Alex S. Chai, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Los Angeles, CA
Alex S. Chai, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1316035819, issued on Oct 10, 2006. Check the license (California G31981, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Alex S. Chai
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- G31981 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1245 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90017
- Phone
- (213) 484-8474
- Enumerated
- Oct 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (213) 484-9054
- Medicaid ID
- 00G319810 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101015000432); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Rochester School Of Medicine And Dentistry, 1975
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Alex S. Chai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G31981Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
7,042 Medicare Part D claims for 450 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 60 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium360 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate337 claims
- Metformin Hcl248 claims
- Losartan Potassium235 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium231 claims
- Montelukast Sodium174 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $785.24
23 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Alex S. Chai among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Alex S. Chai, M.D. is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 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 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1975 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,423 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Los Angeles
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Common questions
What is Alex S. Chai, M.D.'s NPI number?
Alex S. Chai, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316035819, issued on Oct 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Alex S. Chai, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1245 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90017. Phone: (213) 484-8474. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Alex S. Chai, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number G31981, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Alex S. Chai, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Alex S. Chai, M.D. had 7,042 Medicare Part D claims for 450 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Alex S. Chai, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.