What is Ming-Chih Kao's specialty?

Ming-Chih Kao (NPI 1922282870) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Pain Management in Stanford, CA.

Where does Ming-Chih Kao practice?

Ming-Chih Kao practices in Stanford, CA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1922282870.

How much does Medicare pay Ming-Chih Kao?

Ming-Chih Kao (NPI 1922282870) received approximately $104K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 308 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1922282870

Ming-Chih KaoMD

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Pain ManagementStanford, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

720

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

16,869

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$95K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 293 Pain Management providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 1,687).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

584

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$29K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

2.4%

Top prescribed drugs

Duloxetine Hcl121 claims

Pregabalin103 claims

Gabapentin96 claims

Baclofen73 claims

Buprenorphine32 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

88.5

Quality

87.1

Cost

69.5

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.57%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Ming-Chih Kao'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). 2 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Michael Leong Pain Management · Stanford, CA	19	61
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA	12	44

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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