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Alexander H. Hou, MD

NPI 1396820809ActiveIndividual· Surgery, Vascular Surgery· Edgewood, KY

Surgery, Vascular Surgery (MD) with Summit Medical Group Inc, practicing in Edgewood, Kentucky. In 2024 Medicare paid $119,394 for 698 patients, and Part D covered 517 of their prescriptions, 78% of them generic. Stryker Corporation was the largest of 18 companies reporting payments in 2025, $6,886 in all, mostly food and beverage. Lists St Elizabeth Dearborn Hospital and 4 other hospitals as hospital affiliations.

Overview

NPI1396820809
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedOct 25, 2006
Last updated in NPPESMar 21, 2023
Certified by providerMar 21, 2023

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Surgery, Vascular Surgery Primary2086S0129X39066KY
Surgery, Vascular Surgery2086S0129X01088639AIN

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Vascular Surgery (IN); Practitioner - Vascular Surgery (KY)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients698
Services billed1,471 across 107 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$119,394

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)517 · 950 30-day fills
Patients152
Total drug cost$108,082
Generic share78% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Graduation year1996
Medicare specialtyVascular Surgery

Medical group

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$6,886 · 90 payments from 18 companies
  • 2024$4,770 · 46 payments from 19 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$4,676 · 81 payments
  • Travel and Lodging$2,210 · 9 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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