Ming Yuan Chao
Adult Health Nurse Practitioner · Houston, TX
Ming Yuan Chao is an adult health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1285821355, issued on Oct 2, 2007. Check the license (Texas 697175, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ming Yuan Chao
- Primary taxonomy
- Adult Health Nurse Practitioner 363LA2200X
- License number
- 697175 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8539 Gulf Fwy, Houston, TX 77017
- Phone
- (713) 218-2697
- Enumerated
- Oct 2, 2007
- Record last updated
- Mar 19, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20071231000558); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 8539 Gulf Fwy
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Verify Ming Yuan Chao in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license 697175Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
93% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average adult health nurse practitioner in 2024
95 Medicare Part D claims for 47 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,280 among the 16,937 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Amoxicillin11 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 84.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,025.16
9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. The 12,291 providers of this specialty with any payment received $946.40 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
- Baylor College OF MedicineHouston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ming Yuan Chao among 1,159 adult health nurse practitioner records in Texas
Ming Yuan Chao is one of 1,159 adult health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Texas. 68% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 18% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 18% of these records are older, 76% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 68% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 49% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2015 among the 566 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 52% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LA2200X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Adult Health Nurse Practitioner providers in Texas
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- Melissa Hull, A.P.N.Houston, TX 770241396181814
Common questions
What is Ming Yuan Chao's NPI number?
Ming Yuan Chao's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285821355, issued on Oct 2, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ming Yuan Chao located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8539 Gulf Fwy, Houston, TX, 77017. Phone: (713) 218-2697. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ming Yuan Chao's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 697175, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Ming Yuan Chao prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ming Yuan Chao had 95 Medicare Part D claims for 47 beneficiaries; the average among adult health nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,280. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ming Yuan Chao's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.1 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.