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Dr. Yangming Cao, MD
NPI1558339630PAC ID2668565623
- Medicare services, 2024
- 13,882
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 827
- Part D claims, 2024
- 3,328
- Publications
- 7
- Hospital affiliations
- 3
- Practice address
- 560 E Herndon Ave, Fresno, CA 93720
- Practice phone
- Call (615) 341-5278
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
DaVita Herndon Dialysis
Dialysis Center - Independent · Fresno, California
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Dr. Yangming Cao is a nephrologist in Fresno, California
Dr. Cao practices at DaVita Herndon Dialysis in Fresno, California.
Dr. Cao's NPI, 1558339630, was assigned on March 14, 2006. Dr. Cao graduated from Fujian Medical University in 1988. Dr. Cao holds California license A81989.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1558339630NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 2668565623
- NPI enumeration date
- March 14, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (615) 341-5278
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 64
- Medical school graduation
- 1988
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Yangming Cao practices at DaVita Herndon Dialysis in Fresno, California
Dr. Cao's primary practice is DaVita Herndon Dialysis, at 560 E Herndon Ave, Fresno, CA 93720 in Fresno County. The practice phone is (615) 341-5278.
- DaVita Herndon Dialysis560 E Herndon Ave, Fresno, CA 93720 · Fresno CountyPhone(615) 341-5278
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Yangming Cao is affiliated with 11 sites of care and 3 medical groups
Dr. Cao's primary practice is DaVita Herndon Dialysis in Fresno, California. Dr. Cao is also affiliated with Community Regional Medical Center. The medical group on file is The Nephrology Group, Inc. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cao to 2 more hospitals, 4 dialysis centers, 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.
DaVita Herndon DialysisPrimary
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Yangming Cao's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Cao practices, 11 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| DaVita Herndon Dialysis | Available with a free account |
| +10 more sites and 2 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Yangming Cao is one of 1,401 nephrologists in California
Nephrology is Dr. Cao's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Cao is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Cao's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Louisiana.
Specialties and state licenses
- Nephrology, CaliforniaPrimary
- Louisiana license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists acute kidney failure, chronic kidney disease, fluid and electrolyte imbalances and kidney cysts among the conditions Dr. Cao treats.
Nephrologists near Dr. Cao
Counts of nephrologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Yangming Cao billed Medicare for 13,882 services in 2024
CMS data shows 13,882 Medicare services from Dr. Cao across 43 procedure codes in 2024, for 827 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $410,040 for them.
Medicare services, 202413,882
Medicare patients827
Paid by Medicare$410,040
Procedure codes43
Dr. Cao's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 5,3062024: 5,5234%
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 4,3822024: 4,2792%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,6652024: 1,8149%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1,2282024: 1,00418%
- Surgery
- 2023: 6282024: 6534%
- Other services
- 2023: 02024: 572
- Imaging
- 2023: 242024: 3754%
Where Dr. Cao's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office12,74192%
- In a facility1,1418%
Dr. Cao compared with the California median for nephrologists, 2024
- Dr. Cao
- California median
- Medicare services
- 13,882vs 1,08412.8 times
- Medicare patients
- 827vs 3072.7 times
- Part D claims
- 3,008vs 9553.1 times
Medians across 1,355 nephrologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Cao's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
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. Yangming Cao treated 827 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73
CMS counts 827 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cao in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 289 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 56% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 4.38, 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. Cao's median patient age at 69, with 48% women.
Medicare patients, 2024827
Average age73
Average risk score4.38
Also on Medicaid56%
Dr. Cao's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Cao's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women43553%
- Men39247%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Cao's Medicare patients, 2024
- Chronic kidney disease75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Diabetes72%
- Heart failure54%
- Ischemic heart disease50%
- Arthritis43%
- Atrial fibrillation33%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Cao's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 69
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women48%
- Men51%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Yangming Cao wrote 3,328 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Cao wrote 3,328 Medicare Part D claims for 639 patients. 82% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,008 of them, across 45 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $599,784 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,798 claims across 45 drugs.
