Wayne C. Paullus, MD
Neurological Surgery Physician · Amarillo, TX
Wayne C. Paullus, MD is a neurological surgery physician with a practice address in Amarillo, Texas, and NPI 1386745321, issued on Sep 25, 2006. Check the license (Texas N9277, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Wayne C. Paullus
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Neurological Surgery Physician 207T00000X
- License number
- N9277 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 705 Quail Creek Dr, Amarillo, TX 79106
- Phone
- (806) 353-6400
- Enumerated
- Sep 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 13, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (806) 358-6766
- Medicaid ID
- 2847592 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110815000752); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 2005
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Wayne C. Paullus in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license N9277Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average neurological surgery physician in 2024
640 Medicare Part D claims for 185 beneficiaries, against an average of 172 among the 4,378 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 196 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl145 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen132 claims
- Alendronate Sodium114 claims
- Gabapentin44 claims
- Methocarbamol38 claims
- Tramadol Hcl35 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $163.73
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 5,377 providers of this specialty with any payment received $14,925.58 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
- Mark Malone MD PAAmarillo, TX
- Southwest Neuroscience And Spine Center PAAmarillo, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Wayne C. Paullus among 669 neurological surgery physician records in Texas
Wayne C. Paullus, MD is one of 669 neurological surgery physician records with a practice address in Texas. 80% 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 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated2005 · median 2004 among the 451 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207T00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Neurological Surgery Physician providers in Texas
There are 669 neurological surgery physician records in Texas.
All 669 in Texas → Every provider in Amarillo → Neurological Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 neurological surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- William Banister, M.D.Amarillo, TX 791061497785661
- Jeffrey Kachmann, M.D.Amarillo, TX 791061659378123
- Charles Rimmer, M.D.Amarillo, TX 791021861611469
- Marcus Schmitz, MDAmarillo, TX 791191821071895
- Charles Wright, M.D.Amarillo, TX 791191427012921
- Bret Errington, M.D.Amarillo, TX 791241548210107
- Jonathon Gentry, MDAmarillo, TX 791241295841435
- Bradley Hiser, MDAmarillo, TX 791241750487823
Common questions
What is Wayne C. Paullus, MD's NPI number?
Wayne C. Paullus, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1386745321, issued on Sep 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Wayne C. Paullus, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 705 Quail Creek Dr, Amarillo, TX, 79106. Phone: (806) 353-6400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Wayne C. Paullus, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number N9277, 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 Wayne C. Paullus, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Wayne C. Paullus, MD had 640 Medicare Part D claims for 185 beneficiaries; the average among neurological surgery physician prescribers was 172. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Wayne C. Paullus, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.