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2026 NPPES data Otolaryngology Physician NPI 1356457444 MD
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Claude McLelland, MD

Otolaryngology Physician in Corpus Christi, Texas.

This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 11,060 in Otolaryngology Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.

Federal data, no proprietary rating. We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
3K
Medicare Part D claims · 551 beneficiaries · Otolaryngology Physician avg: 536
MIPS score
0/100
▼ 84 pts below national avg 83.5 · Penalty band
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What the federal data shows

Claude McLelland, MD reported a CMS MIPS final score of 0/100 - below the 83.5 national average - and filed 2,567 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.

0/100
MIPS score · -83 vs avg
3K
Part D claims, 2024
Likely
board-certified (heuristic)
≥0th
pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)

Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.

Federal trust snapshot

What official records show about Claude McLelland, MD

Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.

  • Verified

    NPI registry status

    Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1356457444), first enumerated 08/22/2006.

    Source: CMS NPPES

  • Reported

    Medicare Part D participation

    Filed 2,567 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.

    Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF

  • Reported

    CMS quality reporting (MIPS)

    Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 0/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.

    Source: CMS Quality Payment Program

  • Reported

    Board certification signal

    Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.

    Source: NUCC taxonomy + CMS participation heuristic

  • State context

    State board disciplinary context

    Texas statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Claude McLelland, MD's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.

    Source: TMB annual report 2023

  • Not in federal data

    Individual sanction lookup

    PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.

    Source: State medical board / FSMB

This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.

CMS NPPES provider registry desk

NPI 1356457444 · Otolaryngology Physician

NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MID · MIPS-LOW · RX-MID · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-FINISH

  • NPI-10 1356457444
  • ENUM-LEGACY 2006
  • TAX-MID 11K Otolaryngology Physician
  • MIPS-LOW 0/100
  • RX-MID 2,567
  • BOOK-LIGHT 787 in Texas
  • PHOTO-FINISH Romeo Agbayani, MD · ±0.0

MIPS final-score neighbourhood

Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity

MIPS pts

What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).

Source CMS Quality Payment Program (MIPS) As of 2023

Claude McLelland, MD's MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician

CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.

0 ≥ 0th percentile 0% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands

0–10: 8,684 measured providers (2%). This entry sits in this band. 10–20: 3,008 measured providers (1%). Above this entry. 20–30: 3,069 measured providers (1%). Above this entry. 30–40: 2,746 measured providers (1%). Above this entry. 40–50: 2,928 measured providers (1%). Above this entry. 50–60: 5,882 measured providers (1%). Above this entry. 60–70: 13,906 measured providers (3%). Above this entry. 70–80: 94,570 measured providers (21%). Above this entry. 80–90: 129,887 measured providers (29%). Above this entry. 90+: 189,403 measured providers (42%). Above this entry. This provider 0 100 every measured MIPS clinician, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.

Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023

Where Claude McLelland, MD sits

This provider among otolaryngology physician peers

Across the 3,290 otolaryngology physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Claude McLelland, MD writes more Part D claims than 98% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 0% - placing this provider in the high-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.

Lower volume · High qualityHigh volume · High qualityLower volume · Lower qualityHigh volume · Lower quality0255075100024.448.873.297.7Part D claim volume, percentile in specialtyMIPS quality, percentilePoint, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 85 · MIPS quality, percentile: 93Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 15 · MIPS quality, percentile: 50Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 90 · MIPS quality, percentile: 83Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 27 · MIPS quality, percentile: 93Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 57 · MIPS quality, percentile: 67Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 32 · MIPS quality, percentile: 28Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 95 · MIPS quality, percentile: 92Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 33 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 45 · MIPS quality, percentile: 57Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 48 · MIPS quality, percentile: 35Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 18 · MIPS quality, percentile: 70Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 28 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 67 · MIPS quality, percentile: 77Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 17 · MIPS quality, percentile: 90Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 12 · MIPS quality, percentile: 93Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 35 · MIPS quality, percentile: 65Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 53 · MIPS quality, percentile: 40Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 3 · MIPS quality, percentile: 23Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 35 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 8 · MIPS quality, percentile: 93Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 98 · MIPS quality, percentile: 33Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 43 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 52 · MIPS quality, percentile: 20Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 0 · MIPS quality, percentile: 58Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 68 · MIPS quality, percentile: 87Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 63 · MIPS quality, percentile: 25Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 30 · MIPS quality, percentile: 73Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 65 · MIPS quality, percentile: 47Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 82 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 38 · MIPS quality, percentile: 87Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 58 · MIPS quality, percentile: 82Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 47 · MIPS quality, percentile: 85Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 25 · MIPS quality, percentile: 52Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 20 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 10 · MIPS quality, percentile: 27Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 75 · MIPS quality, percentile: 45Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 88 · MIPS quality, percentile: 43Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 5 · MIPS quality, percentile: 55Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 87 · MIPS quality, percentile: 93Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 13 · MIPS quality, percentile: 32Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 60 · MIPS quality, percentile: 22Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 23 · MIPS quality, percentile: 62Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 55 · MIPS quality, percentile: 48Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 40 · MIPS quality, percentile: 52Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 92 · MIPS quality, percentile: 63Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 93 · MIPS quality, percentile: 68Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 78 · MIPS quality, percentile: 42Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 72 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 100 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 7 · MIPS quality, percentile: 30Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 77 · MIPS quality, percentile: 80Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 73 · MIPS quality, percentile: 37Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 50 · MIPS quality, percentile: 18Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 22 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 62 · MIPS quality, percentile: 73Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 42 · MIPS quality, percentile: 78Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 70 · MIPS quality, percentile: 17Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 2 · MIPS quality, percentile: 38Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 80 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 83 · MIPS quality, percentile: 60Claude McLelland, MD, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 98 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile

Each dot is one otolaryngology physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Claude McLelland, MD. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.

