NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Dennis Jung Hwan Choi, M.D.

Surgery Physician · Odessa, TX

Dennis Jung Hwan Choi, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Odessa, Texas, and NPI 1255728671, issued on Apr 23, 2015. Check the license (Texas T1326, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1255728671
Name
Dennis Jung Hwan Choi
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Surgery Physician 208600000X
License number
T1326 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
540 W 5TH St Ste 340, Odessa, TX 79761
Phone
(432) 640-3445
Enumerated
Apr 23, 2015
Record last updated
Jun 12, 2024
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20210721000667); accepts Medicare assignment
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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Also registered at 540 W 5TH St Ste 340

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Courtney Barner, AGACNP-BCAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1942744982
  2. Mandeep Othee, M.D.Pain Medicine Physician1295850436
  3. Scott Peterson, M.D.Surgery Physician1841219540

Verify Dennis Jung Hwan Choi in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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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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The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 79.4 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score77.8
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%54.4
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%99.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

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

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Mch TraumacareOdessa, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Dennis Jung Hwan Choi among 2,192 surgery physician records in Texas

Dennis Jung Hwan Choi, M.D. is one of 2,192 surgery physician records with a practice address in Texas. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 76% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 76% of these records are older, 22% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
  • Graduated2015 · median 2004 among the 1,350 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 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 208600000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

17 surgery physician records list a practice address in Odessa

They are 17 of the 1,675 NPPES records with a practice address in Odessa, and 2,192 surgery physician records in Texas.

The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Faye Armstrong-Paap, MDOdessa, TX 797611487668489
  2. Judith Birungi, MDOdesa, TX 797611609183953
  3. John Challapalli, MDOdessa, TX 797611770635146
  4. Donald Davenport, D.O.Odessa, TX 797611982608964
  5. Steven Fath, M.D.Odessa, TX 797611982661542
  6. Michael Janice, D.O.Odessa, TX 797611417363268
  7. Shai Liu, M.D.Odessa, TX 797611285822999
  8. Robert LynchOdessa, TX 797611417953589

Common questions

What is Dennis Jung Hwan Choi, M.D.'s NPI number?

Dennis Jung Hwan Choi, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255728671, issued on Apr 23, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Dennis Jung Hwan Choi, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 540 W 5TH St Ste 340, Odessa, TX, 79761. Phone: (432) 640-3445. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Dennis Jung Hwan Choi, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number T1326, 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.

What is Dennis Jung Hwan Choi, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 79.4 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.