James Chou, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Panorama City, CA
James Chou, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Panorama City, California, and NPI 1023177623, issued on Dec 8, 2006. Check the license (California A89729, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Chou
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A89729 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 13652 Cantara St, Panorama City, CA 91402
- Phone
- (818) 375-2000
- Enumerated
- Dec 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 30, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050531000550); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York University School Of Medicine, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Chou in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A89729Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
7,341 Medicare Part D claims for 760 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 391 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium570 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate373 claims
- Lisinopril282 claims
- Losartan Potassium264 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium248 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen224 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: $309.60
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. 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
- Southern California Permanente Medical GroupPanorama City, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Chou among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
James Chou, MD is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
113 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Panorama City
They are 113 of the 1,412 NPPES records with a practice address in Panorama City, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is James Chou, MD's NPI number?
James Chou, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023177623, issued on Dec 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Chou, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 13652 Cantara St, Panorama City, CA, 91402. Phone: (818) 375-2000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Chou, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A89729, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does James Chou, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Chou, MD had 7,341 Medicare Part D claims for 760 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.