Benjamin Chungyu Chang, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Houston, TX
Benjamin Chungyu Chang, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1306428826, issued on Apr 23, 2021. Check the license (Texas V2454, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Benjamin Chungyu Chang
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- V2454 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1701 Sunset Blvd, Houston, TX 77005
- Phone
- (713) 526-5511
- Enumerated
- Apr 23, 2021
- Record last updated
- Jul 19, 2024
- Fax
- (713) 520-4755
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240815000833); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Baylor College Of Medicine, 2021
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Benjamin Chungyu Chang in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license V2454Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
86% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
75 Medicare Part D claims for 39 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Medical Clinic OF Houston, LLPHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Benjamin Chungyu Chang among 1,587 hospitalist physician records in Texas
Benjamin Chungyu Chang, MD is one of 1,587 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Texas. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 86% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 86% of these records are older, 8% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2013 among the 1,298 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 25% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in Texas
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Common questions
What is Benjamin Chungyu Chang, MD's NPI number?
Benjamin Chungyu Chang, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1306428826, issued on Apr 23, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Benjamin Chungyu Chang, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1701 Sunset Blvd, Houston, TX, 77005. Phone: (713) 526-5511. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Benjamin Chungyu Chang, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number V2454, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Benjamin Chungyu Chang, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Benjamin Chungyu Chang, MD had 75 Medicare Part D claims for 39 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.