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Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho, MD
NPI1780770453PAC ID5991862831
- Medicare services, 2024
- 251
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 88
- Part D claims, 2024
- 715
- Clinical trials
- 5
- MIPS score, 2024
- 82
- Practice address
- 516 W Aten Rd, Imperial, CA 92251
- Practice phone
- Call (760) 355-7730
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group APC
Imperial, California
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Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho is a psychiatrist in Imperial, California
Dr. Cho practices at Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group APC in Imperial, California.
Dr. Cho's NPI, 1780770453, was assigned on October 4, 2006. Dr. Cho graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans - School of Medicine in 1995. Dr. Cho holds California license A62871.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1780770453NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 5991862831
- NPI enumeration date
- October 4, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (760) 355-7730
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 57
- Medical school graduation
- 1995
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho practices at Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group APC in Imperial, California
Dr. Cho's primary practice is Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group APC, at 516 W Aten Rd, Imperial, CA 92251 in Imperial County. The practice phone is (760) 355-7730.
- Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group APC516 W Aten Rd, Imperial, CA 92251 · Imperial CountyPhone(760) 355-7730
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 6 medical groups
Dr. Cho's primary practice is Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group APC in Imperial, California. Dr. Cho is also affiliated with Mission Community Hospital. The medical group on file is Coalinga State Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cho to 5 more medical groups and 3 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.
Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group APCPrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Cho practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group APC | Available with a free account |
| +4 more sites and 5 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho is one of 6,803 psychiatrists in California
Psychiatry is Dr. Cho's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084P0800X. Dr. Cho is board certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Cho is licensed in California.
Specialties and state licenses
- Psychiatry, CaliforniaPrimary
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists adjustment disease, anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression and schizophrenia among the conditions Dr. Cho treats.
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho billed Medicare for 251 services in 2024
CMS data shows 251 Medicare services from Dr. Cho across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 88 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $24,115 for them.
Medicare services, 2024251
Medicare patients88
Paid by Medicare$24,115
Procedure codes5
Dr. Cho's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1382024: 23570%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 02024: 16
Where Dr. Cho's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office18473%
- In a facility6727%
Dr. Cho compared with the California median for psychiatrists, 2024
- Dr. Cho
- California median
- Medicare services
- 251vs 1192.1 times
- Medicare patients
- 88vs 412.1 times
- Part D claims
- 614vs 1444.3 times
Medians across 6,809 psychiatrists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Cho'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. Austina Bongnai Cho treated 88 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 59
CMS counts 88 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cho in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 46 patients. 75% of them have anxiety, and 75% have depression. 73% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.05, 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. Cho's median patient age at 30, with 63% women.
Medicare patients, 202488
Average age59
Average risk score2.05
Also on Medicaid73%
Dr. Cho's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Cho's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women3944%
- Men4956%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Cho's Medicare patients, 2024
- Anxiety75%
- Depression75%
- Mood disorders75%
- High cholesterol74%
- High blood pressure73%
- Bipolar disorder57%
- Arthritis51%
- Schizophrenia and other psychoses50%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Cho's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 30
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women63%
- Men37%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho wrote 715 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Cho wrote 715 Medicare Part D claims for 35 patients. 95% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 614 of them, across 24 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $12,115 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 628 claims across 23 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024715
Drugs named by CMS24
Total drug cost$12,115
Part D patients35
Dr. Cho's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic681 claims95%
- Brand-name and other34 claims5%
Dr. Cho'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. Cho's Part D claims, 2024
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over6%43 of 715 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: 6282024: 6142%
Drugs named by CMS: 24 in 2024, 23 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. Austina Bongnai Cho scored 82 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 82 out of 100 for Dr. Cho for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Cho accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Cho as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Dr. Cho's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 82of 100Final score
- 75of 100Quality
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 51of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho has worked on 5 clinical trials
Dmand AI links Dr. Cho to 5 clinical trials, 2 of them phase 3 studies. Conditions studied include Colitis, Ulcerative, Colitis and Crohn Disease. Shire sponsors the most, 3. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Cho that name 1 trial.
