Richard Alexander Owens, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Richard Alexander Owens, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1518193408, issued on Jun 5, 2009. Check the license (Texas P6234, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Alexander Owens
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- P6234 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 921 Gessner RD, Houston, TX 77024
- Phone
- (713) 242-3000
- Enumerated
- Jun 5, 2009
- Record last updated
- Jul 29, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (734) 763-9298
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130826000438); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Alexander Owens in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license P6234Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
11% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
202 Medicare Part D claims for 149 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 27 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin17 claims
- Acetaminophen-Codeine15 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl15 claims
- Prednisone15 claims
- Ondansetron Hcl14 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa13 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
- Memorial Hermann Hospital Based Physician GroupHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Alexander Owens among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas
Richard Alexander Owens, MD is one of 4,885 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 45% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 45% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2013 among the 2,779 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
818 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 818 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Richard Alexander Owens, MD's NPI number?
Richard Alexander Owens, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518193408, issued on Jun 5, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Alexander Owens, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 921 Gessner RD, Houston, TX, 77024. Phone: (713) 242-3000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Alexander Owens, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number P6234, 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 Richard Alexander Owens, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Alexander Owens, MD had 202 Medicare Part D claims for 149 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.