NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ed Kheder, MD

Hospitalist Physician · Saint Louis, MO

Ed Kheder, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Saint Louis, Missouri, and NPI 1497043533, issued on Jul 11, 2011. Check the license (Missouri 2014033364, as entered in NPPES) on the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1497043533
Name
Ed Kheder
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License number
2014033364 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plz, Saint Louis, MO 63110
Phone
(314) 362-1700
Enumerated
Jul 11, 2011
Record last updated
Nov 4, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(314) 362-9878
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20180518000639); accepts Medicare assignment
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.

  1. Fizza Abbas, MDInternal Medicine Physician1588079230
  2. Catey Abbott, DOInternal Medicine Physician1699355347
  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

Verify Ed Kheder in five checks

  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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69% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

163 Medicare Part D claims for 50 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of claims.

  1. Ed Kheder163
  2. Specialty average521

Most prescribed

  1. Eliquis11 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): 81.4 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 score81.3
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%50.0
  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. Physicians Referral ServiceHouston, TX

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

Ed Kheder among 930 hospitalist physician records in Missouri

Ed Kheder, MD is one of 930 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Missouri. 87% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 33% of them.

  • NPI issued2011 · 33% of these records are older, 63% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 77% of these records are
  • Graduated2004 · median 2014 among the 715 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2015 · 25% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Missouri practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

419 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Saint Louis

They are 419 of the 27,605 NPPES records with a practice address in Saint Louis, and 930 hospitalist physician records in Missouri.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Florence Almiron-Torralba, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101518939891
  2. Shobha Bhaskar, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101831198951
  3. Dennis Chang, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101083651202
  4. Eve Colson, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101730163577
  5. John Cras, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101598701815
  6. Lakshman Darsi, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101184670622
  7. Yasmeen Daud, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101073539292
  8. Christine Hrach, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101669498960

Common questions

What is Ed Kheder, MD's NPI number?

Ed Kheder, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497043533, issued on Jul 11, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ed Kheder, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1 Barnes Jewish Hospital Plz, Saint Louis, MO, 63110. Phone: (314) 362-1700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ed Kheder, MD's license?

NPPES lists Missouri license number 2014033364, 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 Ed Kheder, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ed Kheder, MD had 163 Medicare Part D claims for 50 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Ed Kheder, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 81.4 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.