Wei Ku Chen, DO
Emergency Medicine Physician · New York, NY
Wei Ku Chen, DO is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1700838695, issued on May 17, 2006. Check the license (New York 235717, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Wei Ku Chen
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 235717 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 952 2ND Ave, New York, NY 10022
- Phone
- (212) 271-4864
- Enumerated
- May 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 23, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (212) 271-4866
- Medicaid ID
- 02723302 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060322000100); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York College Of Osteo Medicine Of New York Institute Of Technology, 2001
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 952 2ND Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Richard TanEmergency Medicine Physician1649698895
Verify Wei Ku Chen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 235717Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
91% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
431 Medicare Part D claims for 302 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Azithromycin63 claims
- Paxlovid35 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate34 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass29 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro27 claims
- Prednisone27 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 76.5 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- City Medical OF Upper East Side PLLCNew York, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Wei Ku Chen among 5,025 emergency medicine physician records in New York
Wei Ku Chen, DO is one of 5,025 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 86% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 72% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 86% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2013 among the 3,232 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 55% 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,075 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in New York
They are 1,075 of the 98,468 NPPES records with a practice address in New York, and 5,025 emergency medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Wei Ku Chen, DO's NPI number?
Wei Ku Chen, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700838695, issued on May 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Wei Ku Chen, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 952 2ND Ave, New York, NY, 10022. Phone: (212) 271-4864. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Wei Ku Chen, DO's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 235717, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Wei Ku Chen, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Wei Ku Chen, DO had 431 Medicare Part D claims for 302 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Wei Ku Chen, DO's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.5 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.