Lingling Gao, D.O.
Internal Medicine Physician · Gaithersburg, MD
Lingling Gao, D.O. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and NPI 1285959932, issued on Apr 6, 2010. Check the license (Maryland H0075811, as entered in NPPES) on the Maryland Board of Physicians; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lingling Gao
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- H0075811 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 655 Watkins Mill RD, Gaithersburg, MD 20879
- Phone
- (240) 632-4000
- Enumerated
- Apr 6, 2010
- Record last updated
- Nov 29, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150122002471); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Washington School Of Medicine, 2010
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lingling Gao in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMaryland Board of Physicians
Search for license H0075811Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
9% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,461 Medicare Part D claims for 516 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 138 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium284 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium200 claims
- Lisinopril189 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate176 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium114 claims
- Losartan Potassium114 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: $125.00
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 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.
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
- Southern California Permanente Medical GroupSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lingling Gao among 3,904 internal medicine physician records in Maryland
Lingling Gao, D.O. is one of 3,904 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Maryland. 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 2010, is newer than 64% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 64% of these records are older, 33% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2003 among the 2,445 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 59% 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 Maryland practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
67 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Gaithersburg
They are 67 of the 2,580 NPPES records with a practice address in Gaithersburg, and 3,904 internal medicine physician records in Maryland.
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Common questions
What is Lingling Gao, D.O.'s NPI number?
Lingling Gao, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285959932, issued on Apr 6, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lingling Gao, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 655 Watkins Mill RD, Gaithersburg, MD, 20879. Phone: (240) 632-4000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lingling Gao, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists Maryland license number H0075811, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland Board of Physicians at https://www.mbp.state.md.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Lingling Gao, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lingling Gao, D.O. had 3,461 Medicare Part D claims for 516 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.