Welby Wen-Kai Wu, MD
Anesthesiology Physician · Houston, TX
Welby Wen-Kai Wu, MD is an anesthesiology physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1518915438, issued on May 4, 2006. Check the license (Texas R8846, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Welby Wen-Kai Wu
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Anesthesiology Physician 207L00000X
- License numbers
- R8846 TX
58636 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 18220 State Highway 249 Ste 1360, Houston, TX 77070
- Phone
- (281) 737-1005
- Enumerated
- May 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 7, 2024
- Fax
- (281) 737-1150
- Medicaid ID
- 404256500 MD
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190718001489); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Michigan Medical School, 1998
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Welby Wen-Kai Wu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license R8846Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 93.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Kelsey-Seybold Medical Group, PLLCSpring, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Welby Wen-Kai Wu among 4,635 anesthesiology physician records in Texas
Welby Wen-Kai Wu, MD is one of 4,635 anesthesiology 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 2006, is newer than 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 71% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2005 among the 3,293 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207L00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,130 anesthesiology physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 1,130 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 4,635 anesthesiology physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Welby Wen-Kai Wu, MD's NPI number?
Welby Wen-Kai Wu, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518915438, issued on May 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Welby Wen-Kai Wu, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 18220 State Highway 249 Ste 1360, Houston, TX, 77070. Phone: (281) 737-1005. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Welby Wen-Kai Wu, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number R8846, 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 Welby Wen-Kai Wu, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.5 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.