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Dr. Bela Patel, MD

Accepting New Patients

(Bela Patel , MD)

(10 Ratings)

Specializes in: Pulmonology (Lung & Respiratory Disease), Sleep Medicine and Critical Care (Intensive Care Medicine)

University of Texas Medical School at Houston (1993)

6410 Fannin Street Suite 600
Houston, TX 77030

(832) 325-7222

Dr. Bela Patel, MD is a pulmonologist in Houston, TX specializing in pulmonology (lung & respiratory disease), sleep medicine and critical care (intensive care medicine). She graduated from University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 1993 and has 33 years of experience. Dr. Bela Patel, MD is affiliated with UT Physicians, Memorial Hermann and Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center (TMC).

Office Locations

Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center (TMC)

6410 Fannin Street Suite 600
Houston, TX 77030

(832) 325-7222

(713) 512-2247

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In The News (see more mentions in the news)

“Dr. Bela Patel, the chief of critical care medicine at UTHealth's McGovern Medical School, said that during the power outages some recovering Covid-19 patients showed up at emergency rooms, filling...”—"Texans recovering from Covid-19 needed oxygen. Then the power went out.", NBC News, March 2021

“Dr. Bela Patel with Memorial Hermann said if people don't take precautions, it could lead to more cases and strain the system.”—"Texas Medical Center hospitals move into Phase 2 surge as ICU patients increase", ABC13 Houston, July 2020

“Dr. Bela Patel with UT Health and Memorial Hermann Health Systems said currently the trials will consist of a small group, about 20 to 25 participants in each.”—"Here's what we know about plasma donations preventing COVID-19", ABC13 Houston, July 2020

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Bela Patel, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Houston, TX during 2012 were hospital care, inpatient care, preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Bela Patel, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	156
hospital care	63
inpatient care	63
preventive care	11
vaccines	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Bela Patel, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Houston, TX during 2013 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Bela Patel, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	138
hospital care	90
inpatient care	90

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	52
Female	71

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	66
Black	35
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	46
From 75 to 84	28
85 and over	14
Less than 65	35

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	15
Ischemic Heart Disease	72
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	63
Asthma	17
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	28
Heart Failure	69
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	46
Diabetes	60
Dementia	18
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Bela Patel, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Houston, TX during 2014 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Bela Patel, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	95
hospital care	62
inpatient care	62

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	33
Female	57

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	48
Black	20
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	38
From 75 to 84	23
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	12
Ischemic Heart Disease	54
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	60
Asthma	20
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	22
Heart Failure	57
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	37
Diabetes	48
Dementia	18
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Bela Patel, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Houston, TX during 2015 were hospital care, inpatient care, pulmonary testing and preventive care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Bela Patel, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	105
hospital care	93
inpatient care	93
preventive care	11
pulmonary testing	12
vaccines	11

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	80
Female	124

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	102
Black	66
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	76
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	62

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	15
Ischemic Heart Disease	59
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	68
Asthma	27
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	22
Heart Failure	59
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	37
Diabetes	46
Dementia	19
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Bela Patel, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	63

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	19
Female	33

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	29
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	29
From 75 to 84	12
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	52
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	50
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	40
Asthma	35
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	40
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	37
Diabetes	25
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Bela Patel, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Houston, TX during 2017 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Bela Patel, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	57
hospital care	22
inpatient care	22

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	25
Female	47

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	46
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	37
From 75 to 84	17
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	64
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	56
Asthma	18
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	28
Heart Failure	61
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	50
Diabetes	35
Dementia	0
Cancer	17

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Bela Patel, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	94

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	22
Female	39

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	35
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	25
From 75 to 84	21
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD in 2018

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	56
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	49
Asthma	18
Osteoperosis	21
Atrial Fibrilation	20
Heart Failure	44
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	44
Diabetes	33
Dementia	18
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Bela Patel, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	60

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	15
Female	36

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	29
Black	0
Hispanic	11
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	25
From 75 to 84	12
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	39
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	49
Asthma	29
Osteoperosis	27
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	41
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	35
Diabetes	37
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD in 2020

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	71
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	65
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Bela Patel, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	63

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	12
Female	34

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	33
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	20
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	59
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	46
Asthma	26
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	39
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	41
Diabetes	26
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Bela Patel, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	65

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	13
Female	33

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	31
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	21
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	39
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	24
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	30
Heart Failure	33
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	50
Diabetes	28
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Bela Patel, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Bela Patel, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Houston, TX were hospital care, inpatient care, pulmonary testing and preventive care.

doctor visit	89
hospital care	66
inpatient care	66
preventive care	11
pulmonary testing	12
vaccines	11

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD.

**Gender**
Male	24
Female	43

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	11
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	38
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	1
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	10
85 and over	1
Less than 65	8
65 to 74	28

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Bela Patel, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Bela Patel, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and chronic kidney disease.

