NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ronald Lu Chio, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Euless, TX

Ronald Lu Chio, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Euless, Texas, and NPI 1780620823, issued on Jun 20, 2006. Check the license (Texas L7333, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; 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
1780620823
Name
Ronald Lu Chio
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
L7333 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
479 Westpark Way, Euless, TX 76040
Phone
(817) 358-5500
Enumerated
Jun 20, 2006
Record last updated
Mar 11, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(817) 358-5511
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20050113000349); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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.
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Also registered at 479 Westpark Way

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

  1. Gloria Anding, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1245235621
  2. Charli Mella, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1699203125
  3. Thuthuy Nguyen, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1467457572

Verify Ronald Lu Chio in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  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
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3.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

12,339 Medicare Part D claims for 705 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 170 claims were for opioids.

  1. Ronald Chio12,339
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Levothyroxine Sodium804 claims
  2. Atorvastatin Calcium623 claims
  3. Rosuvastatin Calcium551 claims
  4. Amlodipine Besylate440 claims
  5. Losartan Potassium376 claims
  6. Gabapentin287 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

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

Industry payments in 2024: $1,869.96

104 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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.

  1. Ronald Chio$1,869.96
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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. Catalyst Physician Group - Ntx, PLLCEuless, TX

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

20 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Euless

They are 20 of the 387 NPPES records with a practice address in Euless, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.

Other internal medicine physician records in Texas

  1. Muhammad A. Sattar, MDDallas, TX1760465553
  2. Gayatri Aaluri, MDGalveston, TX1821928508
  3. Anunaya AashishDenton, TX1134246374
  4. Queenie Ann Abad, M.D.San Antonio, TX1174979785
  5. Fuad Abaleka, M.DLubbock, TX1861925596
  6. Carol Abalihi, M.D.El Paso, TX1326136243
  7. Oliverio Abarca Guzman, MDHarlingen, TX1346972940
  8. Obinna Abaribe, M.DMansfield, TX1457704355
  9. Enyinnaya Abarikwu, MDTyler, TX1174788178
  10. Sulaiman Abawi, D.O.Frisco, TX1780845255

Common questions

What is Ronald Lu Chio, MD's NPI number?

Ronald Lu Chio, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1780620823, issued on Jun 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ronald Lu Chio, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 479 Westpark Way, Euless, TX, 76040. Phone: (817) 358-5500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ronald Lu Chio, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number L7333, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Ronald Lu Chio, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ronald Lu Chio, MD had 12,339 Medicare Part D claims for 705 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Ronald Lu Chio, MD's MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.