Vipan Kumar, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Houston, TX
Vipan Kumar, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1114347234, issued on Apr 17, 2014. Check the license (Texas U8371, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vipan Kumar
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- U8371 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 19500 St Hwy 249 Ste 120, Houston, TX 77070
- Phone
- (844) 824-8775
- Enumerated
- Apr 17, 2014
- Record last updated
- Jan 24, 2024
- Fax
- (281) 648-2200
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240424000885); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 19500 St Hwy 249 Ste 120
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Oluwaferanmi Afolabi, PMHNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1881011385
- Robert GaertnerProfessional Counselor1285484139
- Hanna Himmel, MA, LPC, NCCProfessional Counselor1306415302
- Myrane Jackson, LPCProfessional Counselor1992023675
- Eled Shkurti, LCSW LCDCClinical Social Worker1821704024
- Sharain Stith, LPCProfessional Counselor1578013041
Verify Vipan Kumar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license U8371Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
98% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
16 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of 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: $163.26
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Progressive Behavioral Health, PLLCHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vipan Kumar among 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas
Vipan Kumar, M.D. is one of 3,318 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Texas. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 68% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 68% of these records are older, 29% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 45% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2006 among the 1,481 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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 2084P0800X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in Texas
There are 3,318 psychiatry physician records in Texas.
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The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Faria Ali, D.O.Houston, TX 770701174889620
- Ricque Brister, MDHouston, TX 770701932320389
- Laura Champagne, MDHouston, TX 770701992758684
- Samuel Collier, M.D.Houston, TX 770701508064114
- Jesus Garcia Mayorga, MDHouston, TX 770701669615944
- Abraham Ghattas, D.O.Houston, TX 770701477970473
- James Harold, M.D.Houston, TX 770701760543482
- Masood Jilani, MDHouston, TX 770701861682734
Common questions
What is Vipan Kumar, M.D.'s NPI number?
Vipan Kumar, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1114347234, issued on Apr 17, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vipan Kumar, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 19500 St Hwy 249 Ste 120, Houston, TX, 77070. Phone: (844) 824-8775. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vipan Kumar, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number U8371, 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 Vipan Kumar, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vipan Kumar, M.D. had 16 Medicare Part D claims; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.