Karim Alexander Shafi, MD

Primary specialty

Orthopaedic Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 207X00000X

License

V3429 Issued in TX

Practice address

6445 Main St Ste 2500
Houston, TX 77030-1502

Phone

(713) 441-9000

Fax

(713) 790-2058

NPI assigned

Mar 26, 2018

Last updated

Dec 2, 2024By 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 3

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 3

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

Orthopedic Surgery

Education

Other, 2018

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

TMH Physician Associates PLLCGroup PAC ID 4486711744, 1,881 clinicians

Houston Methodist Specialty PhysiciansGroup PAC ID 5193239796, 1,498 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Enhabit Home Health Home health agency, Pasadena, TX, CCN 678260
• Houston Methodist Hospital Hospital, Houston, TX, CCN 450358
• Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital Hospital, Baytown, TX, CCN 450424
• Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital Hospital, Nassau Bay, TX, CCN 450709
• Houston Methodist Sugarland Hospital Hospital, Sugar Land, TX, CCN 450820
• Houston Methodist West Hospital Hospital, Houston, TX, CCN 670077

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

93.23 of 100Reported as group

Quality

77.83

Promoting interoperability

98

Improvement activities

40

Cost

71.17

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

100 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

95.6

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: kshafi553060@directhoustonmethodist.org
• Direct secure messaging: kshafi97669@direct.hss.edu

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.

• Houston Methodist Specialty Physicians

  • Otolaryngology Physician
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1902614332

  Orthopaedic Surgery

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• TMH Physician Associates PLLC

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1275779225
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• TMH Physician Associates PLLC

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Spring, TX
  • NPI 1043061351
  NPD
• Houston Methodist

  • Nurse Practitioner
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1992178693
  NPD (past)

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

• DRC Health Systems LP

  dba Enhabit Home Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • Pasadena, TX
  • NPI 1588644850
  Care Compare affiliation
• Houston Methodist St. John Hospital

  dba Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1952723967
  Care Compare affiliation
• Methodist Health Centers

  dba Houston Methodist West Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1083937593
  Care Compare affiliation
• Methodist Health Centers

  dba Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Sugar Land, TX
  • NPI 1497871628
  Care Compare affiliation
• San Jacinto Methodist Hospital

  dba Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Baytown, TX
  • NPI 1891789772
  Care Compare affiliation
• The Methodist Hospital

  dba Houston Methodist Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1548387418
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Jacklen Shaffer
• James Franklin Shaffer
• Julia Shaffer
• Rachelle Shaffer, OTR
• Zachary David Shaffer
• Mehnaz A Shafi, MD
• Mudassir Ahmed Shafi, M.D.
• Muzammil Ahmed Shafi, M.D.
• Rabia Shafi, M.D.
• Tariq Shafi, ND

• Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Houston, TX
• Providers in Houston, TX by specialty
• Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Texas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Dec 2, 2024; 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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