $117 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 119 | $64 | $140 |
| Ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | 116 | $61 | $168 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 113 | $9 | $45 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 47 | $98 | $318 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and | 44 | $38 | $154 |
| Remote monitoring of physiologic parameters, initial set-up and patient education on use of equipment | 38 | $14 | $23 |
| Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit | 32 | $157 | $330 |
| Annual depression screening | 28 | $18 | $29 |
| Amplifed dna or rna probe detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (covid-19) antigen | 27 | $50 | $130 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity | 27 | $209 | $448 |
| Detection test by nucleic acid for multiple types influenza virus | 25 | $94 | $140 |
| Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg | 22 | $0 | $22 |
| Administration of psychological or neuropsychological test by technician, each additional 30 minutes | 19 | $23 | $55 |
| Administration of psychological or neuropsychological test by technician, first 30 minutes | 18 | $25 | $62 |
| Retinal photography (fundus photo) | 16 | $27 | $150 |
| Smoking and tobacco use intensive counseling, 4-10 minutes | 15 | $14 | $38 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of at least moderate complexity | 15 | $159 | $317 |
| Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment | 14 | $162 | $321 |
| Urinalysis, manual | 13 | $3 | $11 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 13 | $10 | $58 |
| Annual alcohol misuse screening, 5 to 15 minutes | 13 | $18 | $29 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (100%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.
Geographic Context
7.0 mi
Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Tapia is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 4% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 15% of TX peers, with 17 years of NPI registration.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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