NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Darcy Lea Puls, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · Kansas City, KS

Darcy Lea Puls, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Kansas City, Kansas, and NPI 1790942951, issued on May 16, 2008. Check the license (Kansas 0435136, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; 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
1790942951
Name
Darcy Lea Puls
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
0435136 KS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2040 Hutton RD, Kansas City, KS 66109
Phone
(913) 299-3700
Enumerated
May 16, 2008
Record last updated
May 21, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20110921000379); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Kansas School Of Med (Kc/Wich/Sal), 2008
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 2040 Hutton RD

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

  1. Seyed-Hamid Alhosseini, MDFamily Medicine Physician1467404327
  2. Gretchen Black, D.O.Pediatrics Physician1720075773
  3. Jesse Cheng, MDInternal Medicine Physician1356309538
  4. Alan Clement, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1164650537
  5. Molly Cornell, DPTPhysical Therapist1871956524
  6. Christy Cruse, PHARMDPharmacist1366625378

Verify Darcy Lea Puls in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of 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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4.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

12,623 Medicare Part D claims for 690 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 419 claims were for opioids.

  1. Darcy Puls12,623
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium635 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate503 claims
  3. Levothyroxine Sodium449 claims
  4. Lisinopril364 claims
  5. Rosuvastatin Calcium350 claims
  6. Gabapentin327 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: $262.19

14 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Darcy Puls$262.19
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Select Physical Therapy Holdings IncLansing, KS
  2. Sunflower Medical Group PAKansas City, KS

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

Darcy Lea Puls among 1,010 internal medicine physician records in Kansas

Darcy Lea Puls, M.D. is one of 1,010 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Kansas. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 44% of them.

  • NPI issued2008 · 44% of these records are older, 52% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
  • Graduated2008 · median 2008 among the 568 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 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 207R00000X and a Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

278 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Kansas City

They are 278 of the 4,522 NPPES records with a practice address in Kansas City, and 1,010 internal medicine physician records in Kansas.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Jacey Buss, MDKansas City, KS 661091760114953
  2. Jesse Cheng, MDKansas City, KS 661091356309538
  3. Raymond Schwegler, MDKansas City, KS 661091093764367
  4. William Taylor, MDKansas City, KS 661091720037096
  5. Jennifer Carpenter, MDKansas City, KS 661111386619757
  6. Nial Castle, D.O.Kansas City, KS 661121780677831
  7. Nader Dadkhah, MDKansas City, KS 661061922106442
  8. Nelopher Hathiary, M.D.Kansas City, KS 661121023159522

Common questions

What is Darcy Lea Puls, M.D.'s NPI number?

Darcy Lea Puls, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1790942951, issued on May 16, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Darcy Lea Puls, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2040 Hutton RD, Kansas City, KS, 66109. Phone: (913) 299-3700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Darcy Lea Puls, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Kansas license number 0435136, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts at https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Darcy Lea Puls, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Darcy Lea Puls, M.D. had 12,623 Medicare Part D claims for 690 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.