Jason Chen, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Walnut Creek, CA
Jason Chen, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Walnut Creek, California, and NPI 1144857137, issued on Mar 27, 2020. Check the license (California A176792, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jason Chen
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- A176792 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1425 S Main St, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
- Phone
- (925) 295-4000
- Enumerated
- Mar 27, 2020
- Record last updated
- Aug 17, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230817002130); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Jason Chen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A176792Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
100 Medicare Part D claims for 30 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Sertraline Hcl21 claims
- Trazodone Hcl15 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: $27.95
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Permanente Medical Group IncPleasanton, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jason Chen among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Jason Chen, MD is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 87% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 87% of these records are older, 9% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
67 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Walnut Creek
They are 67 of the 6,170 NPPES records with a practice address in Walnut Creek, and 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.
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- Chelvadurai Harichandran, M.DWalnut Creek, CA 945961386782860
- John Hawkins, DOWalnut Creek, CA 945961730267824
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- Michael Schwab, M.D.Walnut Creek, CA 945961093880601
- Richard Silver, MDWalnut Creek, CA 945961891873972
Common questions
What is Jason Chen, MD's NPI number?
Jason Chen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144857137, issued on Mar 27, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jason Chen, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1425 S Main St, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596. Phone: (925) 295-4000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jason Chen, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A176792, 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 Jason Chen, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jason Chen, MD had 100 Medicare Part D claims for 30 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.