NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Matthew Neil Brams, M.D.

Psychiatry Physician · Houston, TX

Matthew Neil Brams, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1639187263, issued on Aug 3, 2006. Check the license (Texas H4183, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1639187263
Name
Matthew Neil Brams
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
License number
H4183 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
550 Westcott St, Houston, TX 77007
Phone
(713) 864-6696
Enumerated
Aug 3, 2006
Record last updated
Jun 5, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(713) 864-6698
Medicaid ID
138158407 TX
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20060427000575); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Texas Medical School At Houston, 1987
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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 550 Westcott St

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

  1. Alice Mao, MDPsychiatry Physician1851309488
  2. Boyd McNabb, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1639267032
  3. Jennifer Swantkowski, LCSW, PHDClinical Social Worker1457561029

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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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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3.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024

3,246 Medicare Part D claims for 275 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Matthew Brams3,246
  2. Specialty average1,000

Most prescribed

  1. Alprazolam326 claims
  2. Trazodone Hcl140 claims
  3. Clonazepam131 claims
  4. Quetiapine Fumarate127 claims
  5. Sertraline Hcl121 claims
  6. Zolpidem Tartrate108 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: $264,470.84

246 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Matthew Brams$264,471
  2. Specialty average$4,955

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

  1. Beacon Behavioral OF Texas PAHouston, TX

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

Matthew Neil Brams among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas

Matthew Neil Brams, M.D. is one of 3,318 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Texas. 72% 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 5% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 65% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
  • Graduated1987 · median 2006 among the 1,481 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2013 · 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 2084P0800X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Psychiatry Physician providers in Texas

There are 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas.

The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. David Ansell, D.O.Houston, TX 770071700116852
  2. Nicholas Bryant, M.D.Houston, TX 770071437448586
  3. Kara Kahan, MDHouston, TX 770071053391995
  4. Alice Mao, MDHouston, TX 770071851309488
  5. Poonam Thandi, M.D.Houston, TX 770071508186271
  6. Emily VasiliouHouston, TX 770071356977516
  7. Mohsin Zafar, MDHouston, TX 770071689164105
  8. Robert Bacon, MDHouston, TX 770081700951704

Common questions

What is Matthew Neil Brams, M.D.'s NPI number?

Matthew Neil Brams, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639187263, issued on Aug 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Matthew Neil Brams, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 550 Westcott St, Houston, TX, 77007. Phone: (713) 864-6696. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Matthew Neil Brams, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number H4183, 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 Matthew Neil Brams, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Matthew Neil Brams, M.D. had 3,246 Medicare Part D claims for 275 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.