Part D claims, 20243,328
Drugs named by CMS45
Total drug cost$599,784
Part D patients639
Dr. Cao's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic2,742 claims82%
- Brand-name586 claims18%
Dr. Cao'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. Cao's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics1%28 of 3,328 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: 2,7982024: 3,0088%
Drugs named by CMS: 45 in 2024, 45 in 2023.
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
Dr. Yangming Cao offers telehealth to Medicare patients
Dr. Cao accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Cao as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Yangming Cao has 7 publications on record
Dmand AI links 7 papers to Dr. Cao, published from 2012 to 2022. Dr. Cao's most frequent co-authors are William J. Dominic, MD, Stevan R. Knezevich and Mariya Kochubey, MD.
Papers7
Years published2012 to 2022
Dr. Cao's papers by year, 2012 to 2022
Dr. Cao's most frequent co-authors
- William J. Dominic, MD1 shared paper
- Stevan R. Knezevich1 shared paper
- Mariya Kochubey, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Cao
Acute Kidney InjuryApoptosisAtorvastatin
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg
DyspareuniaEpitheliumHypertrophy
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Yangming Cao received $2,625 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 105 general payments to Dr. Cao from 26 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Amgen Inc. paid the most, $591.
General payments to Dr. Cao by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Cao by kind, 2016 to 2025
$2.6Kin total
- Food and beverage$2,59599%
- Education$301%
Companies that paid Dr. Cao the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Yangming Cao graduated from Fujian Medical University
Dr. Cao graduated from Fujian Medical University in 1988.
- Medical school
- Board certified in internal medicine
- Board certified in nephrology
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Yangming Cao accepts plans from 15 insurance carriers
Dr. Cao is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Elevance
- Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- United Healthcare
- Kaiser Permanente
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- HCSC
- +7 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Cao accepts, by number of carriers
- Medicare10
- HMO8
- PPO8
- POS7
- EPO5
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Yangming Cao's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Yangming Cao's NPI number?
Dr. Yangming Cao's NPI number is 1558339630. It was assigned on March 14, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Yangming Cao?
Dr. Yangming Cao is a nephrologist in Fresno, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).
Where does Dr. Yangming Cao practice?
Dr. Cao practices at 560 E Herndon Ave, Fresno, CA 93720. Dr. Cao's primary practice is DaVita Herndon Dialysis in Fresno, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cao to 2 hospitals, 4 dialysis centers, 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.
What is Dr. Yangming Cao's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Cao is (615) 341-5278.
What is Dr. Yangming Cao's medical license number?
Dr. Cao holds California license A81989, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Yangming Cao been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Cao in California (2003 to 2026) and Louisiana (2001 to 2003).
Which hospitals is Dr. Yangming Cao affiliated with?
Dr. Cao is affiliated with Community Regional Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Cao to 2 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Yangming Cao part of?
Dr. Cao is linked to The Nephrology Group, Inc. Dmand AI links Dr. Cao to 2 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Yangming Cao accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Cao billed Medicare for 13,882 services in 2024, and Dr. Cao accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Yangming Cao offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Cao as offering telehealth services.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Yangming Cao see?
CMS counts 827 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cao in 2024, with an average age of 73.
Is Dr. Yangming Cao board certified?
Yes. Dr. Cao is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
What services does Dr. Yangming Cao bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Cao's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J0885), surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415) and medicare service (G2211).
Where did Dr. Yangming Cao go to medical school?
Dr. Cao graduated from Fujian Medical University in 1988.
What drugs does Dr. Yangming Cao prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Cao's most prescribed drugs by claims were Furosemide, Potassium Chloride and Lisinopril.
Has Dr. Yangming Cao received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $2,625 in general payments to Dr. Cao from 26 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Amgen Inc.
How long has Dr. Yangming Cao been practicing?
Dr. Cao graduated from medical school in 1988, 38 years ago.
Does Dr. Yangming Cao do research?
Dmand AI links 7 publications to Dr. Cao, published from 2012 to 2022.
Who does Dr. Yangming Cao publish with?
Dr. Cao's most frequent co-authors are William J. Dominic, MD (1 shared paper), Stevan R. Knezevich (1 shared paper) and Mariya Kochubey, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. Yangming Cao accept?
Dr. Cao is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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