✓
Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)

Claude McLelland, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).

What does the federal data show about Claude McLelland, MD?

Below national average

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 08/22/2006

NPI 1356457444

Primary specialty

Otolaryngology Physician

Mid-sized

11,060 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

2,567 379% vs specialty avg

2024 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 536

MIPS final score

0/100 83.5 pts vs avg

Penalty band band

vs 83.5 national avg

Specialty distribution in Texas

How Otolaryngology Physician compares to other specialties among Texas providers

Texas providers
Behavior Technician6%Student in an Organized Heal…5.3%Family Nurse Practitioner4.5%Professional Counselor4.4%Pharmacist4.3%Speech-Language Pathologist3.9%Otolaryngology Physician0.2%
Largest specialties in Texas (% of in-state providers)

Medicare quality performance, MIPS

Claude McLelland, MD's 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Otolaryngology Physician national average

Below national average
MIPS Final Score
0/100
vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
0%100%National avg84%0%
MIPS final score (Otolaryngology Physician) - 0/100 vs national avg 83.5
How MIPS and board certification work

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.

Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).

Practice Address

3301 S ALAMEDA #506
Corpus Christi, TX 78411
(361) 855-3000

Provider Details

NPI 1356457444
Specialty Otolaryngology Physician
Credentials MD
Gender Male
NPI Issued 08/22/2006

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.

0
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
0
Quality

Reporting: Individual

License & disciplinary context - Texas TMB 2023 annual report

Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~77K Texas medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Claude McLelland, MD. To verify Claude McLelland, MD's current license status, search the TMB public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.

344
Total board actions, Texas 2023
Across 334 cases
4.47
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Texas statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
94 cases

TMB publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Texas disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.

2,567
Total Claims
$40K
Total Drug Cost
551
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
4,073.067
Total Day Supply
118,219
Generic Drug Cost
$40K
Opioid Claims
15 (0.6% rate)
Antibiotic Claims
66

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
74.9 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
1.49
Gender Split
63% female / 37% male
Age Distribution
<65: 41, 65-74: 217, 75-84: 233, 85+: 60

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

What Claude McLelland, MD prescribes most

Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024

claims
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File As of 2024
Drug Claims
Pentoxifylline
 936
Hydrochlorothiazide
 358
Cilostazol
 269
Triamterene-Hydrochlorothiazid
Triamterene/Hydrochlorothiazid
220
Mometasone Furoate
 148
Diclofenac Potassium
 115
Spironolactone
 53
Nortriptyline Hcl
 46
Ciprofloxacin Hcl
 43
Furosemide
 37

* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.

More Otolaryngology Physician in TX → All providers in Texas → Compare specialties →

Otolaryngology Physician Overview

How Claude McLelland, MD fits within the Otolaryngology Physician landscape nationally.

11,060
Otolaryngology Physician Providers in US
54
States with Otolaryngology Physician
536
Avg Claims per Provider

Claude McLelland, MD's 2,567 claims are above the specialty average of 536.

Nationwide Otolaryngology Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year

Two federal-record peer sets for McLelland, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.

Similar MIPS final score

Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (0 here).

Romeo Agbayani 0 CA Armin Alavi 0 CA Thad Bartell 0 AZ Craig Benoit 0 AL

Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)

Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.

Jacob Zeiders Fort Lauderdale, FL Kurtis Korver Orange City, IA Matthew Page Saint Peters, MO Raleigh Jones Jr Lexington, KY

Nearby Otolaryngology Physician Providers in Texas

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Texas, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as McLelland.

One of 787 Otolaryngology Physician providers enrolled in Texas, 5 are shown here.

Dr. Jason Acevedo
MD
Abilene, TX
Jason Adams
Jbsa Ft Sam Houston, TX
Dr. Jane Admire
MD
Dallas, TX
Dr. Robert Africa
MD
Galveston, TX
Dr. Ashley Agan
MD
Dallas, TX

Compare Otolaryngology Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Claude McLelland, MD's specialty? ▼
Claude McLelland, MD specializes in Otolaryngology Physician and practices in Corpus Christi, Texas. Credentials: MD.
How much does Claude McLelland, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Claude McLelland, MD wrote 2,567 Medicare Part D claims totaling $40K in drug costs for 551 beneficiaries.
What is Claude McLelland, MD's Medicare quality score? ▼
Claude McLelland, MD has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 0/100 (Quality: 0). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Claude McLelland, MD located? ▼
Claude McLelland, MD is located at 3301 S ALAMEDA #506, Corpus Christi, TX, 78411. Phone: (361) 855-3000.
What is Claude McLelland, MD's NPI number? ▼
Claude McLelland, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356457444, issued on 08/22/2006.
Does Claude McLelland, MD prescribe opioids? ▼
Yes, Claude McLelland, MD had 15 opioid claims in 2024 with an opioid prescribing rate of 0.6%.
How many Otolaryngology Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 11,060 Otolaryngology Physician providers across 54 states in the US. The average Otolaryngology Physician provider writes 536 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Claude McLelland, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Claude McLelland, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Pentoxifylline, Hydrochlorothiazide, Cilostazol. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Claude McLelland, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Claude McLelland, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 2,567 Part D claims and 551 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Claude McLelland, MD's credentials? ▼
Claude McLelland, MD's NPI is 1356457444 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.

Data Sources

View source datasets and methodology notes
Provider Directory
CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
Specialty Classification
NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
Quality Performance
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
Limitations
Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.

See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.

Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.