Ken M. Korthauer

Ken Korthauer practices at Texas Orthopedic Hospital in Houston, Texas, part of HCA Healthcare.

Ken Korthauer's NPI, 1215925508, was assigned on October 11, 2005. Ken Korthauer graduated from UTMB Health in 1980. Ken Korthauer holds Texas license F6836.

Ken Korthauer's primary practice is Texas Orthopedic Hospital, at 7401 South Main Street, Houston, TX 77030 in Harris County. The practice phone is (713) 799-8600.

Ken Korthauer's primary practice is Texas Orthopedic Hospital in Houston, Texas, part of HCA Healthcare. Ken Korthauer is also affiliated with Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital. The medical group on file is UT Physicians. Dmand AI also links Ken Korthauer to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Ken Korthauer practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Orthopaedic surgery is Ken Korthauer's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Ken Korthauer is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dmand AI has Ken Korthauer's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and New Mexico.

Dmand AI lists arm, wrist, hand fracture and dislocation, arthritis, bursitis, enthesopathy in arms, fluid in a joint, hand joint or tendon inflammation, hip replacement and joint cyst among the conditions Ken Korthauer treats.

CMS data shows 15,336 Medicare services from Ken Korthauer across 20 procedure codes in 2024, for 294 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $95,792 for them.

CMS counts 294 Medicare patients who saw Ken Korthauer in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 139 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.03, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Ken Korthauer's median patient age at 70, with 64% women.

In 2024, Ken Korthauer wrote 535 Medicare Part D claims for 192 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 464 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,812 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 418 claims across 8 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 93 out of 100 for Ken Korthauer for performance year 2024, reported individually. Ken Korthauer accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 11 procedures of knee replacement by Ken Korthauer, more than 37% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Hip replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

CMS Open Payments shows 49 general payments to Ken Korthauer from 13 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 58% of the total. Smith & Nephew, Inc. paid the most, $1,676.

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Ken Korthauer, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Ken Korthauer graduated from UTMB Health in 1980.

Ken Korthauer is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, Cigna and HCSC. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.