Dianne Nicholas, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Dianne Nicholas, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1679553499, issued on Jan 18, 2006. Check the license (Texas J2238, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dianne Nicholas
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- J2238 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5160 Timber Creek Dr, Houston, TX 77017
- Phone
- (713) 440-0602
- Enumerated
- Jan 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 28, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 944-8903
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040526001176); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 1991
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Dianne Nicholas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license J2238Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
851 Medicare Part D claims for 73 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate111 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium101 claims
- Ozempic54 claims
- Lisinopril41 claims
- Glipizide Er33 claims
- Metformin Hcl33 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.
Dianne Nicholas among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas
Dianne Nicholas, M.D. is one of 4,885 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 83% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 67% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated1991 · median 2013 among the 2,779 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 55% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
818 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 818 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Dianne Nicholas, M.D.'s NPI number?
Dianne Nicholas, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679553499, issued on Jan 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dianne Nicholas, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5160 Timber Creek Dr, Houston, TX, 77017. Phone: (713) 440-0602. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dianne Nicholas, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number J2238, 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 Dianne Nicholas, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dianne Nicholas, M.D. had 851 Medicare Part D claims for 73 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.