Dr. Chau Minh Ngo, MD

Dr. Ngo practices at Laguna Beach Community Clinic in Laguna Beach, California.

Dr. Ngo's NPI, 1477613339, was assigned on December 11, 2006. Dr. Ngo holds California license G72718.

Dr. Ngo's primary practice is Laguna Beach Community Clinic, at 362 Third Street, Suite 2, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 in Orange County. The practice phone is (949) 494-0761.

Dr. Ngo's primary practice is Laguna Beach Community Clinic in Laguna Beach, California. Dr. Ngo is also affiliated with Providence Mission Hospital. The medical group on file is Laguna Beach Community Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ngo to 1 more medical group, named with a free account. Dr. Ngo's employer is on file too: a community health center (fqhc).

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

Internal medicine is Dr. Ngo's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Ngo is licensed in California.

Dmand AI lists acute gastroduodenitis, acute sinusitis, anxiety, asthma, benign or precancerous skin growths, chronic anemia, chronic diabetes and chronic hypertension among the conditions Dr. Ngo treats.

CMS data shows 89 Medicare services from Dr. Ngo across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 70 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,381 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 70 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ngo in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 38 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 53% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.24, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ngo's median patient age at 57, with 48% women.

In 2024, Dr. Ngo wrote 2,694 Medicare Part D claims for 135 patients. 74% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,318 of them, across 62 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,233,873 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,352 claims across 67 drugs.

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

CMS Open Payments shows 51 general payments to Dr. Ngo from 9 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 88% of the total. Pfizer Inc. paid the most, $9,414.

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