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Jacob T Kuruvila , PA-C

Physician Assistant โ€ข Houston, TX

Active NPI 1497083364 Individual Practitioner Male Practitioner Accepts Medicare assignment
Practice location in NPPES

1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 770304009

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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location

Practice Address

1515 Holcombe Blvd

Houston, TX 770304009

Telephone 7137926161
Organization at the Same NPPES Address or Phone
University Of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Facility NPI 1174582050

Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.

Other Listings in Public Data

NPPES lists 2 distinct additional practice-address records in Houston, TX. See the list

Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.

CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Physicians Referral Service. See the list

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.

Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.

Medicare Profile & Education

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Graduation Year

2009

Medicare patients

159 people with Original Medicare in 2024

Different Original Medicare patients in 2024; counts below 11 are hidden; this does not show availability or quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ€“ by Provider, 2024.

Medicare-allowed amount

About $14,925 in 2024

The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.

What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount

This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ€“ by Provider and Service, 2024.

Paid by Medicare

About $11,717 in 2024

The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.

What this does not show: Paid by Medicare

This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.

Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ€“ by Provider and Service, 2024.

Open Payments general payments, program year 2025

All general payments: $31.31 across 2 records.

By nature of payment

  • Food and Beverage: $31.31 across 2 records.

Reporting-company totals

  • Ethicon Inc.: $31.31 across 2 records.

A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.

See the full table

Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).

Guide: How to read an Open Payments record

Years since graduation

17 years (graduated 2009)

CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2009 as the year this clinician finished professional school.

What this does not show: Years since graduation

It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.

NPI first issued

2009

The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.

What this does not show: NPI first issued

NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.

Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.

Accepts Medicare assignment

CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.

Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, โ€œDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?โ€

Guide: What Medicare assignment means

No telehealth indicator

CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.

Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.

Guide: How Medicare covers telehealth

Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)

Jacob Kuruvila has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.

It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.

Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.

Guide: What Medicare enrollment (PECOS) means

Can order Medicare-covered services

CMS lists Jacob Kuruvila as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.

What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services

It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.

Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.

Guide: What ordering and referring status means

Compared with the same specialty in Houston and Texas

Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.

Medicare Part B services

More Medicare Part B services than 65% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Houston, TX (2024, 660 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 124. Middle half: 47 to 244.

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Texas (2024, 4,400 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 211. Middle half: 76 to 593.

Medicare-allowed amount

A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Houston, TX (2024, 660 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $9,877. Middle half: $3,535 to $19,386.

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Texas (2024, 4,400 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $15,434. Middle half: $6,111 to $35,691.

Paid by Medicare

A higher Medicare payment amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Houston, TX (2024, 660 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $7,071. Middle half: $2,588 to $14,610.

Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Physician Assistant in Texas (2024, 4,400 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $11,276. Middle half: $4,395 to $26,238.

1,802 active clinicians are listed under Physician Assistant with a practice address in Houston, TX (11,008 in Texas).

Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.

Telehealth indicator in Houston

17.8% of these 1,802 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.

53.1% of these 1,802 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.

Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.

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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures

Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments

Open Payments ยท Program Year 2025
Disclosure Year:

Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 โ€“ December 31, 2025): fewer than 11 records totaling $31.31.

Manufacturer Payment Nature Product Type Amount ($)
Ethicon Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
VISTASEAL General $15.84
Ethicon Inc.
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
STRATAFIX General $15.47

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.

Performed Procedures & Service Volume

Services billed to Original Medicare Part B in 2024.

CMS Part B ยท Data Year 2024
Reporting Year:

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HCPCS Code Services Patients Submitted Charge Medicare Allowed
36556 Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older)
51 48 $1948.00 $72.21
49083 Drainage of fluid from abdominal cavity using imaging guidance
50 43 $978.70 $89.49
76937 Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access
49 46 $155.86 $11.81
36590 Removal of central venous tube with port or pump
27 27 $1775.52 $163.26
62270 Removal of cerebrospinal fluid with lower back spinal tap for diagnostic test
24 24 $529.00 $56.12
76705 Limited ultrasound scan of abdomen
19 19 $254.89 $22.87

Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits

Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.

Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES

Physician Assistant Primary Specialty

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363A00000X

License # reported to NPPES TX PA06597

A physician assistant is a person who has successfully completed an accredited education program for physician assistant, is licensed by the state and is practicing within the scope of that license. Physician assistants are formally trained to perform many of the routine, time-consuming tasks a physician can do. In some states, they may prescribe medications. They take medical histories, perform physical exams, order lab tests and x-rays, and give inoculations. Most states require that they work under the supervision of a physician.

Physician Assistant - Medical

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363AM0700X

License # reported to NPPES TX PA06597
Physician Assistant - Surgical

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363AS0400X

License # reported to NPPES NY 013727-1
Physician Assistant - Surgical

NUCC Taxonomy Code: 363AS0400X

License # reported to NPPES TX PA06597
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Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers

Medicaid ID
214721706 (TX)

Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility

Source: CMS PECOS
Medicare FFS Enrollment Status Medicare Enrollment on File
CMS Provider Specialty

PRACTITIONER - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

Medicare Enrollment ID

I20101019001454

Enrollment State Jurisdiction

TX

PECOS Control ID

6305039637

Medicare Order & Referring Eligibility
Clinical Lab & Imaging (Part B) Eligible
Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Eligible
Home Health Agency (HHA) Eligible
Power Mobility Devices (PMD) Eligible

Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.

Medicare Group Practice Enrollments

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File

Physicians Referral Service

2130 W Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 770304009

Phone: 7135925433

Secondary Practice Locations

1515 Holcombe Blve

Houston, TX 770304009

Phone: 7137926161

6400 Fannin St, Ut Medical School Suite 2800

Houston, TX 770301521

Phone: 7135006134

Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone

Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.

36 listed
Dr. Karen Anderson , PhD

Psychologist - Clinical

NPI 1003952920

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Dr. Alex Bataller Torralba , MD, PhD

Internal Medicine - Hematology

NPI 1003536889

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

NPI 1003954157

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)

Dr. Manoop Bhutani , MD

Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology

NPI 1003989310

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Evan Brietzke , MSN, APRN, ACNPC-AG

Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care

NPI 1003444548

Master of Science in Nursing, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, ACNPCAG

Dr. Jan Burger , MD

Internal Medicine

NPI 1003901612

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Career & Practice History Timeline

Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status

12 Historical Events
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Medical Taxonomy / Specialty Registered (Primary Specialty) March 17, 2018

Physician Assistant (license number reported to NPPES: TX PA06597)

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NPI Profile Active October 26, 2017

NPI status registered as active in NPPES database

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Updated Practice Location October 26, 2017

Registered at 1515 HOLCOMBE BLVD, HOUSTON, TX 770304009 (Tel: 7137926161)

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Updated Business Mailing Address October 26, 2017

Registered at P O BOX 4439, HOUSTON, TX 772104439 (Tel: 7137922991)

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Provider Name / Credentials Updated October 26, 2017

Recorded as JACOB KURUVILA, PA-C

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Medical Taxonomy / Specialty Registered (Primary Specialty) October 26, 2017

Physician Assistant (license number reported to NPPES: TX PA06597)

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NPI Profile Active July 10, 2012

NPI status registered as active in NPPES database

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Practice Location (Initial Record) July 10, 2012

Registered at 6400 FANNIN ST, UT MEDICAL SCHOOL SUITE 2800, HOUSTON, TX 770301521 (Tel: 7135006134)

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Business Mailing Address (Initial Record) July 10, 2012

Registered at 6400 FANNIN ST, UT MEDICAL SCHOOL, SUITE 2800, HOUSTON, TX 770301521 (Tel: 7135006134)

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Provider Name / Credentials (Initial Record) July 10, 2012

Recorded as JACOB KURUVILA, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

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Medical Taxonomy / Specialty Registered (Primary Specialty) July 10, 2012

Physician Assistant (license number reported to NPPES: TX PA06597)

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Initial NPI Registration & Enumeration December 03, 2009

First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.

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NPI Administrative Meta

NPI Number: 1497083364
Entity Type:
Individual Provider Physician, Nurse Practitioner, or Solo Healthcare Professional (Type 1 NPI)
Enumeration Date: December 03, 2009
Last Update: March 17, 2018
Sole Proprietor: No

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Mailing Address

P O Box 4439

Houston, TX 772104439

Phone: 7137922991

About This Data NPPES fields (address, phone, specialty, license) are self-reported and may be outdated; Medicare fields follow the CMS dataset named in each section. Correct directly at NPPES.