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	50
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	19
Osteoporosis	6
Heart Failure	40
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	34
Diabetes	30
Atrial Fibrillation	13
Dementia	6
Cancer	3

Education & Training

Dr. Bela Patel, MD graduated from University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 1993. She completed residency at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Affiliated Hospitals. She is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease Critical Care Medicine and has a state license in Texas.

Medical School: University of Texas Medical School at Houston (1993)

Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Affiliated Hospitals (1996)

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease Critical Care Medicine

Licensed In: Texas

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Bela Patel, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

UT Physicians

Memorial Hermann

Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center (TMC)

Insurance Information

Please note: Insurance information may change at any time, and the provider may accept your insurance plan even if it is not listed below. Please contact the provider's office to confirm that your insurance is accepted.

Dr. Bela Patel, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: Aetna Medicare, BlueCross BlueShield of Texas, Superior Health Plan, Amerigroup Star Plus, Amerigroup Star, Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS), WellCare, Medicare Advantage, MultiPlan, AARP, United Healthcare Medicare Complete, HealthSpring, US Family Health Plan, Amerigroup, United Healthcare, Galaxy Health Network, Medicaid, Humana, Cigna, Coventry, HealthSmart, First Health, Beech Street, HealthLink, Memorial Hermann Solutions, Memorial Hermann Advantage HMO, Memorial Hermann Advantage PPO, Community Health Choice Chip, Independant Medical Systems, Community Health Choice Marketplace QHP, Community Health Choice, Amerivantage, Aetna Most Benefit Plans, Reny Company Worker's Comp, WorkLink Worker's Comp, OccuNet PPO - PPO Network, Coastal Comp Healthnetworks Work Comp, Medicare Traditional, Aetna Signature Administrators PPO, Community Health Choice Marketplace Kelsey QHP, USA Managed Care Organization - PPO Network, Medicus International - PPO Network and Community Health Choice Star.

Insurance Accepted by Provider includes:

According to our sources, Dr. Bela Patel, MD accepts the following insurance providers:

Aetna Medicare

BlueCross BlueShield of Texas

Superior Health Plan

Amerigroup Star Plus

Amerigroup Star

Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)

WellCare

Medicare Advantage

MultiPlan

AARP

United Healthcare Medicare Complete

HealthSpring

US Family Health Plan

Amerigroup

United Healthcare

Galaxy Health Network

Medicaid

Humana

Cigna

Coventry

HealthSmart

First Health

Beech Street

HealthLink

Memorial Hermann Solutions

Memorial Hermann Advantage HMO

Memorial Hermann Advantage PPO

Community Health Choice Chip

Independant Medical Systems

Community Health Choice Marketplace QHP

Community Health Choice

Amerivantage

Aetna Most Benefit Plans

Reny Company Worker's Comp

WorkLink Worker's Comp

OccuNet PPO - PPO Network

Coastal Comp Healthnetworks Work Comp

Medicare Traditional

Aetna Signature Administrators PPO

Community Health Choice Marketplace Kelsey QHP

USA Managed Care Organization - PPO Network

Medicus International - PPO Network

Community Health Choice Star

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Bela Patel, MD has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.8 out of 5 stars based on 10 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Bela Patel, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Houston, TX.

4.8

Overall Rating

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Bela Patel, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.	$34,696 OPSUMIT MACITENTAN $21,829	VENTAVIS ILOPROST $2,604	VELETRI EPOPROSTENOL $85	OPSUMIT $79	UPTRAVI $61	Other $10,038
United Therapeutics Corporation	$4,783 ADCIRCA $4,205	REMODULIN $517	TYVASO $42	UNITUXIN $15	ORENITRAM $2
Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Ltd	$1,664 OPSUMIT MACITENTAN $480	$1,185
Actelion Clinical Research, Inc.	$244 $244
Gilead Sciences Inc	$165 Letairis $42	$123
Other	$1,083 TEFLARO $151	Prolastin-C $132	OFEV $129	Sleep Disordered Breathing $99	XARELTO $90	Other $482

**Types of Payments**
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$25,661
Travel and Lodging	$11,198
Food and Beverage	$5,514
Education	$162
Entertainment	$99

Research Payments

Dr. Bela Patel, MD has received 171 research payments totaling $884,124.

Biography

Dr. Bela Patel specializes in pulmonology (lung & respiratory disease), critical care (intensive care medicine), and sleep medicine and practices in Houston, TX. She is rated highly by her patients. She appears to be an in-network provider for Amerigroup, Blue California, Coventry, and more. Dr. Patel studied medicine at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. For her residency, Dr. Patel trained at a hospital affiliated with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. In addition to English, she speaks Gujarati. Dr. Patel's hospital/clinic affiliations include Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center (TMC) and UT Physicians. According to UT Physicians, Dr. Patel is currently accepting new patients at her office in Houston, TX.