Michael Chu, DO
Surgery Physician · West Islip, NY
Michael Chu, DO is a surgery physician with a practice address in West Islip, New York, and NPI 1275784670, issued on Oct 2, 2008. Check the license (New York 261287, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Chu
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- 261287 NY
OS013322 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 754 Montauk Hwy, West Islip, NY 11795
- Phone
- (631) 422-0909
- Enumerated
- Oct 2, 2008
- Record last updated
- Nov 25, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (631) 422-6660
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110629000675); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 754 Montauk Hwy
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Michael Chu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 261287Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
22% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
115 Medicare Part D claims for 25 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clopidogrel19 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $356.98
14 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Long Island Comprehensive Medical Care PLLCNorth Babylon, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael Chu among 2,053 surgery physician records in New York
Michael Chu, DO is one of 2,053 surgery physician records with a practice address in New York. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 57% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 57% of these records are older, 37% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2002 among the 1,212 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
16 surgery physician records list a practice address in West Islip
They are 16 of the 1,107 NPPES records with a practice address in West Islip, and 2,053 surgery physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Michael Chu, DO's NPI number?
Michael Chu, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275784670, issued on Oct 2, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Chu, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 754 Montauk Hwy, West Islip, NY, 11795. Phone: (631) 422-0909. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Chu, DO's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 261287, 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 Michael Chu, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Chu, DO had 115 Medicare Part D claims for 25 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Michael Chu, DO's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.