William F Kessler, M.D.

Primary specialty

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) PhysicianTaxonomy code 208G00000X

License

J2124 Issued in TX

Practice address

1010 W 40TH St
Austin, TX 78756-4010

Phone

(512) 459-8753

Fax

(512) 483-6807

NPI assigned

Aug 3, 2006

Last updated

Jan 14, 2014By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 4

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Thoracic Surgery

Education

Baylor College of Medicine, 1991

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Seton Family of DoctorsGroup PAC ID 0941333280, 785 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin Hospital, Austin, TX, CCN 450056
• Ascension Seton Williamson Hospital, Round Rock, TX, CCN 670041
• Ascension Seton Hays Hospital, Kyle, TX, CCN 670056

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: william.kessler.1@8363.direct.athenahealth.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Seton Family of Doctors

  • Neurological Surgery Physician
  • Austin, TX
  • NPI 1588997233
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Seton Family of Doctors

  dba Ascension Texas Imaging

  • Radiology Clinic/Center
  • Austin, TX
  • NPI 1275290694
  NPD
• Seton Family of Doctors

  • Neurological Surgery Physician
  • Kyle, TX
  • NPI 1730412388
  NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Ascension Seton

  dba Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Austin, TX
  • NPI 1164526786
  Care Compare affiliation
• Ascension Seton

  dba Ascension Seton Williamson

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Round Rock, TX
  • NPI 1578780870
  Care Compare affiliation
• Ascension Seton

  dba Ascension Seton Hays

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Kyle, TX
  • NPI 1619115383
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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            "city": "AUSTIN",
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• Keith E. Kesler, D.O.
• Peggy L. Kessel, LCSW
• Samuel Kessel, MD
• David J Kessler, MD
• Sarah Kessler, DDS
• Ellen Stubbe Kester, SLP
• Julie Kestner, ANP, GNP
• Susan Kestner, CPO
• Shobhit R Keswani
• Saini Kethireddy, MD

• Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Austin, TX
• Providers in Austin, TX by specialty
• Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Texas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jan 14, 2014; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.