Ming-Chung Chen, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Chicago, IL
Ming-Chung Chen, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1427131820, issued on Oct 23, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036-090590, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the federal record below is the public data PlainDoctor holds for this provider.
- Name
- Ming-Chung Chen
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 036-090590 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5159 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
- Phone
- (773) 434-9216
- Enumerated
- Oct 23, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 10, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (773) 434-2670
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ming-Chung Chen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036-090590Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Ming-Chung Chen among 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois
Ming-Chung Chen, MD is one of 6,215 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does not. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileNo · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 60% of these records are
- Record last updated2012 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,593 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Chicago
They are 1,593 of the 63,379 NPPES records with a practice address in Chicago, and 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois. No Medicare prescribing, quality score, industry payment or hospital affiliation is published for this NPI.
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Common questions
What is Ming-Chung Chen, MD's NPI number?
Ming-Chung Chen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427131820, issued on Oct 23, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ming-Chung Chen, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5159 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL, 60609. Phone: (773) 434-9216. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ming-Chung Chen, MD's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036-090590, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. 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.