Dai Chihara, MD, PHD
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · Houston, TX
Dai Chihara, MD, PHD is a student in an organized health care education/training program with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1720442643, issued on Apr 6, 2016. Check the license with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dai Chihara
- Credential
- MD, PHD
- Primary taxonomy
- Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program 390200000X
- Practice location
- 1515 Holcombe Blvd Unit 429, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 792-2121
- Enumerated
- Apr 6, 2016
- Record last updated
- Mar 18, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200908000857); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Dai Chihara in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
83% more Medicare Part D claims than the average student in an organized health care education/training program in 2024
339 Medicare Part D claims for 86 beneficiaries, against an average of 185 among the 59,748 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Valacyclovir50 claims
- Prednisone33 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim30 claims
- Ondansetron Hcl26 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium25 claims
- Allopurinol16 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 81.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $25,015.53
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. The 13,278 providers of this specialty with any payment received $608.08 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
- Physicians Referral ServiceHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Dai Chihara among 17,605 student in an organized health care education/training program records in Texas
Dai Chihara, MD, PHD is one of 17,605 student in an organized health care education/training program records with a practice address in Texas. 23% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 4% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 4% of these records are older, 95% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 23% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 2% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2019 among the 295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 15% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 390200000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
3,913 student in an organized health care education/training program records list a practice address in Houston
They are 3,913 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 17,605 student in an organized health care education/training program records in Texas.
All 17,605 in Texas → Every provider in Houston → Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program nationwide →
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Common questions
What is Dai Chihara, MD, PHD's NPI number?
Dai Chihara, MD, PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720442643, issued on Apr 6, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dai Chihara, MD, PHD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1515 Holcombe Blvd Unit 429, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 792-2121. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dai Chihara, MD, PHD's license?
Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Dai Chihara, MD, PHD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dai Chihara, MD, PHD had 339 Medicare Part D claims for 86 beneficiaries; the average among student in an organized health care education/training program prescribers was 185. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Dai Chihara, MD, PHD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 81.4 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.