NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ling Min Gao, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · Flushing, NY

Ling Min Gao, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Flushing, New York, and NPI 1215947429, issued on Aug 9, 2006. Check the license (New York 214860, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1215947429
Name
Ling Min Gao
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
214860 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4231 Colden St Ste 205, Flushing, NY 11355
Phone
(718) 961-9593
Enumerated
Aug 9, 2006
Record last updated
Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(718) 961-9594
Medicaid ID
01999944 NY
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20060104000746); accepts Medicare assignment
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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Verify Ling Min Gao in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
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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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2.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

7,939 Medicare Part D claims for 276 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims.

  1. Ling Min Gao7,939
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Losartan Potassium719 claims
  2. Atorvastatin Calcium607 claims
  3. Carvedilol587 claims
  4. Metformin Hcl362 claims
  5. Amlodipine Besylate323 claims
  6. Vascepa262 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: $3,620.47

93 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Ling Min Gao$3,620.47
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

  1. Chinatown True Care Medical PLLCFlushing, NY

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Ling Min Gao among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York

Ling Min Gao, M.D. is one of 12,067 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 8% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 53% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
  • Graduated1983 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2007 · 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 207R00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

242 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Flushing

They are 242 of the 6,354 NPPES records with a practice address in Flushing, and 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Karen Beekman, MDFlushing, NY 113551245296870
  2. Min Cai, M.D.Flushing, NY 113551003813676
  3. Tak Chan, M.D.Flushing, NY 113551265437842
  4. Vincent Chua, M.D.Flushing, NY 113551841278579
  5. Jiangping GanFlushing, NY 113551134199920
  6. Mohinder Gupta, MDFlushing, NY 113551659337285
  7. Huajun Huang, M.D.Flushing, NY 113551033172143
  8. Sherman Klein, M.D.Flushing, NY 113551558340992

Common questions

What is Ling Min Gao, M.D.'s NPI number?

Ling Min Gao, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215947429, issued on Aug 9, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ling Min Gao, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4231 Colden St Ste 205, Flushing, NY, 11355. Phone: (718) 961-9593. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ling Min Gao, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists New York license number 214860, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Ling Min Gao, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ling Min Gao, M.D. had 7,939 Medicare Part D claims for 276 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.