Wee Tin Katherine Kao, M.D.

Primary specialty

Facial Plastic Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 207YS0123X

License

S2608 Issued in TX

Practice address

6431 Fannin St.
MSB 5.036
Houston, TX 77030

Phone

(713) 500-6636

NPI assigned

Jun 21, 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

Other identifiers 1

Electronic endpoints 1

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

Otolaryngology

Education

Other, 2011

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Ut PhysiciansGroup PAC ID 8426960360, 1,744 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center Hospital, Houston, TX, CCN 450068
• Harris Health Hospital, Houston, TX, CCN 450289

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

84.11 of 100Reported as group

Quality

69.15

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

73.63

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: wkao15027@direct.uth.org

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.

• Ut Physicians

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1033157821
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Ut Physicians

  • Health Educator
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1316534472
  NPD
• University of Miami

  • Otolaryngic Allergy Physician
  • Miami, FL
  • NPI 1386694115
  NPD (past)

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

• Harris County Hospital District

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1205900370
  Care Compare affiliation
• Memorial Hermann Health System

  • Portable X-ray and/or Other Portable Diagnostic Imaging Supplier
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1437189115

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Memorial Hermann Health System

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1982666111
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Edmund Kao
• Grace Sung-Tzu Kao, PH.D.
• Lillian S Kao, M.D.
• Lydia Kao, M.D.
• Michelle Kao, M.D.
• William Kao, MA, LPC
• Maryam Kaous
• Anna Kapadia, LCSW
• Avni Kapadia
• Husain Kapadia, DMD

• Facial Plastic Surgery Physician in Houston, TX
• Providers in Houston, TX by specialty
• Facial Plastic Surgery Physician in Texas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 5, 2019; 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.