Peter Chau, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Long Beach, CA
Peter Chau, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Long Beach, California, and NPI 1316051329, issued on Aug 18, 2006. Check the license (California A46668, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the federal record below is the public data PlainDoctor holds for this provider.
- Name
- Peter Chau
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A46668 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5979 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach, CA 90805
- Phone
- (562) 423-0421
- Enumerated
- Aug 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 6, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (562) 423-1032
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Peter Chau in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A46668Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Peter Chau among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Peter Chau, MD is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileNo · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 62% of these records are
- Record last updated2018 · 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 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
213 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Long Beach
They are 213 of the 13,650 NPPES records with a practice address in Long Beach, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California. No Medicare prescribing, quality score, industry payment or hospital affiliation is published for this NPI.
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Common questions
What is Peter Chau, MD's NPI number?
Peter Chau, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316051329, issued on Aug 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Peter Chau, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5979 Atlantic Ave, Long Beach, CA, 90805. Phone: (562) 423-0421. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Peter Chau, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A46668, 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.
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.