Clement A. Defelice, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Houston, TX
Clement A. Defelice, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1710961008, issued on Dec 1, 2005. Check the license (Texas H4899, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Clement A. Defelice
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- H4899 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6550 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 790-9125
- Enumerated
- Dec 1, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jun 26, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 790-1802
- Medicaid ID
- 97286101 TX
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Clement A. Defelice in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license H4899Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
64% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
1,106 Medicare Part D claims for 243 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Losartan Potassium90 claims
- Eliquis79 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate72 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium72 claims
- Clopidogrel57 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate54 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 78.9 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $31.56
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Clement A. Defelice among 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas
Clement A. Defelice, MD is one of 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 88% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 80% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 76% of these records are
- Record last updated2008 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Clement A. Defelice, MD's NPI number?
Clement A. Defelice, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1710961008, issued on Dec 1, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Clement A. Defelice, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6550 Fannin St, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 790-9125. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Clement A. Defelice, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number H4899, 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 Clement A. Defelice, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Clement A. Defelice, MD had 1,106 Medicare Part D claims for 243 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Clement A. Defelice, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 78.9 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.