NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Tzu-Jen Tzao, M.D.

Emergency Medicine Physician · Los Angeles, CA

Tzu-Jen Tzao, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1548453814, issued on Aug 21, 2007. Check the license (California A96855, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; 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
1548453814
Name
Tzu-Jen Tzao
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
A96855 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1680 E 120TH St, Los Angeles, CA 90059
Phone
(424) 338-8144
Enumerated
Aug 21, 2007
Record last updated
Jun 18, 2025
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1680 E 120TH St

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

  1. Adedeji Adefeso, MDGeneral Practice Physician1710729223
  2. Ijeoma AkannoAdult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1750953014
  3. Jessie Alvarez, PMHNP-BCNurse Practitioner1699510719
  4. Robert Andalon, MDGeneral Practice Physician1285321182
  5. Abdelkader AwadStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1649154782
  6. Mercy Azubuko-UdahStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1114651981

Verify Tzu-Jen Tzao in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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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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74% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

59 Medicare Part D claims for 34 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Tzu-Jen Tzao59
  2. Specialty average226

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): 100 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score95.7
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%81.6
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

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

Tzu-Jen Tzao among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California

Tzu-Jen Tzao, M.D. is one of 7,751 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 40% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 40% of these records are older, 50% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 59% of these records are
  • Record last updated2025 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Emergency Medicine Physician providers in California

There are 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Chat Dang, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900591447336557
  2. Amit Kachalia, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900591548346984
  3. Jacques Williams-Pascal, MDLos Angeles, CA 900591831238534
  4. Mark Woods, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900591689713851
  5. Andrew Kassinove, MDLos Angeles, CA 900571194761486
  6. Sanjeev Seth, MDLos Angeles, CA 900571497706709
  7. Paul Bronston, MDLos Angeles, CA 900671912948472
  8. Anna Cheh, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900671366471443

Common questions

What is Tzu-Jen Tzao, M.D.'s NPI number?

Tzu-Jen Tzao, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548453814, issued on Aug 21, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Tzu-Jen Tzao, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1680 E 120TH St, Los Angeles, CA, 90059. Phone: (424) 338-8144. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Tzu-Jen Tzao, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A96855, 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 Tzu-Jen Tzao, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Tzu-Jen Tzao, M.D. had 59 Medicare Part D claims for 34 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Tzu-Jen Tzao, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.