Dr. Mengdi Yao, MD

Dr. Yao practices at Vascular Specialists in Olympia Fields, Illinois.

Dr. Yao's NPI, 1184073702, was assigned on June 4, 2016. Dr. Yao graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 2016. Dr. Yao holds Illinois license 036170094.

Dr. Yao's primary practice is Vascular Specialists, at 20060 Governors Dr, Olympia Fields, IL 60461 in Cook County. The practice phone is (815) 824-4406.

Dr. Yao's primary practice is Vascular Specialists in Olympia Fields, Illinois. Dr. Yao is also affiliated with Advocate Trinity Hospital. The medical group on file is Vascular Specialists. Dmand AI also links Dr. Yao to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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

Vascular surgery is Dr. Yao's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2086S0129X. Dmand AI has Dr. Yao's licenses on file in 2 states: Illinois and Massachusetts.

CMS data shows 389 Medicare services from Dr. Yao across 2 procedure codes in 2024, for 51 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,156 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 51 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Yao in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 18 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 29% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 4.93, 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. Yao's median patient age at 71, with 54% women.

In 2024, Dr. Yao wrote 19 Medicare Part D claims. 79% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 14 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $46 in total drug cost. In 2018, CMS named 12 claims across 1 drug.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 99 out of 100 for Dr. Yao for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Yao accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 27 procedures of leg revascularization (restoring blood flow) by Dr. Yao, more than 87% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Varicose vein removal: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 7 papers to Dr. Yao, published from 2018 to 2023. 2018 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Yao has published most often in Disaster Med Public Health Prep. Dr. Yao's most frequent co-authors are Lilian Chen, MD, Nikolay Bugaev, MD and Maria Ximena Traa Kiely, MD, MPH.

CMS Open Payments shows 106 general payments to Dr. Yao from 27 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 64% of the total. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. paid the most, $1,358.

Dr. Yao graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 2016.