NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Vivekkumar Patel, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · The Woodlands, TX

Vivekkumar Patel, M.D. is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in The Woodlands, Texas, and NPI 1649531617, issued on Jun 6, 2012. Check the license (Texas S3926, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1649531617
Name
Vivekkumar Patel
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
License numbers
S3926 TX
BP10043017 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
17350 St Lukes Way Ste 330, The Woodlands, TX 77384
Phone
(713) 798-7717
Enumerated
Jun 6, 2012
Record last updated
Apr 4, 2024
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20221104001256); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Texas A & M University System, Hsc, College Of Medicine, 2012
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 17350 St Lukes Way Ste 330

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

  1. Wilma Barboza, MSN,APRN,AGACNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1073154779
  2. Cassie Jordan, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1760344709
  3. Lauren Mancuso, FNP-CNurse Practitioner1760249536
  4. Pabel Miah, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1447789706
  5. Kimberlee Spurlin, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BCAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1114560075

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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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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The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.3 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score81.6
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%89.1
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $235.15

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Vivekkumar Patel$235.15
  2. Specialty average$7,828.84

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

  1. Baylor College OF MedicineThe Woodlands, TX

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

Vivekkumar Patel among 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Texas

Vivekkumar Patel, M.D. is one of 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in Texas. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 79% of them.

  • NPI issued2012 · 79% of these records are older, 18% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated2012 · median 1996 among the 309 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 208G00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in Texas

There are 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Texas.

The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Mark Mettauer, M.D.The Woodlands, TX 773841427043967
  2. Michael Koeckert, M.D.The Woodlands, TX 773851366706392
  3. Clifford Kitten, M.D.Shenandoah, TX 773811396730826
  4. Stephen Maniscalco, M.D.Shenandoah, TX 773801891716403
  5. Thomas Donohue, M.D.Tomball, TX 773751427082940
  6. Emilio Hisse, MDBellaire, TX 774011790823037
  7. Jose Montalvo Fitzpatrick, MDKingwood, TX 773391013185230
  8. Scott Olsson, M.D.Cypress, TX 774291972682136

Common questions

What is Vivekkumar Patel, M.D.'s NPI number?

Vivekkumar Patel, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649531617, issued on Jun 6, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Vivekkumar Patel, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 17350 St Lukes Way Ste 330, The Woodlands, TX, 77384. Phone: (713) 798-7717. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Vivekkumar Patel, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number S3926, 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.

What is Vivekkumar Patel, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.3 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

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.