Benson Chin, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Yuba City, CA
Benson Chin, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Yuba City, California, and NPI 1134218266, issued on Oct 12, 2006. Check the license (California A66235, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Benson Chin
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A66235 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1558 Poole Blvd, Yuba City, CA 95993
- Phone
- (530) 755-0882
- Enumerated
- Oct 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (530) 755-0885
- Medicaid ID
- 00A662350 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040616001208); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1558 Poole Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Lynn Lang, M.DFamily Medicine Physician1942399050
Verify Benson Chin in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A66235Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
16% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,111 Medicare Part D claims for 284 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium265 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium236 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium152 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate146 claims
- Losartan Potassium121 claims
- Montelukast Sodium121 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 21.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,716.11
91 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. 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
- Peach Tree HealthcareMarysville, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Benson Chin among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Benson Chin, MD is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 58% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
53 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Yuba City
They are 53 of the 1,726 NPPES records with a practice address in Yuba City, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Benson Chin, MD's NPI number?
Benson Chin, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1134218266, issued on Oct 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Benson Chin, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1558 Poole Blvd, Yuba City, CA, 95993. Phone: (530) 755-0882. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Benson Chin, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A66235, 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 Benson Chin, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Benson Chin, MD had 4,111 Medicare Part D claims for 284 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Benson Chin, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 21.1 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.