NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Vincent Elliott Chow, M.D.

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · San Francisco, CA

Vincent Elliott Chow, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1215265806, issued on Nov 19, 2009. Check the license (California A103661, 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 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1215265806
Name
Vincent Elliott Chow
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
License number
A103661 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
500 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone
(415) 476-6043
Enumerated
Nov 19, 2009
Record last updated
Feb 11, 2022
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20111109000778); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Miami, Lm Miller School Of Medicine, 2006
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 500 Parnassus Ave

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

  1. Kwabena Adu-KwartengStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1801697784
  2. Annette Albright, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1750430625
  3. Abdullah Alshammari, MD, FRCSCOrthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician1437982477
  4. Gulsedef Arslan, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1891358297
  5. Peter Barish, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1366861379
  6. Jeffrey Barry, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1598031304

Verify Vincent Elliott Chow 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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91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024

32 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 30 claims were for opioids.

  1. Vincent Chow32
  2. Specialty average346

Most prescribed

  1. Oxycodone Hcl26 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: $90.39

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Corcept Therapeutics. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Vincent Chow$90
  2. Specialty average$23,023

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

  1. Permanente Medical Group IncVallejo, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Vincent Elliott Chow among 2,276 orthopaedic surgery physician records in California

Vincent Elliott Chow, M.D. is one of 2,276 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 69% of them.

  • NPI issued2009 · 69% of these records are older, 28% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
  • Graduated2006 · median 2003 among the 1,347 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 66% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in California

There are 2,276 orthopaedic surgery physician records in California.

The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Sigurd Berven, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431336193812
  2. David Bradford, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431003853193
  3. Alexis Dang, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431720119852
  4. Eliana Delgado, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431801963020
  5. Sibel Deviren, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431760435655
  6. Vedat Deviren, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431730230459
  7. Mohammad Diab, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431841243755
  8. Glenn Diekmann, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941431467584326

Common questions

What is Vincent Elliott Chow, M.D.'s NPI number?

Vincent Elliott Chow, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215265806, issued on Nov 19, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Vincent Elliott Chow, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 500 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94143. Phone: (415) 476-6043. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Vincent Elliott Chow, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A103661, 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 Vincent Elliott Chow, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Vincent Elliott Chow, M.D. had 32 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. 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.