Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng, MD

  • Santa Clara, CA
  • Hospitalist
NPI1508246968PAC ID9537470026
Medicare services, 2022
35
Part D claims, 2024
729
Publications
20
Hospital affiliations
1
Industry payments
$135
Practice address
710 Lawrence Expy, Santa Clara, CA 95051
Practice phone
Call (408) 851-1000
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

Permanente Medical Group Inc

Santa Clara, California

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Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng is a hospitalist in Santa Clara, California

Dr. Cheng practices at Permanente Medical Group Inc in Santa Clara, California.

Dr. Cheng's NPI, 1508246968, was assigned on June 1, 2015. Dr. Cheng graduated from Ohio State College of Medicine in 2015. Dr. Cheng's California license number on file is A154478.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9537470026
NPI enumeration date
June 1, 2015
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(408) 851-1000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
37
Medical school graduation
2015

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

Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng practices at Permanente Medical Group Inc in Santa Clara, California

Dr. Cheng's primary practice is Permanente Medical Group Inc, at 710 Lawrence Expy, Santa Clara, CA 95051 in Santa Clara County. The practice phone is (408) 851-1000.

  • Permanente Medical Group Inc
    710 Lawrence Expy, Santa Clara, CA 95051 · Santa Clara CountyPhone(408) 851-1000

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Cheng's primary practice is Permanente Medical Group Inc in Santa Clara, California. Dr. Cheng is also affiliated with Santa Clara Medical Center. The medical group on file is The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cheng to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Cheng practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Permanente Medical Group IncAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng is one of 3,186 hospitalists in California

Hospitalist is Dr. Cheng's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208M00000X. Dr. Cheng is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Cheng has a license on file in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Hospitalist, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A154478 · 2018 to 2025 · taxonomy 208M00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists heart attack among the conditions Dr. Cheng treats.

Hospitalists near Dr. Cheng

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng billed Medicare for 35 services in 2022

CMS data shows 35 Medicare services from Dr. Cheng across 2 procedure codes in 2022. Medicare paid $5,392 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 202235
Paid by Medicare$5,392
Procedure codes2

Dr. Cheng's Medicare services by type, 2021 to 2022

  • 2021
  • 2022
Office and hospital visits
2021: 552022: 3536%

Dr. Cheng compared with the California median for hospitalists, 2022

  • Dr. Cheng
  • California median
Medicare services
35vs 43092% below
Part D claims
654vs 699.5 times

Medians across 2,991 hospitalists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Cheng's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2022

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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

Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng's patients have a median age of 63

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Cheng's median patient age at 63, with 52% women.

Dr. Cheng's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 63

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women52%
  • Men47%

Source: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data

Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng wrote 729 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Cheng wrote 729 Medicare Part D claims for 595 patients. 95% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 654 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $16,760 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 546 claims across 7 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024729
Drugs named by CMS7
Total drug cost$16,760
Part D patients595

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

  • Generic693 claims95%
  • Brand-name36 claims5%

Dr. Cheng'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. Cheng's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics2%17 of 729 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: 5462024: 65420%

Drugs named by CMS: 7 in 2024, 7 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

How Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng takes part in Medicare

Dr. Cheng accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng has 20 publications on record

Dmand AI links 20 papers to Dr. Cheng, published from 2014 to 2023. 2020 was the busiest year, with 6. The most frequent topics are Fecal Microbiota Transplantation, Clostridium Infections and Liver Cirrhosis. Dr. Cheng has published most often in Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. Dr. Cheng's most frequent co-authors are Monika Fischer, MD, Marwan Samir Ghabril, MD and Eric S. Orman, MD.

Papers20
Years published2014 to 2023

Dr. Cheng's papers by year, 2014 to 2023

Topics Dr. Cheng writes about most

  • Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
  • Clostridium Infections
  • Liver Cirrhosis
  • Acute Kidney Injury
  • Clostridioides difficile
  • Colectomy
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Chloride Channels

Dr. Cheng's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Cheng

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng received $135 in industry payments from 2020 to 2021

CMS Open Payments shows 2 general payments to Dr. Cheng from 2 drug and device companies from 2020 to 2021. Education make up the largest share, 73% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $99.

General payments to Dr. Cheng by program year, 2020 to 2021

General payments to Dr. Cheng by kind, 2020 to 2021

$135in total
  • Education$9973%
  • Food and beverage$3627%

Companies that paid Dr. Cheng the most, 2020 to 2021

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng graduated from Ohio State College of Medicine

Dr. Cheng graduated from Ohio State College of Medicine in 2015.

  1. Medical schoolOhio State College of Medicine
  2. Board certified in gastroenterologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng accepts plans from 3 insurance carriers

Dr. Cheng is in network with 3 carriers, including Kaiser Permanente, United Healthcare and CMS Medicare. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 2. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Kaiser Permanente
  • United Healthcare
  • CMS Medicare

Plan types Dr. Cheng accepts, by number of carriers

  1. HMO2
  2. Medicare2
  3. POS2
  4. EPO1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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 Data
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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng's NPI number?

Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng's NPI number is 1508246968. It was assigned on June 1, 2015, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng?

Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng is a hospitalist in Santa Clara, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Hospitalist Physician (taxonomy code 208M00000X).

Where does Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng practice?

Dr. Cheng practices at 710 Lawrence Expy, Santa Clara, CA 95051. Dr. Cheng's primary practice is Permanente Medical Group Inc in Santa Clara, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cheng to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Cheng is (408) 851-1000.

What is Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng's medical license number?

Dr. Cheng's California license number on file is A154478.

Which hospitals is Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng affiliated with?

Dr. Cheng is affiliated with Santa Clara Medical Center.

What medical group is Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng part of?

Dr. Cheng is linked to The Permanente Medical Group, Inc.

Does Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Cheng billed Medicare for 35 services in 2022, and Dr. Cheng accepts Medicare assignment.

Is Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng board certified?

Yes. Dr. Cheng is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng bill to Medicare?

In 2022, Dr. Cheng's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99223) and hospital inpatient care (99222).

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Where did Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng go to medical school?

Dr. Cheng graduated from Ohio State College of Medicine in 2015.

What drugs does Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Cheng's most prescribed drugs by claims were Gavilyte-C, Omeprazole and Famotidine.

Has Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $135 in general payments to Dr. Cheng from 2 companies from 2020 to 2021. The largest total came from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

How long has Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng been practicing?

Dr. Cheng graduated from medical school in 2015, 11 years ago.

Does Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng do research?

Dmand AI links 20 publications to Dr. Cheng, published from 2014 to 2023.

Who does Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng publish with?

Dr. Cheng's most frequent co-authors are Monika Fischer, MD (9 shared papers), Marwan Samir Ghabril, MD (4 shared papers) and Eric S. Orman, MD (4 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Yao-Wen Cheng accept?

Dr. Cheng is in network with 3 carriers, including Kaiser Permanente, United Healthcare and CMS Medicare. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 2. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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