Dr. Nelson Valena M.D.
About this NPIWhat this record shows.
NPI 1578504049 is registered to Dr. Nelson Valena M.D., a Rehabilitation Practitioner practising at 2101 Crawford St, 300 in Houston, Texas. Rehabilitation Practitioner is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy. Dr. Nelson Valena M.D. has been enumerated in the National Provider Identifier (NPI) registry since 2006.
Beyond the registryWhat this record adds.
This record carries 1 secondary identifier beyond the base NPI: Medicaid and other payer cross-references used by billers and credentialers, which the standard CMS NPPES lookup does not surface. Within the directory it is one of 85 Rehabilitation Practitioner providers on file in Texas.
Source: CMS NPPES and PECOS public files. snapshot, refreshed monthly.
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Secondary identifiers
Additional identifiers this provider has registered with NPPES. Used by medical billers, credentialers, and insurance verifiers to cross-reference claims and enrollments.
Medicaid
Source: NPPES public registry.
Insurance & acceptsHow to confirm coverage.
The National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) registry does not include commercial insurance network data, so we cannot show which plans Dr. Nelson Valena M.D. accepts. To confirm in-network status with your specific health plan, contact Dr. Nelson Valena M.D. directly at (713) 861-2022.
Frequently asked
Yes. NPI 1578504049 is registered as Active in the CMS NPPES public registry and passes the Luhn check-digit validation that all 10-digit NPIs use.
Rehabilitation Practitioner is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy.
The CMS NPPES Public Registry at npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov is the authoritative source. FindMyNPI mirrors this dataset and refreshes monthly. For real-time verification, you can also call the provider's office at (713) 861-2022.
An individual healthcare provider has a single Type-1 NPI for life. Organisations can hold separate Type-2 NPIs per location, specialty, or sub-entity. Dr. Nelson Valena M.D. is a Type-1 individual NPI.
As of the latest monthly CMS NPPES snapshot, 85 Rehabilitation Practitioner providers are registered in Texas, and Dr. Nelson Valena M.D. is one of them. The figure refreshes each month from the federal source.