Dr. Kara Wei Wei Chew, MD

Dr. Chew practices at Western Health Center in Los Angeles, California.

Dr. Chew's NPI, 1013116557, was assigned on July 14, 2007. Dr. Chew graduated from Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 2005. Dr. Chew holds California license A99247.

Dr. Chew's primary practice is Western Health Center, at 3834 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90062. The practice phone is (323) 730-3507.

Dr. Chew's primary practice is Western Health Center in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Chew is also affiliated with Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. The medical group on file is UCLA Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chew to 1 more hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Chew practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Infectious disease is Dr. Chew's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0200X. Dr. Chew is licensed in California.

CMS data shows 67 Medicare services from Dr. Chew across 2 procedure codes in 2024, for 43 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $7,039 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 43 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chew in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 23 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 56% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 4.78, 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. Chew's median patient age at 51, with 34% women.

In 2024, Dr. Chew wrote 97 Medicare Part D claims. 58% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 53 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $101,244 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 187 claims across 9 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 88 out of 100 for Dr. Chew for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Chew accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 42 papers to Dr. Chew, published from 2011 to 2025. 2022 was the busiest year, with 8. The most frequent topics are HIV Infections, COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2. Dr. Chew has published most often in Clin Infect Dis. Dr. Chew's most frequent co-authors are Eric S. Daar, MD, Jonathan Zheng Li, MD and Joseph J. Eron, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Chew to 2 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Hepatitis C and Flaviviridae Infections.

CMS Open Payments shows 7 general payments to Dr. Chew from 3 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 89% of the total. Shionogi Inc paid the most, $3,293. It also lists 2 research payments totaling $4,600 in 2023.

Dr. Chew graduated from Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 2005.