Richard Collin Cho, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Fountain Valley, CA
Richard Collin Cho, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Fountain Valley, California, and NPI 1275619983, issued on Oct 27, 2006. Check the license (California A055251, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Collin Cho
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A055251 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 17360 Brookhurst Street, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
- Phone
- (949) 923-3200
- Enumerated
- Oct 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 28, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (949) 923-3591
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20091204000136); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Un Of California, Irvine, College Of Medicine, 1994
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Collin Cho in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A055251Check 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 internal medicine physician in 2024
218 Medicare Part D claims for 109 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 21 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen16 claims
- Levofloxacin15 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium13 claims
- Potassium Chloride11 claims
- Prednisone11 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): 76.7 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: $20.37
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Memorialcare Medical FoundationFountain Valley, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Collin Cho among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Richard Collin Cho, MD is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
83 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Fountain Valley
They are 83 of the 2,190 NPPES records with a practice address in Fountain Valley, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Richard Collin Cho, MD's NPI number?
Richard Collin Cho, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275619983, issued on Oct 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Collin Cho, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 17360 Brookhurst Street, Fountain Valley, CA, 92708. Phone: (949) 923-3200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Collin Cho, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A055251, 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 Richard Collin Cho, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Collin Cho, MD had 218 Medicare Part D claims for 109 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard Collin Cho, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.7 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.