Lin Chen
Nurse Practitioner · Newark, NJ
Lin Chen is a nurse practitioner with a practice address in Newark, New Jersey, and NPI 1285168070, issued on Apr 18, 2017. Check the license (New Jersey 26NJ00725100, as entered in NPPES) with the New Jersey board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lin Chen
- Primary taxonomy
- Nurse Practitioner 363L00000X
- License number
- 26NJ00725100 NJ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 201 Lyons Ave Ste D12, Newark, NJ 07112
- Phone
- (973) 926-7954
- Enumerated
- Apr 18, 2017
- Record last updated
- Mar 23, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (973) 923-7267
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190405000005); accepts Medicare assignment
- 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 ordersWhich New Jersey board licenses this profession
Search for license 26NJ00725100Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
50% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average nurse practitioner in 2024
559 Medicare Part D claims for 117 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,109 among the 54,319 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 25% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clopidogrel113 claims
- Carvedilol42 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium37 claims
- Entresto35 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate34 claims
- Xarelto32 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 93.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $4,017.10
60 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, Inc. The 38,884 providers of this specialty with any payment received $791.64 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
- Barnabas Health Medical Group PCNewark, NJ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lin Chen among 1,961 nurse practitioner records in New Jersey
Lin Chen is one of 1,961 nurse practitioner records with a practice address in New Jersey. 76% 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 41% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 41% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2019 among the 1,170 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 39% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363L00000X and a New Jersey practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
46 nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Newark
They are 46 of the 4,875 NPPES records with a practice address in Newark, and 1,961 nurse practitioner records in New Jersey.
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Common questions
What is Lin Chen's NPI number?
Lin Chen's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285168070, issued on Apr 18, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lin Chen located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 201 Lyons Ave Ste D12, Newark, NJ, 07112. Phone: (973) 926-7954. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lin Chen's license?
NPPES lists New Jersey license number 26NJ00725100, as entered by the provider. Search the New Jersey board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Lin Chen prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lin Chen had 559 Medicare Part D claims for 117 beneficiaries; the average among nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,109. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Lin Chen's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.7 of 100. 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.