What is Brian Chou's specialty?

Brian Chou (NPI 1386908556) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Endocrinology in Humble, TX.

Where does Brian Chou practice?

Brian Chou practices in Humble, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1386908556.

How much does Medicare pay Brian Chou?

Brian Chou (NPI 1386908556) received approximately $134K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 444 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1386908556

Brian ChouM.D.

EndocrinologyHumble, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,607

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

2,782

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$123K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 484 Endocrinology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 868).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

5,238

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$3.2M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

64.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Tirzepatide883 claims

Metformin Hcl595 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium489 claims

Pioglitazone Hcl343 claims

Semaglutide341 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

75.0

Quality

0.0

Cost

73.6

Improvement activities

0.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

0.00%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Brian Chou'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). 3 inbound referrers · 5 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	89	286
MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM	28	63
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	11	25

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	65	149
MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM	30	52
Laboratory Corporation Of America Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	12	16
Tejas Mehta Internal Medicine · Humble, TX	11	12
KPH-CONSOLIDATION, INC.	11	23

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.

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