Lin Chen, MD
Infectious Disease Physician · Cambridge, MA
Lin Chen, MD is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and NPI 1285636654, issued on Aug 15, 2005. Check the license (Massachusetts 70802, as entered in NPPES) on the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lin Chen
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License number
- 70802 MA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 330 Mount Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138
- Phone
- (617) 499-5026
- Enumerated
- Aug 15, 2005
- Record last updated
- Apr 9, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (617) 499-5453
- Medicaid ID
- 3047555 MA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060202000726); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Jefferson Medical College Of Thomas Jefferson University, 1986
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lin Chen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMassachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
Search for license 70802Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
37% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average infectious disease physician in 2024
437 Medicare Part D claims for 209 beneficiaries, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Azithromycin174 claims
- Atovaquone-Proguanil Hcl135 claims
- Paxlovid48 claims
- Acetazolamide15 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: $20,740.57
18 payments; by number, the most common kind was consulting fee; the largest payer was Valneva Usa, Inc. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 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
- Mount Auburn Professional Services IncCambridge, MA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lin Chen among 487 infectious disease physician records in Massachusetts
Lin Chen, MD is one of 487 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in Massachusetts. 69% 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, 83% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 2003 among the 296 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 65% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a Massachusetts practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Infectious Disease Physician providers in Massachusetts
There are 487 infectious disease physician records in Massachusetts.
All 487 in Massachusetts → Every provider in Cambridge → Infectious Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Robert Colgrove, MDCambridge, MA 021381144222522
- Vito Iacoviello, MDCambridge, MA 021381780686154
- John Tully, MDCambridge, MA 021381578565974
- Stephen Zinner, MDCambridge, MA 021381629043245
- David Bor, M.D.Cambridge, MA 021391073550729
- Michael Callahan, M.D.Cambridge, MA 021391770698821
- Fatemeh Entekhabi, M.D.Cambridge, MA 021391730283607
- Alison Rapoport, M.D.Cambridge, MA 021391619296027
Common questions
What is Lin Chen, MD's NPI number?
Lin Chen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285636654, issued on Aug 15, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lin Chen, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 330 Mount Auburn St, Cambridge, MA, 02138. Phone: (617) 499-5026. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lin Chen, MD's license?
NPPES lists Massachusetts license number 70802, as entered by the provider. Search the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine at https://findmydoctor.mass.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Lin Chen, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lin Chen, MD had 437 Medicare Part D claims for 209 beneficiaries; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. 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.