Dr. Richard T. Tu, MD

Dr. Tu practices at Dignity Health - Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael, California, part of CommonSpirit Health.

Dr. Tu's NPI, 1982701918, was assigned on September 20, 2006. Dr. Tu graduated from University Institute of Medicine 1 in 1988. Dr. Tu holds California license A54032.

Dr. Tu's primary practice is Dignity Health - Mercy San Juan Medical Center, at 6501 Coyle Ave, Carmichael, CA 95608 in Sacramento County. The practice phone is (916) 537-5000.

Dr. Tu's primary practice is Dignity Health - Mercy San Juan Medical Center in Carmichael, California, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dr. Tu is also affiliated with Dignity Health - Woodland Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is Mercy Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Tu to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Tu practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Hospitalist is Dr. Tu's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208M00000X. Dr. Tu is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Tu's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Ohio.

Dmand AI lists acute diabetes, acute stomach ulcer, anemia, bile duct problems, cardiac arrhythmia, cellulitis, circulation problems and circulatory problems in extremities among the conditions Dr. Tu treats.

CMS data shows 717 Medicare services from Dr. Tu across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 259 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $60,579 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 259 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Tu in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 93 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 61% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.83, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Tu's median patient age at 65, with 48% women.

In 2024, Dr. Tu wrote 534 Medicare Part D claims for 202 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 249 of them, across 14 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $16,794 in total drug cost.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Tu for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Tu accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 5 papers to Dr. Tu, published from 2010 to 2011. The most frequent topics are Cells, Cultured, Disease Models, Animal and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation. Dr. Tu has published most often in Biochem Biophys Res Commun. Dr. Tu's most frequent co-authors are Michael J. Mann, MD, John Young Cha, MD and Joseph Hopkins Rapp, MD.

Dr. Tu graduated from University Institute of Medicine 1 in 1988. Dr. Tu is a member of ACP and SHM.

Dr. Tu is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.