What is Thomas Chai's specialty?

Thomas Chai (NPI 1902954365) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Houston, TX.

Where does Thomas Chai practice?

Thomas Chai practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1902954365.

How much does Medicare pay Thomas Chai?

Thomas Chai (NPI 1902954365) received approximately $59K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 332 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1902954365

Thomas ChaiM.D.

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Physical Medicine and RehabilitationHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

501

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

733

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$53K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 599 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation providers in TX — below median (cohort median 1,459).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

4,072

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$170K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

37.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen1,035 claims

Gabapentin440 claims

Oxycodone Hcl403 claims

Hydromorphone Hcl248 claims

Methadone Hcl230 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.3

Quality

70.8

Cost

67.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.39%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$49

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$49

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$49

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Thomas Chai'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). 9 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER	179	1,008
Jenny Pozadzides Hematology-Oncology · Houston, TX	25	136
Douglas Nelson Medical Oncology · Louisville, KY	16	127
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	15	51
William Murphy Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	14	30
MCENERY, KEVIN	13	18
Elie Mouhayar Cardiology · Houston, TX	12	17
Rajendra Kumar Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	11	17
Michele Steffek Physician Assistant · Houston, TX	11	36

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.

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