Bruce Chow, DO
Family Medicine Physician · Los Angeles, CA
Bruce Chow, DO is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1013913441, issued on Jun 21, 2005. Check the license (California 20A7057, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bruce Chow
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 20A7057 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 817 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90005
- Phone
- (213) 385-0029
- Enumerated
- Jun 21, 2005
- Record last updated
- May 4, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20031218000866); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- College Of Osteo Med Of The Pacific At Pomona, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Bruce Chow in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 20A7057Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
80% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
721 Medicare Part D claims for 53 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium110 claims
- Lisinopril67 claims
- Metformin Hcl61 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er33 claims
- Simvastatin32 claims
- Losartan Potassium28 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.
Bruce Chow among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Bruce Chow, DO 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 94% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 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).
829 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Los Angeles
They are 829 of the 69,537 NPPES records with a practice address in Los Angeles, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Bruce Chow, DO's NPI number?
Bruce Chow, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013913441, issued on Jun 21, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bruce Chow, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 817 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90005. Phone: (213) 385-0029. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bruce Chow, DO's license?
NPPES lists California license number 20A7057, 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 Bruce Chow, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Bruce Chow, DO had 721 Medicare Part D claims for 53 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.