James Shaochi Hwong, M.D.
Urology Physician · Los Angeles, CA
James Shaochi Hwong, M.D. is a urology physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1629335476, issued on Apr 18, 2012. Check the license (California A149247, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Shaochi Hwong
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Urology Physician 208800000X
- License number
- A149247 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 10833 LE Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Phone
- (310) 794-7700
- Enumerated
- Apr 18, 2012
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170815002953); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, 2012
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 10833 LE Conte Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify James Shaochi Hwong in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A149247Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
40% more Medicare Part D claims than the average urology physician in 2024
1,882 Medicare Part D claims for 510 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,340 among the 10,782 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 27% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Tamsulosin Hcl717 claims
- Gemtesa247 claims
- Oxybutynin Chloride Er191 claims
- Finasteride141 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl132 claims
- Orgovyx131 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $993.52
33 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc. The 9,340 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,800.04 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
- EL Camino Health Medical Network LLCSan Jose, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is James Shaochi Hwong, M.D.'s NPI number?
James Shaochi Hwong, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629335476, issued on Apr 18, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Shaochi Hwong, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 10833 LE Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90095. Phone: (310) 794-7700. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Shaochi Hwong, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A149247, 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 Shaochi Hwong, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Shaochi Hwong, M.D. had 1,882 Medicare Part D claims for 510 beneficiaries; the average among urology physician prescribers was 1,340. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is James Shaochi Hwong, 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.