Venesa Chung, OD
Optometrist · San Jose, CA
Venesa Chung, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in San Jose, California, and NPI 1043933757, issued on Sep 19, 2022. Check the license (California 35305, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Venesa Chung
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 35305 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1855 Lucretia Ave Bldg 1100, San Jose, CA 95122
- Phone
- (408) 347-4751
- Enumerated
- Sep 19, 2022
- Record last updated
- Sep 29, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230109003010); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New England College Of Optometry, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Venesa Chung in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 35305Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
85% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
41 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 41% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost26 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: $30.52
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Sanofi Pasteur Inc. The 34,453 providers of this specialty with any payment received $769.99 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
- Bay Area Community HealthFremont, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Venesa Chung among 8,308 optometrist records in California
Venesa Chung, OD is one of 8,308 optometrist records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 89% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 89% of these records are older, 8% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 43% of these records are
- Graduated2022 · median 2008 among the 3,573 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 152W00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
207 optometrist records list a practice address in San Jose
They are 207 of the 20,925 NPPES records with a practice address in San Jose, and 8,308 optometrist records in California.
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- Steven Ja, ODSan Jose, CA 951221831107762
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Common questions
What is Venesa Chung, OD's NPI number?
Venesa Chung, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043933757, issued on Sep 19, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Venesa Chung, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1855 Lucretia Ave Bldg 1100, San Jose, CA, 95122. Phone: (408) 347-4751. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Venesa Chung, OD's license?
NPPES lists California license number 35305, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Venesa Chung, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Venesa Chung, OD had 41 Medicare Part D claims; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. 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.