Joel Steve Kneitz, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Joel Steve Kneitz, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1356327498, issued on Dec 20, 2005. Check the license (Texas K1227, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joel Steve Kneitz
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- K1227 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7900 Fannin St Ste 1000, Houston, TX 77054
- Phone
- (713) 797-9999
- Enumerated
- Dec 20, 2005
- Record last updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Fax
- (713) 795-4651
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040902000642); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At Houston, 1995
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joel Steve Kneitz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K1227Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
79% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
680 Medicare Part D claims for 172 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium66 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium32 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate31 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium30 claims
- Omeprazole28 claims
- Ozempic27 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Baylor St. Luke's Medical GroupSugar Land, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joel Steve Kneitz among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Joel Steve Kneitz, MD is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% 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, 91% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,488 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 1,488 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Joel Steve Kneitz, MD's NPI number?
Joel Steve Kneitz, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356327498, issued on Dec 20, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joel Steve Kneitz, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7900 Fannin St Ste 1000, Houston, TX, 77054. Phone: (713) 797-9999. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joel Steve Kneitz, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K1227, 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 Joel Steve Kneitz, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joel Steve Kneitz, MD had 680 Medicare Part D claims for 172 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.