George Chu, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Germantown, TN
George Chu, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Germantown, Tennessee, and NPI 1467562678, issued on Aug 30, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 0000018367, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- George Chu
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 0000018367 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7550 Wolf River Blvd, Germantown, TN 38138
- Phone
- (901) 767-5000
- Enumerated
- Aug 30, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 1, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (901) 767-6000
- Medicaid IDs
- 00112509 TN
123901001 AR - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100713000017); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Tennessee, Hsc, College Of Medicine, 1986
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 7550 Wolf River Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify George Chu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 0000018367Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
46% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
4,623 Medicare Part D claims for 364 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 98 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium261 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate180 claims
- Omeprazole144 claims
- Alprazolam125 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium124 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium93 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $694.78
39 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Mid-South Internal Medicine Specialists, P.C.Germantown, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
61 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Germantown
They are 61 of the 1,692 NPPES records with a practice address in Germantown, and 2,596 internal medicine physician records in Tennessee.
All 61 in Germantown → All 2,596 in Tennessee → Every provider in Germantown →
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Common questions
What is George Chu, M.D.'s NPI number?
George Chu, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467562678, issued on Aug 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is George Chu, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7550 Wolf River Blvd, Germantown, TN, 38138. Phone: (901) 767-5000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify George Chu, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 0000018367, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does George Chu, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, George Chu, M.D. had 4,623 Medicare Part D claims for 364 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is George Chu, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.