Sam U. Ho, M.D.
Neurology Physician · Chicago, IL
Sam U. Ho, M.D. is a neurology physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1851352272, issued on Mar 28, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036-049378, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sam U. Ho
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Neurology Physician 2084N0400X
- License number
- 036-049378 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 259 E Erie St Ste 1900, Chicago, IL 60611
- Phone
- (312) 695-7950
- Enumerated
- Mar 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 2, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (312) 695-5747
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100928001708); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, 1973
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sam U. Ho in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036-049378Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
24% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average neurology physician in 2024
1,036 Medicare Part D claims for 191 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,370 among the 15,005 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin192 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate156 claims
- Carbidopa-Levodopa70 claims
- Sumatriptan Succinate70 claims
- Topiramate69 claims
- Levetiracetam42 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): 94.1 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $33.81
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Solta Medical, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC. The 10,858 providers of this specialty with any payment received $8,318.07 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
- Northwestern Medical Faculty FoundationChicago, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sam U. Ho among 952 neurology physician records in Illinois
Sam U. Ho, M.D. is one of 952 neurology physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 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 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 68% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1973 · median 2006 among the 573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 42% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084N0400X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Neurology Physician providers in Illinois
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Common questions
What is Sam U. Ho, M.D.'s NPI number?
Sam U. Ho, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851352272, issued on Mar 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sam U. Ho, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 259 E Erie St Ste 1900, Chicago, IL, 60611. Phone: (312) 695-7950. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sam U. Ho, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036-049378, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Sam U. Ho, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sam U. Ho, M.D. had 1,036 Medicare Part D claims for 191 beneficiaries; the average among neurology physician prescribers was 1,370. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Sam U. Ho, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.1 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.