NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Yu Kao, D.O.

Family Medicine Physician · Woodland, CA

Yu Kao, D.O. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Woodland, California, and NPI 1811378052, issued on Jun 13, 2015. Check the license (California 20A17470, 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
1811378052
Name
Yu Kao
Credential
D.O.
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
20A17470 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1280 E Gibson RD, Woodland, CA 95776
Phone
(530) 650-4500
Enumerated
Jun 13, 2015
Record last updated
Oct 8, 2024
Fax
(530) 661-4416
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 1280 E Gibson RD

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

  1. Prasanna Bastola, MDPediatrics Physician1831750306
  2. Wendy Brooks, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1417537150
  3. Rob Xavier Cruz, NP-CPrimary Care Nurse Practitioner1700598505
  4. Joshua CurtissClinical Social Worker1730034331
  5. Rajpreet Dhesi, MDPain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician1588770069
  6. Janis HaroMarriage & Family Therapist1457999823

Verify Yu Kao 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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98% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

61 Medicare Part D claims for 23 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Yu Kao61
  2. Specialty average3,544

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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 96.5 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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 score80.3
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Yu Kao among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California

Yu Kao, D.O. is one of 17,133 family 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 2015, is newer than 74% of them.

  • NPI issued2015 · 74% of these records are older, 24% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 62% of these records are
  • Record last updated2024 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

45 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Woodland

They are 45 of the 1,272 NPPES records with a practice address in Woodland, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Manuel Diaz, D.O.Woodland, CA 957761801994082
  2. Lucy Douglass, MDWoodland, CA 957761912940594
  3. Claudia Galli, M.D.Woodland, CA 957761437340973
  4. Marcia Gollober, M.D.Woodland, CA 957761871511139
  5. Randall Leefeldt, M.D.Woodland, CA 957761346349867
  6. Antonio Meraz, MDWoodland, CA 957761831251768
  7. Mary Monroe-Rodman, MDWoodland, CA 957761477576148
  8. Patricia Moore-Pickett, MDWoodland, CA 957761659476786

Common questions

What is Yu Kao, D.O.'s NPI number?

Yu Kao, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811378052, issued on Jun 13, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Yu Kao, D.O. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1280 E Gibson RD, Woodland, CA, 95776. Phone: (530) 650-4500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Yu Kao, D.O.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number 20A17470, 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 Yu Kao, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Yu Kao, D.O. had 61 Medicare Part D claims for 23 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Yu Kao, D.O.'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 96.5 of 100. 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.