Dr. Paul J. Houle, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 858
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 393
- Part D claims, 2024
- 196
- Publications
- 4
- MIPS score, 2024
- 76
- Practice address
- 27 Park Street, Hyannis, MA 02601
- Practice phone
- Call (508) 771-1800
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Paul J. Houle is a neurosurgeon in Hyannis, Massachusetts
Dr. Houle practices at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Massachusetts, part of Cape Cod Healthcare.
Dr. Houle's NPI, 1184624330, was assigned on July 29, 2005. Dr. Houle graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1996. Dr. Houle holds Massachusetts license 213671.
- NPI
- 1184624330NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 0042383408
- NPI enumeration date
- July 29, 2005
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (508) 771-1800
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 56
- Medical school graduation
- 1996
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Paul J. Houle practices at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Massachusetts
Dr. Houle's primary practice is Cape Cod Hospital, at 27 Park Street, Hyannis, MA 02601 in Barnstable County. The practice phone is (508) 771-1800.
- Cape Cod Hospital27 Park Street, Hyannis, MA 02601 · Barnstable CountyPhone(508) 771-1800
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Paul J. Houle is affiliated with 9 sites of care and 4 medical groups
Dr. Houle's primary practice is Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Massachusetts, part of Cape Cod Healthcare. Dr. Houle is also affiliated with Falmouth Hospital. The medical group on file is Select Physical Therapy. Dmand AI also links Dr. Houle to 2 more hospitals, 4 group practices and clinics, 3 medical groups and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Paul J. Houle's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Houle practices, 9 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Cape Cod Hospital | Available with a free account |
| +8 more sites and 3 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Paul J. Houle is one of 182 neurosurgeons in Massachusetts
Neurological surgery is Dr. Houle's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dr. Houle is licensed in Massachusetts.
Specialties and state licenses
- Neurological surgery, MassachusettsPrimary
Neurosurgeons near Dr. Houle
Counts of neurosurgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Paul J. Houle billed Medicare for 858 services in 2024
CMS data shows 858 Medicare services from Dr. Houle across 18 procedure codes in 2024, for 393 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $171,499 for them.
Dr. Houle's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 3782024: 47826%
- Surgery
- 2023: 3022024: 36822%
- Other services
- 2023: 142024: 1214%
Where Dr. Houle's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office45853%
- In a facility40047%
Dr. Houle compared with the Massachusetts median for neurosurgeons, 2024
- Dr. Houle
- Massachusetts median
- Medicare services
- 858vs 2024.2 times
- Medicare patients
- 393vs 1612.4 times
- Part D claims
- 142vs 226.5 times
Medians across 156 neurosurgeons in Massachusetts with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Houle's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Paul J. Houle treated 393 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 393 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Houle in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 165 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.17, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Houle's median patient age at 71, with 48% women.
Dr. Houle's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Houle's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women19349%
- Men20051%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Houle's Medicare patients, 2024
- Arthritis75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Mood disorders35%
- Anxiety34%
- Ischemic heart disease31%
- Depression27%
- Chronic kidney disease22%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Houle's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 71
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women48%
- Men51%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Paul J. Houle wrote 196 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Houle wrote 196 Medicare Part D claims for 112 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 142 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $398 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 91 claims across 2 drugs.
Dr. Houle's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic195 claims99%
- Brand-name and other1 claims1%
Dr. Houle's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Houle's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids48%95 of 196 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 912024: 14256%
Drugs named by CMS: 4 in 2024, 2 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Paul J. Houle scored 76 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 76 out of 100 for Dr. Houle for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Houle accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Houle as offering telehealth. CMS counts 133 procedures of laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) by Dr. Houle, more than 97% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Dr. Houle's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 76of 100Final score
- 56.8of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Houle ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Spinal fusion
- 93rd percentile244 procedures
- Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones)
- 97th percentile133 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Paul J. Houle has 4 publications on record
Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Houle, published from 2019 to 2024. Dr. Houle has published most often in Int J Spine Surg. Dr. Houle's most frequent co-authors are Albert Edward Telfeian, MD, Kaiuwe Lewandrowski, MD and Morgan P. Lorio, MD.
Dr. Houle's papers by year, 2019 to 2024
Dr. Houle's most frequent co-authors
- Albert Edward Telfeian, MD3 shared papers
- Kaiuwe Lewandrowski, MD2 shared papers
- Morgan P. Lorio, MD2 shared papers
Recent publications by Dr. Houle
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Paul J. Houle received $678,733 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 727 general payments to Dr. Houle from 43 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 54% of the total. Joimax, Inc. paid the most, $266,102.
General payments to Dr. Houle by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Houle by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Consulting fees$363,46354%
- Travel and lodging$208,35531%
- Speaker and faculty fees$68,23310%
- Food and beverage$20,0973%
- Other$16,4582%
Companies that paid Dr. Houle the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Paul J. Houle graduated from Boston University School of Medicine
Dr. Houle graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1996.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Paul J. Houle's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Paul J. Houle's NPI number?
Dr. Paul J. Houle's NPI number is 1184624330. It was assigned on July 29, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Paul J. Houle?
Dr. Paul J. Houle is a neurosurgeon in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Neurological Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207T00000X).
Where does Dr. Paul J. Houle practice?
Dr. Houle practices at 27 Park Street, Hyannis, MA 02601. Dr. Houle's primary practice is Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Massachusetts, part of Cape Cod Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Houle to 2 hospitals, 4 group practices and clinics, 3 medical groups and 1 home health agency.
What is Dr. Paul J. Houle's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Houle is (508) 771-1800.
What is Dr. Paul J. Houle's medical license number?
Dr. Houle holds Massachusetts license 213671.
Which hospitals is Dr. Paul J. Houle affiliated with?
Dr. Houle practices at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Dr. Houle is also affiliated with Falmouth Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Houle to 2 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Paul J. Houle part of?
Dr. Houle is linked to Select Physical Therapy. Dmand AI links Dr. Houle to 3 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Paul J. Houle accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Houle billed Medicare for 858 services in 2024, and Dr. Houle accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Paul J. Houle offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Houle as offering telehealth services.
What is Dr. Paul J. Houle's MIPS score?
Dr. Houle's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 76 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Paul J. Houle see?
CMS counts 393 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Houle in 2024, with an average age of 75.
What services does Dr. Paul J. Houle bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Houle's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, established patient (99213) and office visit, established patient (99215).
Where did Dr. Paul J. Houle go to medical school?
Dr. Houle graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1996.
What drugs does Dr. Paul J. Houle prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Houle's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone HCl, Tizanidine HCl and Tramadol HCl.
Has Dr. Paul J. Houle received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $678,733 in general payments to Dr. Houle from 43 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Joimax, Inc.
How long has Dr. Paul J. Houle been practicing?
Dr. Houle graduated from medical school in 1996, 30 years ago.
Does Dr. Paul J. Houle do research?
Dmand AI links 4 publications to Dr. Houle, published from 2019 to 2024.
Who does Dr. Paul J. Houle publish with?
Dr. Houle's most frequent co-authors are Albert Edward Telfeian, MD (3 shared papers), Kaiuwe Lewandrowski, MD (2 shared papers) and Morgan P. Lorio, MD (2 shared papers).
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