Chau N. Kovach, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Wichita, KS
Chau N. Kovach, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Wichita, Kansas, and NPI 1215932512, issued on Jun 15, 2005. Check the license (Kansas 0429856, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Chau N. Kovach
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 0429856 KS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 929 N Saint Francis St, Wichita, KS 67214
- Phone
- (316) 268-5000
- Enumerated
- Jun 15, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jun 8, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (316) 291-4396
- Medicaid ID
- 100450290D KS
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040416000733); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kansas School Of Med (Kc/Wich/Sal), 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Chau N. Kovach in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
Search for license 0429856Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
79% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
676 Medicare Part D claims for 260 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 20 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium106 claims
- Cefdinir68 claims
- Potassium Chloride30 claims
- Furosemide28 claims
- Prednisone28 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium22 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: $20.61
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Cranial Technologies, 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.
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
- West Wichita Family Physicians, P.A.Wichita, KS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Chau N. Kovach among 1,010 internal medicine physician records in Kansas
Chau N. Kovach, MD is one of 1,010 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Kansas. 73% 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, 92% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2008 among the 568 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 49% 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 Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
258 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Wichita
They are 258 of the 10,360 NPPES records with a practice address in Wichita, and 1,010 internal medicine physician records in Kansas.
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Common questions
What is Chau N. Kovach, MD's NPI number?
Chau N. Kovach, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215932512, issued on Jun 15, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Chau N. Kovach, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 929 N Saint Francis St, Wichita, KS, 67214. Phone: (316) 268-5000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Chau N. Kovach, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kansas license number 0429856, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts at https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Chau N. Kovach, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Chau N. Kovach, MD had 676 Medicare Part D claims for 260 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.