Dr. Jonathan B. Kao, MD

  • Mesa, AZ
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1295779684PAC ID8729082060
Medicare services, 2024
3,534
Medicare patients, 2024
736
Part D claims, 2024
1,530
MIPS score, 2024
75
Industry payments
$2,428
Practice address
5620 East Broadway Road, Ste 102, Mesa, AZ 85206
Practice phone
Call (480) 739-1658
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Primary practice

East Valley Outpatient Surgery Center

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Mesa, Arizona

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Dr. Jonathan B. Kao is an ophthalmologist in Mesa, Arizona

Dr. Kao practices at East Valley Outpatient Surgery Center in Mesa, Arizona.

Dr. Kao's NPI, 1295779684, was assigned on June 15, 2006. Dr. Kao graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School in 2002. Dr. Kao holds Arizona license 37351.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8729082060
NPI enumeration date
June 15, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(480) 739-1658
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
50
Medical school graduation
2002

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Jonathan B. Kao practices at East Valley Outpatient Surgery Center in Mesa, Arizona

Dr. Kao's primary practice is East Valley Outpatient Surgery Center, at 5620 East Broadway Road, Ste 102, Mesa, AZ 85206. The practice phone is (480) 739-1658.

  • East Valley Outpatient Surgery Center
    5620 East Broadway Road, Ste 102, Mesa, AZ 85206Phone(480) 739-1658

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Dr. Jonathan B. Kao is affiliated with 1 site of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Kao's primary practice is East Valley Outpatient Surgery Center in Mesa, Arizona. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kao to 1 medical group, named with a free account.

East Valley Outpatient Surgery CenterSurgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Mesa, ArizonaPrimary
1 medical groupName with a free accountParent health systemName with a free account
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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Jonathan B. Kao's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
East Valley Outpatient Surgery CenterAvailable with a free account
+1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Jonathan B. Kao is one of 293 ophthalmologists in Arizona

Ophthalmology is Dr. Kao's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Kao's licenses on file in 2 states: Arizona and Missouri.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, ArizonaPrimaryLicense 37351 · taxonomy 207W00000X
  • Missouri licenseLicense 2006007890

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Kao

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Dr. Jonathan B. Kao billed Medicare for 3,534 services in 2024

CMS data shows 3,534 Medicare services from Dr. Kao across 23 procedure codes in 2024, for 736 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $252,528 for them.

Medicare services, 20243,534
Medicare patients736
Paid by Medicare$252,528
Procedure codes23

Dr. Kao's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 3,1632024: 3,0902%
Surgery
2023: 3692024: 3731%
Imaging
2023: 712024: 71No change
Office and hospital visits
2023: 642024: 0100%

Where Dr. Kao's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office3,24292%
  • In a facility2928%

Dr. Kao compared with the Arizona median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Kao
  • Arizona median
Medicare services
3,534vs 1,7092.1 times
Medicare patients
736vs 59125% above
Part D claims
1,391vs 6542.1 times

Medians across 293 ophthalmologists in Arizona with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Kao's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Jonathan B. Kao treated 736 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 736 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kao in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 358 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 69% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.14, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kao's median patient age at 75, with 60% women.

Medicare patients, 2024736
Average age76
Average risk score1.14

Dr. Kao's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Kao's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women43860%
  • Men29840%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Kao's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure69%
  3. Arthritis53%
  4. Ischemic heart disease31%
  5. Diabetes27%
  6. Chronic kidney disease26%
  7. Anxiety19%
  8. Atrial fibrillation19%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Kao's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 75

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women60%
  • Men39%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Jonathan B. Kao wrote 1,530 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Kao wrote 1,530 Medicare Part D claims for 413 patients. 62% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,391 of them, across 12 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $35,020 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,244 claims across 15 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,530
Drugs named by CMS12
Total drug cost$35,020
Part D patients413

Dr. Kao's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic947 claims62%
  • Brand-name583 claims38%

Dr. Kao's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Kao's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics1%13 of 1,530 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1,2442024: 1,39112%

Drugs named by CMS: 12 in 2024, 15 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Jonathan B. Kao scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Kao for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Kao accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 298 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Kao, more than 89% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
MIPS final score, 2024
75 of 100

Where Dr. Kao ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
89th percentile298 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Jonathan B. Kao received $2,428 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 45 general payments to Dr. Kao from 19 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 96% of the total. RxSight Inc paid the most, $395.

General payments to Dr. Kao by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Kao by kind, 2016 to 2025

$2.4Kin total
  • Food and beverage$2,33896%
  • Gifts$532%
  • Education$382%

Companies that paid Dr. Kao the most, 2016 to 2025

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Jonathan B. Kao graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School

Dr. Kao graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School in 2002.

  1. Medical schoolNorthwestern University Feinberg Medical School

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Jonathan B. Kao's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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Frequently asked questions about Dr. Jonathan B. Kao

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What is Dr. Jonathan B. Kao's NPI number?

Dr. Jonathan B. Kao's NPI number is 1295779684. It was assigned on June 15, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Jonathan B. Kao?

Dr. Jonathan B. Kao is an ophthalmologist in Mesa, Arizona. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Jonathan B. Kao practice?

Dr. Kao practices at 5620 East Broadway Road, Ste 102, Mesa, AZ 85206. Dr. Kao's primary practice is East Valley Outpatient Surgery Center in Mesa, Arizona. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kao to 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Jonathan B. Kao's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Kao is (480) 739-1658.

What is Dr. Jonathan B. Kao's medical license number?

Dr. Kao holds Arizona license 37351, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Jonathan B. Kao been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Kao in Arizona and Missouri.

Does Dr. Jonathan B. Kao accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kao billed Medicare for 3,534 services in 2024, and Dr. Kao accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Jonathan B. Kao's MIPS score?

Dr. Kao's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Jonathan B. Kao see?

CMS counts 736 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kao in 2024, with an average age of 76.

What services does Dr. Jonathan B. Kao bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Kao's most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92014), eye exam or test (92250) and eye exam or test (92012).

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Where did Dr. Jonathan B. Kao go to medical school?

Dr. Kao graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School in 2002.

What drugs does Dr. Jonathan B. Kao prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kao's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisolone Acetate, Ofloxacin and Ketorolac Tromethamine.

Has Dr. Jonathan B. Kao received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $2,428 in general payments to Dr. Kao from 19 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from RxSight Inc.

How long has Dr. Jonathan B. Kao been practicing?

Dr. Kao graduated from medical school in 2002, 24 years ago.

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