PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1548204506

George ChaoMD

PRACTICESUTTER GOULD MEDICAL FOUNDATIONSee all providers at this practice →

EndocrinologyModesto, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

1,768

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

24,488

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$572K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 633 Endocrinology providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 1,164).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

15,777

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$5.6M

Distinct drugs

Brand share

45.2%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium1,613 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium1,316 claims

Ezetimibe1,238 claims

Pioglitazone Hcl967 claims

Empagliflozin830 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$3K

Education$65

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where George 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). 50 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
SUTTER GOULD MEDICAL FOUNDATION	915	5,438
SOOD, SURENDRA	95	123
BONDI, TRACY	67	137
James Summers Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	65	118
Brian Wistow Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	61	104
David Li Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	54	84
Qasim Barra Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	47	57
DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER OF MODESTO, INC.	38	54
Ronak Shah Nephrology · Modesto, CA	38	183
Yee-Hsiang Wang Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	36	59
DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER OF MODESTO, INC.	34	68
Cesar Tumakay Diagnostic Radiology · Modesto, CA	32	63

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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

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