Cherry Chau, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Cherry Chau, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1609496462, issued on Apr 22, 2020. Check the license (Texas U5368, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cherry Chau
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- U5368 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7789 Southwest Fwy Ste 350, Houston, TX 77074
- Phone
- (713) 778-4450
- Enumerated
- Apr 22, 2020
- Record last updated
- Nov 18, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230905000608); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas A & M University System, Hsc, College Of Medicine, 2020
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Cherry Chau in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license U5368Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
62% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,343 Medicare Part D claims for 306 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium68 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate54 claims
- Metformin Hcl43 claims
- Meloxicam40 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate35 claims
- Valsartan35 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): 95.4 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: $1,326.70
67 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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
- Memorial Hermann Medical GroupHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cherry Chau among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Cherry Chau, MD is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 88% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 88% of these records are older, 9% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 51% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,123 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 1,123 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Cherry Chau, MD's NPI number?
Cherry Chau, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609496462, issued on Apr 22, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cherry Chau, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7789 Southwest Fwy Ste 350, Houston, TX, 77074. Phone: (713) 778-4450. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cherry Chau, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number U5368, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Cherry Chau, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cherry Chau, MD had 1,343 Medicare Part D claims for 306 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Cherry Chau, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.4 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.