Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr., MD

  • Houston, TX
  • Rheumatologist
NPI1659427334PAC ID9931277621
Medicare services, 2024
145,454
Medicare patients, 2024
537
Part D claims, 2024
3,561
MIPS score, 2024
94
Hospital affiliations
3
Practice address
7401 South Main Street, Houston, TX 77030
Practice phone
Call (713) 799-8600
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Primary practice

Texas Orthopedic Hospital

Hospital · Houston, Texas

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Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. is a rheumatologist in Houston, Texas

Dr. Koval practices at Texas Orthopedic Hospital in Houston, Texas, part of HCA Healthcare.

Dr. Koval's NPI, 1659427334, was assigned on January 26, 2007. Dr. Koval graduated from McGovern Medical School in 2005. Dr. Koval holds Texas license N9084.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9931277621
NPI enumeration date
January 26, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(713) 799-8600
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
47
Medical school graduation
2005

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. practices at Texas Orthopedic Hospital in Houston, Texas

Dr. Koval's primary practice is Texas Orthopedic Hospital, at 7401 South Main Street, Houston, TX 77030 in Harris County. The practice phone is (713) 799-8600.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Koval's primary practice is Texas Orthopedic Hospital in Houston, Texas, part of HCA Healthcare. Dr. Koval is also affiliated with Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital. The medical group on file is OrthoLoneStar. Dmand AI also links Dr. Koval to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr.'s practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Koval practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Texas Orthopedic HospitalAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. is one of 476 rheumatologists in Texas

Rheumatology is Dr. Koval's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RR0500X. Dr. Koval is board certified in rheumatology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Koval's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and Colorado.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Rheumatology, TexasPrimaryLicense N9084 · 2011 to 2026 · taxonomy 207RR0500X
  • Internal medicine, ColoradoLicense 46741 · 2008 to 2011 · taxonomy 207R00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists arteritis, arthritis, fibromyalgia and chronic pain, fluid in a joint, gout, joint arthropathy, joint pain and lupus among the conditions Dr. Koval treats.

Rheumatologists near Dr. Koval

Counts of rheumatologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. billed Medicare for 145,454 services in 2024

CMS data shows 145,454 Medicare services from Dr. Koval across 23 procedure codes in 2024, for 537 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,279,866 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024145,454
Medicare patients537
Paid by Medicare$1.3M
Procedure codes23

Dr. Koval's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 136,7482024: 142,3344%
Tests and treatments
2023: 1,1662024: 1,39119%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 9752024: 1,0003%
Other services
2023: 02024: 443
Imaging
2023: 1992024: 1971%
Surgery
2023: 752024: 8919%

Dr. Koval compared with the Texas median for rheumatologists, 2024

  • Dr. Koval
  • Texas median
Medicare services
145,454vs 1,331109.3 times
Medicare patients
537vs 1962.7 times
Part D claims
3,367vs 1,1383.0 times

Medians across 451 rheumatologists in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Koval's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. treated 537 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 537 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Koval in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 291 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 72% have high cholesterol. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.07, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Koval's median patient age at 65, with 74% women.

Medicare patients, 2024537
Average age73
Average risk score1.07
Also on Medicaid3%

Dr. Koval's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Koval's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women41377%
  • Men12423%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Koval's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High cholesterol72%
  3. High blood pressure66%
  4. Osteoporosis43%
  5. Ischemic heart disease23%
  6. Anxiety22%
  7. Diabetes22%
  8. Mood disorders21%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Koval's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 65

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women74%
  • Men25%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. wrote 3,561 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Koval wrote 3,561 Medicare Part D claims for 609 patients. 82% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,367 of them, across 49 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,670,455 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,135 claims across 48 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,561
Drugs named by CMS49
Total drug cost$3.7M
Part D patients609

Dr. Koval's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic2,908 claims82%
  • Brand-name619 claims17%
  • Other34 claims1%

Dr. Koval's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Koval's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids5%177 of 3,561 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 3,1352024: 3,3677%

Drugs named by CMS: 49 in 2024, 48 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. scored 94 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Dr. Koval for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Koval accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Koval as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Koval's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 94of 100Final score
  • 89.7of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. received $160,934 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 1,787 general payments to Dr. Koval from 32 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 62% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $111,973.

General payments to Dr. Koval by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Koval by kind, 2016 to 2025

$160.9Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$100,08362%
  • Food and beverage$32,66520%
  • Travel and lodging$20,05912%
  • Consulting fees$7,7175%
  • Education$4100%

Companies that paid Dr. Koval the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Koval, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Koval

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. graduated from McGovern Medical School

Dr. Koval graduated from McGovern Medical School in 2005. Dr. Koval is a member of ACR.

  1. Medical schoolMcGovern Medical School
  2. Board certified in rheumatologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. accepts plans from 18 insurance carriers

Dr. Koval is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Elevance
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • HCSC
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • +10 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Koval accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO13
  2. Medicare10
  3. HMO8
  4. POS5
  5. EPO4
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr.'s profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr.'s NPI number?

Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr.'s NPI number is 1659427334. It was assigned on January 26, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr.?

Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. is a rheumatologist in Houston, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Rheumatology Physician (taxonomy code 207RR0500X).

Where does Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. practice?

Dr. Koval practices at 7401 South Main Street, Houston, TX 77030. Dr. Koval's primary practice is Texas Orthopedic Hospital in Houston, Texas, part of HCA Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Koval to 1 hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr.'s office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Koval is (713) 799-8600.

What is Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr.'s medical license number?

Dr. Koval holds Texas license N9084, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Koval in Texas (2011 to 2026) and Colorado (2008 to 2011).

Which hospitals is Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. affiliated with?

Dr. Koval practices at Texas Orthopedic Hospital in Houston, Texas. Dr. Koval is also affiliated with Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Koval to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. part of?

Dr. Koval is linked to OrthoLoneStar. Dmand AI links Dr. Koval to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Koval billed Medicare for 145,454 services in 2024, and Dr. Koval accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Koval as offering telehealth services.

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What is Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr.'s MIPS score?

Dr. Koval's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 94 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. see?

CMS counts 537 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Koval in 2024, with an average age of 73.

Is Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. board certified?

Yes. Dr. Koval is board certified in rheumatology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Koval's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J0717), injected or infused drug (J3111) and injected or infused drug (J0897).

Where did Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. go to medical school?

Dr. Koval graduated from McGovern Medical School in 2005.

What drugs does Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Koval's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisone, Methotrexate and Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate.

Has Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $160,934 in general payments to Dr. Koval from 32 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

How long has Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. been practicing?

Dr. Koval graduated from medical school in 2005, 21 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Robert J. Koval Jr. accept?

Dr. Koval is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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