NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Brendan Matthew Watson, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Saint Louis, MO

Brendan Matthew Watson, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Saint Louis, Missouri, and NPI 1811349541, issued on Jul 6, 2016. Check the license (Missouri 2020012895, as entered in NPPES) on the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1811349541
Name
Brendan Matthew Watson
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
2020012895 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plz, Saint Louis, MO 63110
Phone
(314) 362-9123
Enumerated
Jul 6, 2016
Record last updated
Apr 17, 2025
Fax
(314) 362-0478
Medicaid ID
200062518 MO
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20200610002683); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Baylor College Of Medicine, 2015
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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Also registered at 1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plz

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

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  3. Ramzi Abboud, MDMedical Oncology Physician1649684200
  4. Amy Abdalla, MDRadiation Oncology Physician1932959954
  5. Heba Abdelal, MDAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1033633383
  6. Ali Abdelhay, MDHospitalist Physician1619540606

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMissouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

21 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Brendan Watson21
  2. Specialty average226

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.

The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 79.3 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score71.5
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%59.5
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Washington UniversitySaint Louis, MO

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

Brendan Matthew Watson among 1,405 emergency medicine physician records in Missouri

Brendan Matthew Watson, MD is one of 1,405 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Missouri. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 69% of them.

  • NPI issued2016 · 69% of these records are older, 28% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
  • Graduated2015 · median 2012 among the 808 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Missouri practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

398 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Saint Louis

They are 398 of the 27,605 NPPES records with a practice address in Saint Louis, and 1,405 emergency medicine physician records in Missouri.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. David Amin, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101528003787
  2. Brian Cohn, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101649206061
  3. Brian Froelke, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101114951233
  4. Gary Gambill, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101346282837
  5. Richard Griffey, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101023075405
  6. Kamal Gursahani, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101396760849
  7. Reuben Johnson, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101174563217
  8. Richard Schmidt, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101437133501

Common questions

What is Brendan Matthew Watson, MD's NPI number?

Brendan Matthew Watson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811349541, issued on Jul 6, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Brendan Matthew Watson, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plz, Saint Louis, MO, 63110. Phone: (314) 362-9123. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Brendan Matthew Watson, MD's license?

NPPES lists Missouri license number 2020012895, as entered by the provider. Search the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts at https://www.fsmb.org/contact-a-state-medical-board/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Brendan Matthew Watson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Brendan Matthew Watson, MD had 21 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Brendan Matthew Watson, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 79.3 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

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.