Shumei Kato, M.B.
Internal Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Shumei Kato, M.B. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1609025865, issued on Sep 11, 2008. Check the license (Texas 45163, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shumei Kato
- Credential
- M.B.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 45163 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 792-6161
- Enumerated
- Sep 11, 2008
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1515 Holcombe Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Linda Abad, PA-CPhysician Assistant1063928240
- Cynthia Abarado, RN, GNPGerontology Nurse Practitioner1851471049
- Hussein Abbas, MD, PHDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1609220532
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- Karim Abdeldaem, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1558056200
Verify Shumei Kato in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license 45163Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
120 Medicare Part D claims for 34 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,785 among the 127,794 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 25% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Prochlorperazine Maleate19 claims
- Ondansetron Hcl17 claims
- Balversa12 claims
- Potassium Chloride11 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.
The practice group's Medicare quality score for 2023: 84.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $188.27
4 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Partner Therapeutics, Inc.. The 65,274 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,536.66 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.
2 hospital and facility affiliations
- Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage, CA · Acute Care Hospitals4 of 5 stars
- Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians affiliations; Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
2,085 internal medicine physician records list a Houston practice address
They are 2,085 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a Houston practice address, and 11,069 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Shumei Kato, M.B.'s NPI number?
Shumei Kato, M.B.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609025865, issued on Sep 11, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shumei Kato, M.B. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 792-6161. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shumei Kato, M.B.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 45163, 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 Shumei Kato, M.B. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Shumei Kato, M.B. had 120 Medicare Part D claims for 34 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 2,785. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Shumei Kato, M.B.'s Medicare quality score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.3 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), loaded Aug 27, 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.
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.