Dr. Sam U. Ho, MD

  • Chicago, IL
  • Neurologist
NPI1851352272PAC ID8325164213
Medicare services, 2024
618
Medicare patients, 2024
229
Part D claims, 2024
1,036
Publications
11
MIPS score, 2024
95
Practice address
259 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
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Primary practice

Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Lavin Family Pavilion Recovery Room - HOPD

Acute Care Hospital outpatient department · Chicago, Illinois

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Dr. Sam U. Ho is a neurologist in Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Ho practices at Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Lavin Family Pavilion Recovery Room - HOPD in Chicago, Illinois.

Dr. Ho's NPI, 1851352272, was assigned on March 28, 2006. Dr. Ho graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School in 1973. Dr. Ho holds Illinois license 036-049378.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
8325164213
NPI enumeration date
March 28, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
79
Medical school graduation
1973

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Sam U. Ho practices at Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Lavin Family Pavilion Recovery Room - HOPD in Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Ho's primary practice is Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Lavin Family Pavilion Recovery Room - HOPD, at 259 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611.

  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Lavin Family Pavilion Recovery Room - HOPD
    259 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611

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Dr. Sam U. Ho is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Ho's primary practice is Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Lavin Family Pavilion Recovery Room - HOPD in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Ho is also affiliated with Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ho to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account. Dr. Ho's employer is on file too: a hospital.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Sam U. Ho's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ho practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Lavin Family Pavilion Recovery Room - HOPDAvailable with a free account
+2 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Sam U. Ho is one of 822 neurologists in Illinois

Neurology is Dr. Ho's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084N0400X. Dr. Ho is licensed in Illinois.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Neurology, IllinoisPrimaryLicense 036-049378 · taxonomy 2084N0400X

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Dr. Sam U. Ho billed Medicare for 618 services in 2024

CMS data shows 618 Medicare services from Dr. Ho across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 229 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $40,840 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024618
Medicare patients229
Paid by Medicare$40,840
Procedure codes5

Dr. Ho's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3752024: 32613%
Other services
2023: 02024: 292

Dr. Ho compared with the Illinois median for neurologists, 2024

  • Dr. Ho
  • Illinois median
Medicare services
618vs 40154% above
Medicare patients
229vs 225Close to median
Part D claims
912vs 3182.9 times

Medians across 747 neurologists in Illinois with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Ho'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. Sam U. Ho treated 229 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 229 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ho in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 102 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 74% have high blood pressure. 10% 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. Ho's median patient age at 56, with 68% women.

Medicare patients, 2024229
Average age76
Average risk score1.24
Also on Medicaid10%

Dr. Ho's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Ho's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women13860%
  • Men9140%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Ho's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure74%
  3. Arthritis57%
  4. Ischemic heart disease26%
  5. Mood disorders26%
  6. Anxiety25%
  7. Diabetes25%
  8. Osteoporosis24%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Ho's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 56

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women68%
  • Men32%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Sam U. Ho wrote 1,036 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Ho wrote 1,036 Medicare Part D claims for 191 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 912 of them, across 22 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $412,340 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 826 claims across 22 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,036
Drugs named by CMS22
Total drug cost$412,340
Part D patients191

Dr. Ho's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic930 claims90%
  • Brand-name106 claims10%

Dr. Ho'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.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 8262024: 91210%

Drugs named by CMS: 22 in 2024, 22 in 2023.

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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. Sam U. Ho scored 95 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Ho for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Ho accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Ho as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Ho's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 95of 100Final score
  • 83of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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. Sam U. Ho has 11 publications on record

Dmand AI links 11 papers to Dr. Ho, published from 2013 to 2025. 2022 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Swine, COVID-19 and Fatigue. Dr. Ho has published most often in Hum Immunol. Dr. Ho's most frequent co-authors are Roumen D. Balabanov, MD, Yuting Patrick Chiang and Edith Graham, MD.

Papers11
Years published2013 to 2025

Dr. Ho's papers by year, 2013 to 2025

Topics Dr. Ho writes about most

  • Swine
  • COVID-19
  • Fatigue
  • Graft Rejection
  • Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome

Dr. Ho's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Ho

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Dr. Sam U. Ho received $2,568 in industry payments from 2020 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 15 general payments to Dr. Ho from 7 drug and device companies from 2020 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 85% of the total. One Lambda, Inc. paid the most, $2,187.

General payments to Dr. Ho by program year, 2020 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Ho by kind, 2020 to 2025

$2.6Kin total
  • Travel and lodging$2,18785%
  • Food and beverage$38115%

Companies that paid Dr. Ho the most, 2020 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Sam U. Ho graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School

Dr. Ho graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School in 1973.

  1. Medical schoolNorthwestern University Feinberg Medical School

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Sources for Dr. Sam U. Ho's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Sam U. Ho's NPI number?

Dr. Sam U. Ho's NPI number is 1851352272. It was assigned on March 28, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Sam U. Ho?

Dr. Sam U. Ho is a neurologist in Chicago, Illinois. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Neurology Physician (taxonomy code 2084N0400X).

Where does Dr. Sam U. Ho practice?

Dr. Ho practices at 259 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611. Dr. Ho's primary practice is Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Lavin Family Pavilion Recovery Room - HOPD in Chicago, Illinois. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ho to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Sam U. Ho's medical license number?

Dr. Ho holds Illinois license 036-049378.

Which hospitals is Dr. Sam U. Ho affiliated with?

Dr. Ho is affiliated with Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Sam U. Ho part of?

Dr. Ho is linked to Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation.

Does Dr. Sam U. Ho accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ho billed Medicare for 618 services in 2024, and Dr. Ho accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Sam U. Ho offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Ho as offering telehealth services.

What is Dr. Sam U. Ho's MIPS score?

Dr. Ho's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 95 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Sam U. Ho see?

CMS counts 229 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ho in 2024, with an average age of 76.

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What services does Dr. Sam U. Ho bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Ho's most billed Medicare services were medicare service (G2211), office visit, established patient (99214) and office visit, new patient (99205).

Where did Dr. Sam U. Ho go to medical school?

Dr. Ho graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School in 1973.

What drugs does Dr. Sam U. Ho prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ho's most prescribed drugs by claims were Gabapentin, Metoprolol Succinate and Carbidopa-Levodopa.

Has Dr. Sam U. Ho received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $2,568 in general payments to Dr. Ho from 7 companies from 2020 to 2025. The largest total came from One Lambda, Inc.

How long has Dr. Sam U. Ho been practicing?

Dr. Ho graduated from medical school in 1973, 53 years ago.

Does Dr. Sam U. Ho do research?

Dmand AI links 11 publications to Dr. Ho, published from 2013 to 2025.

Who does Dr. Sam U. Ho publish with?

Dr. Ho's most frequent co-authors are Roumen D. Balabanov, MD (2 shared papers), Yuting Patrick Chiang (2 shared papers) and Edith Graham, MD (2 shared papers).

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