Richard Shing Chan, O.D.
Optometrist · San Francisco, CA
Richard Shing Chan, O.D. is an optometrist with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1922144625, issued on Jan 29, 2007. Check the license (California 8944, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Shing Chan
- Credential
- O.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 8944 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1635 Divisadero St, San Francisco, CA 94115
- Phone
- (415) 833-3971
- Enumerated
- Jan 29, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jan 3, 2022
- Fax
- (415) 833-2790
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130810000024); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1635 Divisadero St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Alexander Abad, M.P.T.Physical Therapist1790848505
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- Renee Ballinger, PTPhysical Therapist1447398094
- Molly Bouffard, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1588588057
- Matthew Chan, PTPhysical Therapist1821296807
- Tiffany Chan, O.D.Optometrist1992194203
Verify Richard Shing Chan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 8944Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $34.42
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was CooperVision Inc. The 34,453 providers of this specialty with any payment received $769.99 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
- Permanente Medical Group IncSan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Shing Chan among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Richard Shing Chan, O.D. is one of 8,308 optometrist records with a practice address in California. 67% 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 34% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 34% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 152W00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Optometrist providers in California
There are 8,308 optometrist records in California.
All 8,308 in California → Every provider in San Francisco → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jeff Azus, ODSan Francisco, CA 941151396810446
- Terrence Chan, O.D.San Francisco, CA 941151659302982
- Michael Gee, O.D.San Francisco, CA 941151801952957
- Thomas King, ODSan Francisco, CA 941151851393789
- Andrea LeSan Francisco, CA 941151275682049
- Clifford Lee, O.D.San Francisco, CA 941151497828370
- Edna Lee, O.D.San Francisco, CA 941151124191002
- Marilyn Ng, O.D.San Francisco, CA 941151720159239
Common questions
What is Richard Shing Chan, O.D.'s NPI number?
Richard Shing Chan, O.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1922144625, issued on Jan 29, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Shing Chan, O.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1635 Divisadero St, San Francisco, CA, 94115. Phone: (415) 833-3971. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Shing Chan, O.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 8944, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
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.