Vincent Wen Kau, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Vincent Wen Kau, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1417905316, issued on May 4, 2006. Check the license (Texas M1819, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vincent Wen Kau
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- M1819 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 12121 Richmond Ave, Houston, TX 77082
- Phone
- (281) 558-5558
- Enumerated
- May 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (281) 556-5457
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060612000253); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 2001
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 12121 Richmond Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Vincent Wen Kau in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M1819Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
6,519 Medicare Part D claims for 505 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 104 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium545 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate328 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium283 claims
- Lisinopril262 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er236 claims
- Omeprazole178 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: $1,292.06
66 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 2 group practices
- Action Therapy Centers LimitedHouston, TX
- Richmond Avenue Family Practice Associates PAHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vincent Wen Kau among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Vincent Wen Kau, MD is one of 9,175 internal 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 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 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,488 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 1,488 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Vincent Wen Kau, MD's NPI number?
Vincent Wen Kau, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1417905316, issued on May 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vincent Wen Kau, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 12121 Richmond Ave, Houston, TX, 77082. Phone: (281) 558-5558. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vincent Wen Kau, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M1819, 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 Vincent Wen Kau, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vincent Wen Kau, MD had 6,519 Medicare Part D claims for 505 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.