PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1093740789

James ChaoMD

Plastic and Reconstructive SurgerySan Diego, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

103

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

131

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$7K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 396 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery providers in CA — above median (cohort median 171).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$566

Distinct drugs

Brand share

84.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen44 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen19 claims

Cephalexin12 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$42K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$29K

Travel and Lodging$6K

Food and Beverage$4K

Education$1K

Consulting Fee$849

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (5)

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where James Chao's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 0 inbound referrers · 2 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

No inbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Arthroscopic & Laser Surgery Center Of San Diego Lp Ambulatory Surgical Center · San Diego, CA	18	27
David Chao Orthopedic Surgery · San Diego, CA	15	39

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history