NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Arnold W. Mech, M.D.

Psychiatry Physician · Frisco, TX

Arnold W. Mech, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Frisco, Texas, and NPI 1295762243, issued on Jun 26, 2006. Check the license (Texas G9499, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1295762243
Name
Arnold W. Mech
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
License number
G9499 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
9191 Kyser Way Ste 101, Frisco, TX 75033
Phone
(972) 208-9500
Enumerated
Jun 26, 2006
Record last updated
Apr 2, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20061012000584); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Loyola University Of Chicago, Stritch School Of Medicine, 1977
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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54% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024

1,538 Medicare Part D claims for 95 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims.

  1. Arnold Mech1,538
  2. Specialty average1,000

Most prescribed

  1. Alprazolam278 claims
  2. Dextroamphetamine-Amphetamine88 claims
  3. Zolpidem Tartrate81 claims
  4. Trazodone Hcl78 claims
  5. Sertraline Hcl76 claims
  6. Duloxetine Hcl55 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

Industry payments in 2024: $350.28

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Neuronetics, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Arnold Mech$350.28
  2. Specialty average$4,954.93

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Post Acute Specialists OF Texas PAAustin, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Arnold W. Mech among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas

Arnold W. Mech, M.D. is one of 3,318 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Texas. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 5% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 65% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
  • Graduated1977 · median 2006 among the 1,481 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Psychiatry Physician providers in Texas

There are 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas.

The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Efosa Airuehia, MDFrisco, TX 750331972767986
  2. Farah Ali, MDFrisco, TX 750331922411230
  3. Prithvi Doppalapudi, MDFrisco, TX 750331083243463
  4. Ifeanyi Izediuno, MDFrisco, TX 750331043443401
  5. Suchakree Sanguansataya, MDFrisco, TX 750331275112229
  6. Shanila Shagufta, MDFrisco, TX 750331124513270
  7. Tina Vu, DOFrisco, TX 750331831659135
  8. Walter Elliston, M.D.Frisco, TX 750341912902537

Common questions

What is Arnold W. Mech, M.D.'s NPI number?

Arnold W. Mech, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1295762243, issued on Jun 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Arnold W. Mech, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9191 Kyser Way Ste 101, Frisco, TX, 75033. Phone: (972) 208-9500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Arnold W. Mech, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number G9499, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Arnold W. Mech, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Arnold W. Mech, M.D. had 1,538 Medicare Part D claims for 95 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.