NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Paul Chun-Pu Jou, M.D., M.S.

Dermatology Physician · Poway, CA

Paul Chun-Pu Jou, M.D., M.S. is a dermatology physician with a practice address in Poway, California, and NPI 1356608319, issued on Apr 16, 2012. Check the license (California A148966, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1356608319
Name
Paul Chun-Pu Jou
Credential
M.D., M.S.
Primary taxonomy
Dermatology Physician 207N00000X
License numbers
A148966 CA
58597 MN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
15611 Pomerado RD Ste 400, Poway, CA 92064
Phone
(858) 657-3100
Enumerated
Apr 16, 2012
Record last updated
Jul 21, 2022
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20170830001437); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College Of Med Of Case Wstn Rsv University, 2012
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.
Download card Updates feed

Also registered at 15611 Pomerado RD Ste 400

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

  1. Amanda Caparso, D.O.Internal Medicine Physician1003046004
  2. Ayda Dashtaei, D.O.Surgery Physician1497146120
  3. Badalin Helvink, MDPsychiatry Physician1144342403
  4. Mohinderpal Thaper, MDGeriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1295795037
  5. Tracy Vandewater, MDFacial Plastic Surgery Physician1023512332

Verify Paul Chun-Pu Jou in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
    Search for license A148966
    Check the board
  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
Open the California license search

PlainDoctor does not match the HHS-OIG exclusion list to individual records: most entries carry no NPI. Search the OIG exclusion list by name.

Is this page about you? You can ask us to correct, restrict or remove it: how.

35% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average dermatology physician in 2024

518 Medicare Part D claims for 168 beneficiaries, against an average of 797 among the 12,802 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.

  1. Paul Jou518
  2. Specialty average797

Most prescribed

  1. Ketoconazole77 claims
  2. Triamcinolone Acetonide57 claims
  3. Betamethasone Diprop Augmented35 claims
  4. Clobetasol Propionate28 claims
  5. Ciclopirox25 claims
  6. Doxycycline Hyclate18 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 80.2 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score69.0
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%76.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $589.13

33 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Biotech, Inc. The 10,250 providers of this specialty with any payment received $8,544.61 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Paul Jou$589.13
  2. Specialty average$8,544.61

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

  1. Arch Health Partners IncPoway, CA

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

Paul Chun-Pu Jou among 2,083 dermatology physician records in California

Paul Chun-Pu Jou, M.D., M.S. is one of 2,083 dermatology physician records with a practice address in California. 83% 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 70% of them.

  • NPI issued2012 · 70% of these records are older, 28% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
  • Graduated2012 · median 2006 among the 1,450 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207N00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Dermatology Physician providers in California

There are 2,083 dermatology physician records in California.

The 8 dermatology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Patrick Armstrong, M.D.Poway, CA 920641588008775
  2. Dale Kooistra, M.D., PHD.Poway, CA 920641831182971
  3. Sachi PatelPoway, CA 920641790216182
  4. Ernest Rodier, Frcpc,inc, MDPoway, CA 920641134201312
  5. Diane Scott, MDPoway, CA 920641992786347
  6. Stephen Shewmake, MDPoway, CA 920641912973868
  7. Naomi Travers, NPPoway, CA 920641639550833
  8. Joseph Aleshaki, DOSantee, CA 920711548766264

Common questions

What is Paul Chun-Pu Jou, M.D., M.S.'s NPI number?

Paul Chun-Pu Jou, M.D., M.S.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356608319, issued on Apr 16, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Paul Chun-Pu Jou, M.D., M.S. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 15611 Pomerado RD Ste 400, Poway, CA, 92064. Phone: (858) 657-3100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Paul Chun-Pu Jou, M.D., M.S.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A148966, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Paul Chun-Pu Jou, M.D., M.S. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Paul Chun-Pu Jou, M.D., M.S. had 518 Medicare Part D claims for 168 beneficiaries; the average among dermatology physician prescribers was 797. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Paul Chun-Pu Jou, M.D., M.S.'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 80.2 of 100. 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.