Mohammed Habib Merchant, MD
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology) · Houston
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 4
Offices
4 locations · Baylor College of Medicine · 1,230 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: Chi St Luke'S Health Baylor College of Medicine Me. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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State licence records
1 licence
- Texas T7993Physician License · since 2022 · expires 2027-08-31Matched by name, not licence number; check the name before relying on it.ActiveNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state
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Hospitals they work in
1 hospital
These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.
- Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston, TXAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Church · Has an emergency departmentPart of CommonSpirit Health, which runs 145 hospitals in 19 statesHome of Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 2 of 5 · 66% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.417, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.164, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.159, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.323, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Baylor St Lukes Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 9 the same, 1 worse of 10 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.417 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.164 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.159 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.323 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.88 (0.08 to 1.68) · 2,306 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.03 (0.83 to 1.24) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 157.74 (126.03 to 189.45) · 223 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.8 · 232 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.4 · 104 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 7.2 · 351 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 11.7 · 144 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.6 · 411 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.9 · 4,686 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.17 (0 to 0.36) · 6,880 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.23 (0.04 to 0.42) · 8,122 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.57 (1.93 to 5.22) · 2,795 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.23 (0.04 to 2.41) · 1,331 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 1.79 (0.63 to 2.95) · 2,497 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 9.24 (5.82 to 12.67) · 1,416 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 6.87 (4.63 to 9.1) · 1,438 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.88 (0.54 to 3.21) · 736 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.71 (0.27 to 1.15) · 6,740 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.7 · 38 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.77 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.1 · 331 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20 · 1,053 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 35 · 161 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -15.1 · 426 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 9.6 · 155 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.1 · 363 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.3 (3.7 to 7.4) · 208 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 12.3 (9.5 to 15.5) · 208 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 7.2 · 41 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11.2 · 315 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.7 · 130 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 11.6 (8.9 to 15.2) · 1,280 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.1) · 774 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (518 patients answered, 14% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 2 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 2 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 3 |
| Room was "always" clean | 59% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 74% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained | 57% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 83% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 81% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 73% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 78% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 84% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 71% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 70% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 71% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 83% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 60% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 66% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 43% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 84% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$47,485
Medicare paid this office $47,485 for 120 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 47 | $19,037 | $175 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 63 | $16,384 | $97 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 23 | $3,250 | $141 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 13 | $1,018 | $41 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 12 | $976 | $70 |
See all 7 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 47 | $19,037 | $175 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 63 | $16,384 | $97 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 23 | $3,250 | $141 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 13 | $1,018 | $41 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 12 | $976 | $70 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 13 | $905 | $65 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 13 | $505 | $36 |
Who their Medicare patients are
120 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Women 39% · Also on Medicaid 16% · Health risk score 2.85. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical cardiology clinician is at 1.71.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 75% · Heart failure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 68% · Atrial fibrillation 65% · Diabetes 63% · Depression 30% · COPD 28% · Stroke 26% · Cancer 21% · Dementia 17%.
The office billed $174,260, Medicare allowed $59,291 and paid $47,485; for 414 services of 22 kinds.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Year by year
| 2024 | 120 | 414 | 72 | 2.85 | $174,260 | $47,485 |
| 2023 | 141 | 474 | 71 | 3.50 | $254,203 | $69,794 |
| 2022 | 23 | 62 | 72 | 3.65 | $28,188 | $7,516 |
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2023: 4 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 107 | $51,292 | $173 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 42 | $7,401 | $96 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 20 | $2,604 | $87 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 15 | $2,101 | $140 |
2022: 1 service
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 15 | $4,040 | $176 |
Money from drug and device companies
$245 in 2025
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | None | $245 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | None | $32 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 | None | $92 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Abiomed | None | $161 | 3 payments
|
| ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | Lifevest | $84 | 1 payment
|
See all 4 published payments
| ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp) | Meals · 2025-11-11 | Lifevest | $84 |
| Abiomed | Meals · 2025-11-04 | None | $33 |
| Abiomed | Meals · 2025-06-28 | None | $72 |
| Abiomed | Meals · 2025-06-11 | None | $56 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023)
2024: $32
| Astellas Pharma US | Veozah | $32 | 1 payment
|
2023: $92
| Astellas Pharma US | Veozah | $67 | 2 payments
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| Abiomed | Impella | $24 | 1 payment
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Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 91.3 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1023403409
- Licence
- TX T6654Texas T7993: Active
- Trained
- University of Miami, Lm Miller School of Medicine, 2015
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Cardiology (207RC0000X); Internal medicine (207R00000X); Federal specialty code 207RC0200X (207RC0200X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
- Mailing address
- 6720 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX, 77030
- NPI first listed
- 2015-04-01
- NPI last updated
- 2022-07-28
- NPI record certified
- 2022-07-28
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 300 Pasteur Dr Rm H3143, Stanford, CA, 94305 · 4854 S Harbor Dr Apt 301, Vero Beach, FL, 32967