Joseph Cho, MD, PHD
Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Physician · Pasadena, CA
Joseph Cho, MD, PHD is a blood banking & transfusion medicine physician with a practice address in Pasadena, California, and NPI 1679003446, issued on Jun 14, 2017. Check the license (California A186241, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Cho
- Credential
- MD, PHD
- Primary taxonomy
- Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Physician 207ZB0001X
- License numbers
- A186241 CA
125.070133 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 100 W California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91105
- Phone
- (626) 352-1444
- Enumerated
- Jun 14, 2017
- Record last updated
- Dec 22, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230609001322); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Utah School Of Medicine, 2017
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 100 W California Blvd
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Verify Joseph Cho in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A186241Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 80.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $47.29
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Csl Behring. The 104 providers of this specialty with any payment received $16,216.46 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
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Care FoundationPasadena, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph Cho among 54 blood banking & transfusion medicine physician records in California
Joseph Cho, MD, PHD is one of 54 blood banking & transfusion medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 44% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 80% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 80% of these records are older, 15% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 44% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 39% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2011 among the 21 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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 207ZB0001X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine Physician providers in California
There are 54 blood banking & transfusion medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Joseph Cho, MD, PHD's NPI number?
Joseph Cho, MD, PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679003446, issued on Jun 14, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Cho, MD, PHD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 100 W California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91105. Phone: (626) 352-1444. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Cho, MD, PHD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A186241, 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.
What is Joseph Cho, MD, PHD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 80.5 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.