Kevin D. Wheeler, MD
Surgery Physician · Houston, TX
Kevin D. Wheeler, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1497732267, issued on Dec 22, 2005. Check the license (Texas H2899, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kevin D. Wheeler
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- H2899 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1140 Business Center Dr, Houston, TX 77043
- Phone
- (713) 464-1981
- Enumerated
- Dec 22, 2005
- Record last updated
- Sep 25, 2024
- Fax
- (713) 464-1131
- Medicaid ID
- 039433001 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100920000952); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Baylor College Of Medicine, 1991
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kevin D. Wheeler in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license H2899Check 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% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
241 Medicare Part D claims for 121 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 109 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Acetaminophen-Codeine94 claims
- Ibuprofen84 claims
- Tramadol Hcl14 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: $14.32
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Memorial Hermann Medical GroupHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kevin D. Wheeler among 2,192 surgery physician records in Texas
Kevin D. Wheeler, MD is one of 2,192 surgery physician records with a practice address in Texas. 76% 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, 90% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1991 · median 2004 among the 1,350 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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 208600000X 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 Kevin D. Wheeler, MD's NPI number?
Kevin D. Wheeler, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497732267, issued on Dec 22, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kevin D. Wheeler, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1140 Business Center Dr, Houston, TX, 77043. Phone: (713) 464-1981. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kevin D. Wheeler, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number H2899, 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 Kevin D. Wheeler, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kevin D. Wheeler, MD had 241 Medicare Part D claims for 121 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.