Dr. Lu Chen, MD

Dr. Chen practices at MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, California.

Dr. Chen's NPI, 1679935050, was assigned on March 24, 2016. Dr. Chen holds New York license 301388.

Dr. Chen's primary practice is MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center, at 18111 Brookhurst St, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 in Orange County. The practice phone is (714) 378-7000.

Dr. Chen's primary practice is MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, California. Dr. Chen is also affiliated with Orange Coast Medical Center. The medical group on file is California Heart Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chen to 2 more hospitals, 2 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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

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

CMS data shows 19 Medicare services from Dr. Chen across 1 procedure code in 2023, for 11 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $2,033 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 11 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chen in 2024. Their average risk score is 4.25, 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. Chen's median patient age at 76, with 46% women.

In 2019, Dr. Chen wrote 12 Medicare Part D claims. Every claim was for a generic drug. They cover 1 drug, with $415 in total drug cost. In 2018, CMS named 33 claims across 3 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Chen for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Chen accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Chen as offering telehealth. CMS counts 21 procedures of pacemaker insertion or repair by Dr. Chen, more than 72% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

CMS Open Payments shows 762 general payments to Dr. Chen from 37 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2025. Grants make up the largest share, 42% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $53,396.