NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Taylor Needham

Hospitalist Physician · Merriam, KS

Taylor Needham is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Merriam, Kansas, and NPI 1548721301, issued on Mar 26, 2019. Check the license (Kansas 04-47806, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1548721301
Name
Taylor Needham
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License numbers
04-47806 KS
2023048276 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
9100 W 74TH St, Merriam, KS 66204
Phone
(913) 676-2000
Enumerated
Mar 26, 2019
Record last updated
May 26, 2026
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230727003780); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Arkansas College Of Medicine, 2019
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 9100 W 74TH St

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

  1. Wilberforce AfuyaFamily Nurse Practitioner1518673367
  2. Seth AtchisonEmergency Medicine Physician1407397615
  3. Oluwatise Babatope-OjoBehavior Technician1740129782
  4. Kerry Beck, RNRegistered Nurse1194656900
  5. Blair BeltzEmergency Registered Nurse1982590980
  6. Corina BissonnetteBehavior Technician1922968312

Verify Taylor Needham in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
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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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22% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

407 Medicare Part D claims for 171 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 24 claims were for opioids.

  1. Taylor Needham407
  2. Specialty average521

Most prescribed

  1. Prednisone25 claims
  2. Spironolactone19 claims
  3. Atorvastatin Calcium17 claims
  4. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass16 claims
  5. Eliquis16 claims
  6. Doxycycline Hyclate14 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

  1. Hospitalist Medicine Physicians OF Texas PLLCLenexa, KS

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

Taylor Needham among 182 hospitalist physician records in Kansas

Taylor Needham is one of 182 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Kansas. 91% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 62% of them.

  • NPI issued2019 · 62% of these records are older, 35% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 91% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 73% of these records are
  • Graduated2019 · median 2012 among the 132 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 32% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Hospitalist Physician providers in Kansas

There are 182 hospitalist physician records in Kansas.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Srinivasa Kakumanu, M.D.Shawnee Mission, KS 662041538251020
  2. Nicholas Miller, D.O.Shawnee Mission, KS 662041992123061
  3. Stephen Njagi, M.D.Shawnee Mission, KS 662041972769313
  4. Farhan Dadani, M.D.Overland Park, KS 662091760866297
  5. Aimee Eidson, DOOverland Park, KS 662091205198231
  6. Nicolle Gunter, M.D.Overland Park, KS 662091811968035
  7. Heather Kort, D.O.Overland Park, KS 662091720059942
  8. Melissa Middlemas, D.O.Overland Park, KS 662091598929945

Common questions

What is Taylor Needham's NPI number?

Taylor Needham's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548721301, issued on Mar 26, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Taylor Needham located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9100 W 74TH St, Merriam, KS, 66204. Phone: (913) 676-2000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Taylor Needham's license?

NPPES lists Kansas license number 04-47806, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts at https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Taylor Needham prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Taylor Needham had 407 Medicare Part D claims for 171 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.