Eric Tinghwa Chen
Family Medicine Physician · Salem, OR
Eric Tinghwa Chen is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Salem, Oregon, and NPI 1568751741, issued on Mar 28, 2011. Check the license (Oregon MD166903, as entered in NPPES) on the Oregon Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Eric Tinghwa Chen
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- MD166903 OR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1233 Edgewater St NW, Salem, OR 97304
- Phone
- (503) 378-7526
- Enumerated
- Mar 28, 2011
- Record last updated
- Nov 27, 2023
- Fax
- (503) 575-4278
- Medicaid ID
- 500654788 OR
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140829000153); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Chicago, Pritzker School Of Medicine, 2011
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1233 Edgewater St NW
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Caitlin Alcala, RN, ARNP-BCPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1912340969
- Jennie AltamiranoStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1063281772
- Claire AlvarengaPhysician Assistant1336722081
- Yeudiel Alvarez FloresCommunity Health Worker1639979859
- Deborah Baca-Dietz, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1780196220
Verify Eric Tinghwa Chen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersOregon Medical Board
Search for license MD166903Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
28% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
2,545 Medicare Part D claims for 214 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 76 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium201 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate119 claims
- Gabapentin119 claims
- Lisinopril100 claims
- Losartan Potassium88 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium79 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: $46.74
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Sanofi Pasteur Inc. 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
- Northwest Human Services IncSalem, OR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Eric Tinghwa Chen among 2,847 family medicine physician records in Oregon
Eric Tinghwa Chen is one of 2,847 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Oregon. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 65% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 65% of these records are older, 32% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2009 among the 1,671 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 57% 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 Oregon practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
154 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Salem
They are 154 of the 6,700 NPPES records with a practice address in Salem, and 2,847 family medicine physician records in Oregon.
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Common questions
What is Eric Tinghwa Chen's NPI number?
Eric Tinghwa Chen's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1568751741, issued on Mar 28, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Eric Tinghwa Chen located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1233 Edgewater St NW, Salem, OR, 97304. Phone: (503) 378-7526. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Eric Tinghwa Chen's license?
NPPES lists Oregon license number MD166903, as entered by the provider. Search the Oregon Medical Board at https://www.oregon.gov/OMB/Pages/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Eric Tinghwa Chen prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Eric Tinghwa Chen had 2,545 Medicare Part D claims for 214 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.