David Zhenghan Yao, M.D.
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Houston, TX
David Zhenghan Yao, M.D. is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1740440973, issued on Jun 11, 2008. Check the license (Texas L9564, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- David Zhenghan Yao
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- L9564 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5115 Fannin St Ste 801, Houston, TX 77004
- Phone
- (713) 790-0841
- Enumerated
- Jun 11, 2008
- Record last updated
- May 22, 2024
- Fax
- (713) 790-9663
- Medicaid ID
- 167980501 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040930000368); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 2001
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 5115 Fannin St Ste 801
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Sanket Borgaonkar, M.D.Interventional Cardiology Physician1720408032
- Melissa Carranza, ACNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1700882511
- Mohamed El-Beheary, M.D., FACCCardiovascular Disease Physician1275578544
- Donald Foster, RN,APRN,ACNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1811363286
Verify David Zhenghan Yao in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L9564Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
27% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
2,252 Medicare Part D claims for 443 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Eliquis236 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate184 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium164 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate130 claims
- Carvedilol129 claims
- Valsartan106 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): 69.1 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: $3,939.65
104 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- Houston Cardiovascular Assoc PAHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
David Zhenghan Yao among 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas
David Zhenghan Yao, M.D. is one of 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 88% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 67% of these records are older, 28% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 1998 among the 1,219 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Texas
There are 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas.
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The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Abhijeet Basu, MDHouston, TX 770041902853666
- Mohamed El-Beheary, M.D., FACCHouston, TX 770041275578544
- Sigmund Friedland, M.D.Houston, TX 770041396720223
- Robert Hust, MDHouston, TX 770041467451856
- Earl Mangin, MDHouston, TX 770041003874371
- Satish Mishra, MDHouston, TX 770041760975403
- Alba Munoz Estrella, MDHouston, TX 770041447771910
- Akira Nishikawa, M.D.Houston, TX 770041588695019
Common questions
What is David Zhenghan Yao, M.D.'s NPI number?
David Zhenghan Yao, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740440973, issued on Jun 11, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is David Zhenghan Yao, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5115 Fannin St Ste 801, Houston, TX, 77004. Phone: (713) 790-0841. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify David Zhenghan Yao, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L9564, 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 David Zhenghan Yao, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, David Zhenghan Yao, M.D. had 2,252 Medicare Part D claims for 443 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is David Zhenghan Yao, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 69.1 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.