NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Kent Thien Ta, MD

Rheumatology Physician · Bellevue, WA

Kent Thien Ta, MD is a rheumatology physician with a practice address in Bellevue, Washington, and NPI 1508853003, issued on Sep 30, 2005. Check the license (Washington MD00040870, as entered in NPPES) on the Washington Medical Commission; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1508853003
Name
Kent Thien Ta
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Rheumatology Physician 207RR0500X
License number
MD00040870 WA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1380 112TH Ave NE Ste 202, Bellevue, WA 98004
Phone
(425) 590-9521
Enumerated
Sep 30, 2005
Record last updated
Aug 29, 2023
Fax
(425) 590-9574
Medicaid ID
8390346 WA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040520001237); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Yale University School Of Medicine, 1997
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWashington Medical Commission
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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84% more Medicare Part D claims than the average rheumatology physician in 2024

3,641 Medicare Part D claims for 477 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,978 among the 6,301 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 655 claims were for opioids.

  1. Kent Ta3,641
  2. Specialty average1,978

Most prescribed

  1. Prednisone425 claims
  2. Methotrexate379 claims
  3. Tramadol Hcl332 claims
  4. Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate272 claims
  5. Alendronate Sodium160 claims
  6. Duloxetine Hcl129 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: $3,887.32

146 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc. The 4,486 providers of this specialty with any payment received $8,538.33 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Kent Ta$3,887.32
  2. Specialty average$8,538.33

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Kent Thien Ta among 200 rheumatology physician records in Washington

Kent Thien Ta, MD is one of 200 rheumatology physician records with a practice address in Washington. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 86% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
  • Graduated1997 · median 2005 among the 123 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 207RR0500X and a Washington practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Rheumatology Physician providers in Washington

There are 200 rheumatology physician records in Washington.

The 8 rheumatology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. John Baldwin, MDBellevue, WA 980041881697993
  2. Katherine Cristiano, ARNPBellevue, WA 980041497472500
  3. Arinola Dada, MDBellevue, WA 980041609871029
  4. Christopher Dinh, PA-CBellevue, WA 980041811787484
  5. Ashul Pandhi, M.D.Bellevue, WA 980041285790691
  6. Justin Putz, DOBellevue, WA 980041346864345
  7. Gurpreet Rawat, M.DBellevue, WA 980041306037643
  8. Sue Romanick, MDBellevue, WA 980041558476960

Common questions

What is Kent Thien Ta, MD's NPI number?

Kent Thien Ta, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508853003, issued on Sep 30, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Kent Thien Ta, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1380 112TH Ave NE Ste 202, Bellevue, WA, 98004. Phone: (425) 590-9521. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Kent Thien Ta, MD's license?

NPPES lists Washington license number MD00040870, as entered by the provider. Search the Washington Medical Commission at https://wahelms.my.site.com/s/license-search. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Kent Thien Ta, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Kent Thien Ta, MD had 3,641 Medicare Part D claims for 477 beneficiaries; the average among rheumatology physician prescribers was 1,978. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Kent Thien Ta, MD'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.