NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Lingye Chen

Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician · Durham, NC

Lingye Chen is a critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician with a practice address in Durham, North Carolina, and NPI 1356604128, issued on Jun 18, 2012. Check the license (North Carolina 2017-00072, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; 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
1356604128
Name
Lingye Chen
Primary taxonomy
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician 207RC0200X
License number
2017-00072 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710
Phone
(919) 681-8111
Enumerated
Jun 18, 2012
Record last updated
Sep 2, 2022
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20180716000600); accepts Medicare assignment
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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Also registered at 2301 Erwin Road

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Adeola AjirotutuStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1841130358
  2. Himanshu Ajrawat, MDVascular & Interventional Radiology Physician1568993780
  3. Shifali Arora, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1477729440
  4. Daryl April Asuncion, NP-CNurse Practitioner1740783992
  5. Alexandra BalabanStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1205332830
  6. Brian Barron, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1861021834

Verify Lingye Chen in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
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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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37% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician in 2024

436 Medicare Part D claims for 88 beneficiaries, against an average of 696 among the 2,873 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 71% of claims.

  1. Lingye Chen436
  2. Specialty average696

Most prescribed

  1. Trelegy Ellipta130 claims
  2. Albuterol Sulfate Hfa46 claims
  3. Wixela Inhub26 claims
  4. Stiolto Respimat24 claims
  5. Prednisone23 claims
  6. Budesonide-Formoterol Fumarate18 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.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Duke Health Integrated Practice IncDurham, NC

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

Lingye Chen among 172 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records in North Carolina

Lingye Chen is one of 172 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 91% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 64% of them.

  • NPI issued2012 · 64% of these records are older, 33% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 91% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 84% of these records are
  • Graduated2012 · median 2007 among the 144 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 23% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0200X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers in North Carolina

There are 172 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records in North Carolina.

The 8 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Cherylee ChangDurham, NC 277101023170271
  2. Yuh-Chin Huang, MDDurham, NC 277101184737090
  3. Neil Macintyre, M.D.Durham, NC 277101336202118
  4. Marija Sullivan, MDDurham, NC 277101740725605
  5. Aaron Vose, M.D.Durham, NC 277101851703086
  6. Julian Yang, MDDurham, NC 277101730362567
  7. Michael Pietrangelo, DORocky Mount, NC 278041922560770
  8. Puneet Agarwal, MDRaleigh, NC 276101780905059

Common questions

What is Lingye Chen's NPI number?

Lingye Chen's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356604128, issued on Jun 18, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Lingye Chen located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC, 27710. Phone: (919) 681-8111. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Lingye Chen's license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2017-00072, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Lingye Chen prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Lingye Chen had 436 Medicare Part D claims for 88 beneficiaries; the average among critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician prescribers was 696. 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.