Van-Khue Ton, MD, PHD
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician in Boston, Massachusetts.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 566 in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Van-Khue Ton, MD, PHD filed 1,880 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician in Boston, Massachusetts, prescribing 59% generic.
- 2K
- Part D claims, 2024
- 59%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥83rd
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Van-Khue Ton, MD, PHD
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1497982938), first enumerated 06/11/2009.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 1,880 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
2 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliations on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Massachusetts statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Van-Khue Ton, MD, PHD's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: BORIM annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1497982938 · Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-NARROW · RX-MID · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1497982938
- ENUM-MID 2009
- TAX-NARROW 566
- RX-MID 1,880
- BOOK-THIN 26 in Massachusetts
- PHOTO-ENUM Lydia Engwenyu · 2009
Van-Khue Ton, MD, PHD's Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
1,880 ≥ 83rd percentile 83% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
Van-Khue Ton, MD, PHD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + 2 hospital affiliations - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Van-Khue Ton, MD, PHD?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Medicare Part D claims
Specialty distribution in Massachusetts
How Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician compares to other specialties among Massachusetts providers
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician ranks #251 among Massachusetts's specialties (0% of in-state providers)
Each bar is a specialty's share of the Massachusetts provider total, by primary NUCC taxonomy. The highlighted bar is Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician; the long tail of smaller specialties is omitted for legibility.
Board certification
Not published by CMS
CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field in NPPES. PlainDoctor does not have a reliable per-specialty certification rate to show for Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician. Verify directly:
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1497982938 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician |
| Credentials | MD, PHD |
| Gender | Female |
| NPI Issued | 06/11/2009 |
Verify this provider's license
PlainDoctor pulls this profile from the CMS NPPES public registry. Confirm Van-Khue Ton, MD, PHD's current license status, disciplinary history, and board certifications with the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine in Massachusetts before relying on this page for a clinical or care decision.
How we sourced this profile
Profile fields combine the CMS NPPES monthly snapshot (provider directory, taxonomy, and address) with calendar-year 2023 Medicare Part D and MIPS public-use files when records are present. NPI 1497982938 is the unique 10-digit identifier CMS uses to link Ton across every Medicare, Medicaid, and HIPAA-covered transaction. Read full methodology →
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Van-Khue Ton, MD, PHD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
License & disciplinary context - Massachusetts BORIM 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~38K Massachusetts medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Van-Khue Ton, MD, PHD. To verify Van-Khue Ton, MD, PHD's current license status, search the BORIM public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
BORIM publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Massachusetts disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Above average
41% brand-name claims vs 59% generic, on 1,880 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 4,513.667
- Total Day Supply
- 134,343
- Brand vs Generic
- 41% brand / 59% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $2.6M
- Generic Drug Cost
- $40K
- Opioid Claims
- 13 (0.7% rate)
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 74.3 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 2.76
- Gender Split
- 29% female / 71% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 25, 65-74: 67, 75-84: 88, 85+: 22
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Van-Khue Ton, MD, PHD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Jardiance
Jardiance
201 claims
- Spironolactone
Spironolactone
194 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate
Metoprolol Succinate
189 claims
- Entresto
Entresto
180 claims
- Farxiga
Farxiga
125 claims
- Eliquis 69
Eliquis
69 claims
- Vyndamax 66
Vyndamax
66 claims
- Torsemide 62
Torsemide
62 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Jardiance Empagliflozin | 201 |
| Spironolactone | 194 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 189 |
| Entresto Sacubitril/Valsartan | 180 |
| Farxiga Dapagliflozin Propanediol | 125 |
| Eliquis Apixaban | 69 |
| Vyndamax Tafamidis | 66 |
| Torsemide | 62 |
| Eplerenone | 58 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 53 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician Overview
How Van-Khue Ton, MD, PHD fits within the Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician landscape nationally.
Van-Khue Ton, MD, PHD's 1,880 claims are below the specialty average of 1,916.
Nationwide Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Ton, both outside Massachusetts so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2009)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician Providers in Massachusetts
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Massachusetts, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Ton.
One of 26 Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician providers enrolled in Massachusetts, 5 are shown here.
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Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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