Joan Chen
Emergency Medicine Physician · Oakland, CA
Joan Chen is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Oakland, California, and NPI 1437736154, issued on Mar 27, 2021. Check the license (California A202387, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joan Chen
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- A202387 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1411 E 31St St, Oakland, CA 94602
- Phone
- (510) 437-4800
- Enumerated
- Mar 27, 2021
- Record last updated
- Jul 22, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250801003779); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Washington School Of Medicine, 2021
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joan Chen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A202387Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
21 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Alameda Health SystemOakland, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joan Chen among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California
Joan Chen is one of 7,751 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 92% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 92% of these records are older, 5% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
247 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Oakland
They are 247 of the 18,558 NPPES records with a practice address in Oakland, and 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Joan Chen's NPI number?
Joan Chen's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437736154, issued on Mar 27, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joan Chen located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1411 E 31St St, Oakland, CA, 94602. Phone: (510) 437-4800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joan Chen's license?
NPPES lists California license number A202387, 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 Joan Chen prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joan Chen had 21 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.