Helina Temesgen Wakwaya, M.D.

Primary specialty

Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) PhysicianTaxonomy code 207RC0200X

License

Q4706 Issued in TX

Practice address

6720 Bertner Ave
Houston, TX 77030-2604

Phone

(713) 798-1000

NPI assigned

Jun 23, 2011

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

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

Critical Care (Intensivists)Also: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease

Education

University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Medicine, 2011

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Texas Childrens Physician GroupGroup PAC ID 4385722081, 661 clinicians

Baylor College of MedicineGroup PAC ID 8022243971, 1,230 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Baylor St Lukes Medical Center Hospital, Houston, TX, CCN 450193
• St Luke'S Sugar Land Hospital Hospital, Sugar Land, TX, CCN 670053

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• FHIR API: https://fhir4.healow.com/fhir/r4/ECHIAA

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

• Baylor College of Medicine

  • Ph.D. Medical Genetics
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1881026664

  Internal Medicine

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Texas Children'S Physician Group

  • Pediatrics Physician
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1861675506
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Houston Pulmonary Medicine Associates PA

  • Pulmonary Disease Physician
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1881712628
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Baylor College of Medicine

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Sugar Land, TX
  • NPI 1700683844
  NPD

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

• CHI St. Luke'S Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1184622847
  Care Compare affiliation
• St Lukes Community Development Corporation - Sugar Land

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Sugar Land, TX
  • NPI 1659559573
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1742774400000",
    "number": "1346536810",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "7200 CAMBRIDGE ST",
            "city": "HOUSTON",
            "state": "TX",
            "postal_code": "770304202",
            "telephone_number": "713-798-1000"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "6720 BERTNER AVE",
            "city": "HOUSTON",
            "state": "TX",
            "postal_code": "770302604",
            "telephone_number": "713-798-1000"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "WAKWAYA",
        "first_name": "HELINA",
        "middle_name": "TEMESGEN",
        "credential": "M.D.",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2011-06-23",
        "last_updated": "2025-03-24",
        "certification_date": "2025-03-24",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "207R00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Internal Medicine",
            "state": "IL",
            "license": "125:060378",
            "primary": false
        },
        {
            "code": "207RP1001X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease",
            "state": "TX",
            "license": "Q4706",
            "primary": false
        },
        {
            "code": "207RC0200X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine",
            "state": "TX",
            "license": "Q4706",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Margaret Waisman, M.D.
• Eleanor Waite, PHD
• Vera M. Waites
• Whitcomb Wakefield-Terpening, LCSW-S
• Grace John Wakim
• Wal-Mart Store Texas, LP
• Wal-Mart Stores Texas LLC
• Wal-Mart Stores Texas LLC
• Wal-Mart Stores Texas LLC
• Wal-Mart Stores Texas LLC

• Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician in Houston, TX
• Providers in Houston, TX by specialty
• Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician in Texas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 24, 2025; 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.

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