Summer Puanani Chong, M.D.
Dermatology Physician · Los Angeles, CA
Summer Puanani Chong, M.D. is a dermatology physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1770803181, issued on Jun 8, 2010. Check the license (California A120535, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Summer Puanani Chong
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Dermatology Physician 207N00000X
- License number
- A120535 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1701 E Cesar E Chavez Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90033
- Phone
- (323) 987-1362
- Enumerated
- Jun 8, 2010
- Record last updated
- May 14, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160121001278); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine, 2010
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Summer Puanani Chong in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A120535Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
38% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average dermatology physician in 2024
492 Medicare Part D claims for 201 beneficiaries, against an average of 797 among the 12,802 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Ketoconazole50 claims
- Tacrolimus49 claims
- Triamcinolone Acetonide46 claims
- Clobetasol Propionate26 claims
- Minoxidil22 claims
- Mupirocin20 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,417.67
59 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. The 10,250 providers of this specialty with any payment received $8,544.61 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
- Oahu Dermatology LLCHonolulu, HI
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Summer Puanani Chong among 2,083 dermatology physician records in California
Summer Puanani Chong, M.D. is one of 2,083 dermatology physician records with a practice address in California. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 64% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 64% of these records are older, 33% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated2010 · median 2006 among the 1,450 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207N00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Summer Puanani Chong, M.D.'s NPI number?
Summer Puanani Chong, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770803181, issued on Jun 8, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Summer Puanani Chong, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1701 E Cesar E Chavez Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90033. Phone: (323) 987-1362. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Summer Puanani Chong, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A120535, 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 Summer Puanani Chong, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Summer Puanani Chong, M.D. had 492 Medicare Part D claims for 201 beneficiaries; the average among dermatology physician prescribers was 797. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Summer Puanani Chong, M.D.'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.