John Keene Waters, MD

NPI 1710205208ActiveIndividual· Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)· Plano, TX

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) (MD) in Plano, Texas, trained at Perelman School of Med at the University of Pennsylvania (class of 2010). Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $37,414 for 102 patients in 2024, with only 37 Part D claims. Surmodics, Inc. was the largest of 2 companies reporting payments in 2025, $57.97 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI	1710205208
Status	Active
Entity type	Individual
Credential	MD
Sole proprietor	No
NPI issued	May 10, 2010
Last updated in NPPES	Sep 25, 2018

Specialties and licenses

Taxonomy	Code	License	State
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Primary	208G00000X	Q8182	TX

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Exclusion screening

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

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)	Enrolled Practitioner - Thoracic Surgery (TX)
Accepts assignment	Yes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients	102
Services billed	204 across 50 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare	$37,414

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)	37 · 41 30-day fills
Patients	24
Total drug cost	$1,017
Generic share	89% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical school	Perelman School of Med at the University of Pennsylvania
Graduation year	2010
Medicare specialty	Thoracic Surgery
Telehealth	Offers telehealth