Catherine Tsai
Surgery Physician · New York, NY
Catherine Tsai is a surgery physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1033591276, issued on Jun 24, 2015. Check the license (New York 318844, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Catherine Tsai
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 318844 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5 E 98TH St, New York, NY 10029
- Phone
- (408) 887-1845
- Enumerated
- Jun 24, 2015
- Record last updated
- Jul 1, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20231101001278); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, San Francisco School Of Medicine, 2015
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 5 E 98TH St
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Verify Catherine Tsai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 318844Check 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 surgery physician in 2024
20 Medicare Part D claims for 12 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of 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: $1,020.24
17 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Icahn School OF Medicine AT Mount SinaiNew York, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Catherine Tsai among 2,053 surgery physician records in New York
Catherine Tsai is one of 2,053 surgery physician records with a practice address in New York. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 80% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 80% of these records are older, 16% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2002 among the 1,212 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in New York
There are 2,053 surgery physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Catherine Tsai's NPI number?
Catherine Tsai's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033591276, issued on Jun 24, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Catherine Tsai located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5 E 98TH St, New York, NY, 10029. Phone: (408) 887-1845. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Catherine Tsai's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 318844, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Catherine Tsai prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Catherine Tsai had 20 Medicare Part D claims for 12 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.