Shimin Cao, M.D. PH.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Flushing, NY
Shimin Cao, M.D. PH.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Flushing, New York, and NPI 1922100213, issued on Sep 5, 2006. Check the license (New York 262917, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shimin Cao
- Credential
- M.D. PH.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 262917 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3808 Union St Ste 6B, Flushing, NY 11354
- Phone
- (618) 559-6549
- Enumerated
- Sep 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 2, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 03517851 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190402001678); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3808 Union St Ste 6B
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Minchan Lin, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1205647831
- Chunying Shao, NPNurse Practitioner1013746668
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Verify Shimin Cao in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 262917Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
15,358 Medicare Part D claims for 478 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 23% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,196 claims
- Losartan Potassium1,186 claims
- Vascepa1,126 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate668 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl626 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er560 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $2,559.11
87 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen 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.
Shimin Cao among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
Shimin Cao, M.D. PH.D. is one of 12,067 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 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, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 2002 among the 7,221 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
242 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Flushing
They are 242 of the 6,354 NPPES records with a practice address in Flushing, and 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Shimin Cao, M.D. PH.D.'s NPI number?
Shimin Cao, M.D. PH.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1922100213, issued on Sep 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shimin Cao, M.D. PH.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3808 Union St Ste 6B, Flushing, NY, 11354. Phone: (618) 559-6549. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shimin Cao, M.D. PH.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 262917, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Shimin Cao, M.D. PH.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Shimin Cao, M.D. PH.D. had 15,358 Medicare Part D claims for 478 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions 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.