NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Chao Ho

Internal Medicine Physician · San Leandro, CA

Chao Ho is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in San Leandro, California, and NPI 1629161146, issued on Oct 2, 2006. Check the license (California A55987, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1629161146
Name
Chao Ho
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
A55987 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
13847 East 14TH Street, San Leandro, CA 94564
Phone
(510) 618-1663
Enumerated
Oct 2, 2006
Record last updated
Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(510) 618-1611
Medicaid ID
00A559870 CA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20090103000005); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Chao Ho in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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4.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

13,050 Medicare Part D claims for 548 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 189 claims were for opioids.

  1. Chao Ho13,050
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium876 claims
  2. Metoprolol Succinate720 claims
  3. Amlodipine Besylate704 claims
  4. Losartan Potassium383 claims
  5. Metformin Hcl376 claims
  6. Tamsulosin Hcl302 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): 27 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score0.0
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%90.1
  3. Promoting interoperabilitynot scored (reweighted)
  4. Improvement activities0 of 40 points · 15%0.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $1,122.10

44 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, 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.

  1. Chao Ho$1,122.10
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Chao Ho among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California

Chao Ho 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
  • Graduated1983 · 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).

62 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in San Leandro

They are 62 of the 4,976 NPPES records with a practice address in San Leandro, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Richard Batts, M.D.Pinole, CA 945641902894298
  2. Matthew Campbell, M.D.Brentwood, CA 945641023108016
  3. Anita Gaind, MDPinole, CA 945641073691820
  4. Rekha Murali, M.D.Pinole, CA 945641124157946
  5. James Naughton, M.D.Pinole, CA 945641447248778
  6. Zygy Roe-Zurz, MDPinole, CA 945641093440620
  7. Zena Salim, MDPinole, CA 945641700381662
  8. Richard Sankary, M.D.Pinole, CA 945641861481541

Common questions

What is Chao Ho's NPI number?

Chao Ho's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629161146, issued on Oct 2, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Chao Ho located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 13847 East 14TH Street, San Leandro, CA, 94564. Phone: (510) 618-1663. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Chao Ho's license?

NPPES lists California license number A55987, 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 Chao Ho prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Chao Ho had 13,050 Medicare Part D claims for 548 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Chao Ho's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 27 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.