Dr. Timothy Truong, MD

Dr. Truong practices at Alameda Health System - Highland Hospital in Oakland, California, part of Alameda County.

Dr. Truong's NPI, 1013576644, was assigned on June 7, 2019. Dr. Truong graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2019. Dr. Truong holds California license A182560.

Dr. Truong's primary practice is Alameda Health System - Highland Hospital, at 1411 East 31st Street, Oakland, CA 94602 in Alameda County. The practice phone is (510) 437-4800.

Dr. Truong's primary practice is Alameda Health System - Highland Hospital in Oakland, California, part of Alameda County. The medical group on file is Alameda Health System. Dmand AI also links Dr. Truong to 1 more community health center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Truong's employer is on file too: a hospital.

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

Ophthalmology is Dr. Truong's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Truong is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dmand AI has Dr. Truong's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Utah.

Dmand AI lists cataract and glaucoma among the conditions Dr. Truong treats.

CMS data shows 138 Medicare services from Dr. Truong across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 150 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $12,764 for them.

CMS counts 150 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Truong in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 66 patients. 72% of them have high blood pressure, and 57% have high cholesterol. 44% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.26, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Truong's median patient age at 65, with 45% women.

In 2024, Dr. Truong wrote 2,498 Medicare Part D claims for 690 patients. 73% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,386 of them, across 28 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $189,811 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 923 claims across 15 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Truong for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Truong accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 104 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Truong, more than 75% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 11 papers to Dr. Truong, published from 2018 to 2025. 2018 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Eye Injuries, Brain Injuries, Traumatic and Firearms. Dr. Truong's most frequent co-authors are Joyce Mbekeani, Rona Zel Silkiss, MD and Kasra Eliasieh, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Truong to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Benign essential blepharospasm and Blepharospasm.

CMS Open Payments shows 40 general payments to Dr. Truong from 12 drug and device companies from 2020 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $1,186.

Dr. Truong graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2019. Dr. Truong is a member of AAO, American Glaucoma Society, ASCRS, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and Chinese American Ophthalmological Society (CAOS).

Dr. Truong is in network with 10 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Cigna. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.