Albert Chao, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Fayetteville, NC
Albert Chao, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and NPI 1225020068, issued on Aug 18, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 9601573, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Albert Chao
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 9601573 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1248 Fort Bragg RD Ste 101, Fayetteville, NC 28305
- Phone
- (910) 323-0334
- Enumerated
- Aug 18, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 2, 2025
- Medicaid ID
- 891007J NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100331000915); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Duke University School Of Medicine, 1990
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Albert Chao in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9601573Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
7,461 Medicare Part D claims for 470 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 120 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate433 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium418 claims
- Metformin Hcl244 claims
- Omeprazole231 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide227 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium222 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $101.93
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was ViiV Healthcare Company. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Cape Fear Valley Health Medical Group LLCFayetteville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Albert Chao among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Albert Chao, MD is one of 4,953 family medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
119 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Fayetteville
They are 119 of the 7,028 NPPES records with a practice address in Fayetteville, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Albert Chao, MD's NPI number?
Albert Chao, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1225020068, issued on Aug 18, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Albert Chao, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1248 Fort Bragg RD Ste 101, Fayetteville, NC, 28305. Phone: (910) 323-0334. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Albert Chao, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9601573, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Albert Chao, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Albert Chao, MD had 7,461 Medicare Part D claims for 470 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.