Conditions in Dr. Cho's trials
- Colitis, Ulcerative
- Colitis
- Crohn Disease
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Epilepsy
Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Cho
- Anis A. Ahmadi, MD3 shared trials
- Dilawar Ajani, MD3 shared trials
- Curtis Eugene Bazemore, MD3 shared trials
Recent clinical trials with Dr. Cho
Crohn DiseaseInflammatory Bowel DiseasesOntamalimab
Colitis, UlcerativeColitisOntamalimab
Colitis, UlcerativeColitis25 mg Ontamalimab75 mg Ontamalimab
$38,444 in research paymentsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diabetes MellitusInsulin GlargineTirzepatide
Sources: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026; ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho received $4,421 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 147 general payments to Dr. Cho from 16 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 95% of the total. Allergan Inc. paid the most, $673. It also lists 9 research payments totaling $51,771 from 2019 to 2023, naming 1 clinical trial.
General payments to Dr. Cho by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Cho by kind, 2016 to 2025
$4.4Kin total
- Food and beverage$4,21995%
- Consulting fees$1503%
- Education$521%
Companies that paid Dr. Cho 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. Austina Bongnai Cho has 3 awards and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Cho.
Awards and honors for Dr. Cho
- Undated
- HealthTap Top Psychiatrist in CA
- Summer 2013; Spring 2014; Hippocrates Award, National, Spring 2014
- Thought Leader CA, Spring 2016
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans - School of Medicine
Dr. Cho graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans - School of Medicine in 1995. Dr. Cho is a member of AMA, APA and Southern CA Psychiatric Society.
- Medical school
- Board certified in psychiatry
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho accepts plans from 14 insurance carriers
Dr. Cho is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Elevance
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- United Healthcare
- HCSC
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Molina
- Regence Health Plans
- +6 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Cho accepts, by number of carriers
- Medicare9
- HMO8
- PPO7
- POS5
- EPO4
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho'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 | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Clinical trials and co-investigators | ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Awards and committee roles | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| 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. Austina Bongnai Cho's NPI number?
Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho's NPI number is 1780770453. It was assigned on October 4, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho?
Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho is a psychiatrist in Imperial, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Psychiatry Physician (taxonomy code 2084P0800X).
Where does Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho practice?
Dr. Cho practices at 516 W Aten Rd, Imperial, CA 92251. Dr. Cho's primary practice is Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group APC in Imperial, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cho to 5 medical groups and 3 group practices and clinics.
What is Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Cho is (760) 355-7730.
What is Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho's medical license number?
Dr. Cho holds California license A62871.
Which hospitals is Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho affiliated with?
Dr. Cho is affiliated with Mission Community Hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho part of?
Dr. Cho is linked to Coalinga State Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Cho to 5 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Cho billed Medicare for 251 services in 2024, and Dr. Cho accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Cho as offering telehealth services.
What is Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho's MIPS score?
Dr. Cho's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 82 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho see?
CMS counts 88 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cho in 2024, with an average age of 59.
Is Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho board certified?
Yes. Dr. Cho is board certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
What services does Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Cho's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), hospital inpatient care (99232) and office visit, established patient (99215).
Where did Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho go to medical school?
Dr. Cho graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans - School of Medicine in 1995.
What drugs does Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Cho's most prescribed drugs by claims were Lamotrigine, Clonazepam and Quetiapine Fumarate.
Has Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $4,421 in general payments to Dr. Cho from 16 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Allergan Inc.
How long has Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho been practicing?
Dr. Cho graduated from medical school in 1995, 31 years ago.
Does Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho do research?
Dr. Cho has worked on 5 clinical trials.
What insurance does Dr. Austina Bongnai Cho accept?
Dr. Cho is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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