Paul Wayne Decker, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Shenandoah, TX
Paul Wayne Decker, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Shenandoah, Texas, and NPI 1316033707, issued on Oct 5, 2006. Check the license (Texas K1178, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Paul Wayne Decker
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- K1178 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 134 Vision Park Blvd Ste 310, Shenandoah, TX 77384
- Phone
- (936) 447-9452
- Enumerated
- Oct 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 4, 2025
- Fax
- (844) 842-2509
- Medicaid ID
- 042298201 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100701000693); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine, 1995
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 134 Vision Park Blvd Ste 310
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Paul Wayne Decker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K1178Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
7,823 Medicare Part D claims for 774 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 289 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium370 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium312 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium311 claims
- Losartan Potassium218 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate195 claims
- Gabapentin172 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: $844.24
40 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Privia Medical Group Gulf Coast PLLCHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Paul Wayne Decker among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Paul Wayne Decker, MD is one of 11,119 family 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 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
34 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Shenandoah
They are 34 of the 966 NPPES records with a practice address in Shenandoah, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Paul Wayne Decker, MD's NPI number?
Paul Wayne Decker, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316033707, issued on Oct 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Paul Wayne Decker, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 134 Vision Park Blvd Ste 310, Shenandoah, TX, 77384. Phone: (936) 447-9452. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Paul Wayne Decker, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K1178, 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 Paul Wayne Decker, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Paul Wayne Decker, MD had 7,823 Medicare Part D claims for 774 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.