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Dr. Cecilia E. Chao, MD
NPI1881608487PAC ID0941234546
- Medicare services, 2024
- 325
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 131
- Part D claims, 2024
- 1,022
- Publications
- 32
- Hospital affiliations
- 3
- Practice address
- 801 West Maple Street, Farmington, NM 87401
- Practice phone
- Call (505) 609-2000
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
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Dr. Cecilia E. Chao is an internist in Farmington, New Mexico
Dr. Chao practices at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, New Mexico, part of San Juan Regional Medical Center.
Dr. Chao's NPI, 1881608487, was assigned on July 28, 2006. Dr. Chao graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2002. Dr. Chao holds New Mexico license MD2005-0220.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1881608487NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 0941234546
- NPI enumeration date
- July 28, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (505) 609-2000
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 50
- Medical school graduation
- 2002
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Cecilia E. Chao practices at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, New Mexico
Dr. Chao's primary practice is San Juan Regional Medical Center, at 801 West Maple Street, Farmington, NM 87401 in San Juan County. The practice phone is (505) 609-2000.
- San Juan Regional Medical Center801 West Maple Street, Farmington, NM 87401 · San Juan CountyPhone(505) 609-2000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Cecilia E. Chao is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Chao's primary practice is San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, New Mexico, part of San Juan Regional Medical Center. Dr. Chao is also affiliated with Pagosa Springs Medical Center. The medical group on file is Jicarilla Service Unit (Jicarilla Apache Health Care Facility). Dmand AI also links Dr. Chao to 1 more hospital and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Pagosa Springs Medical CenterJicarilla Service Unit (Jicarilla Apache Health Care Facility)1 hospitalName with a free account1 group practice or clinicName with a free account
See all 5 affiliations for Dr. ChaoSources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Cecilia E. Chao's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Chao practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| San Juan Regional Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +3 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Cecilia E. Chao is one of 734 internists in New Mexico
Internal medicine is Dr. Chao's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Chao is licensed in New Mexico.
Specialties and state licenses
- Internal medicine, New MexicoPrimary
Internists near Dr. Chao
Counts of internists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
734internists in New Mexico27internists in Farmington19internists at San Juan Regional Medical Center
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Cecilia E. Chao billed Medicare for 325 services in 2024
CMS data shows 325 Medicare services from Dr. Chao across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 131 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $8,812 for them. Every service was in an office.
Medicare services, 2024325
Medicare patients131
Paid by Medicare$8,812
Procedure codes6
Dr. Chao's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 2292024: 26616%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1032024: 5943%
- Other services
- 2023: 532024: 0100%
Dr. Chao compared with the New Mexico median for internists, 2024
- Dr. Chao
- New Mexico median
- Medicare services
- 325vs 28116% above
- Medicare patients
- 131vs 1449% below
- Part D claims
- 722vs 1624.5 times
Medians across 716 internists in New Mexico with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Chao'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. Cecilia E. Chao treated 131 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 131 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chao in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 70 patients. 62% of them have high blood pressure, and 51% have diabetes. 21% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.05, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Chao's median patient age at 62, with 66% women.
Medicare patients, 2024131
Average age74
Average risk score1.05
Also on Medicaid21%
Dr. Chao's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Chao's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women8363%
- Men4837%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Chao's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure62%
- Diabetes51%
- High cholesterol34%
- Arthritis30%
- Asthma11%
- COPD10%
- Chronic kidney disease10%
- Ischemic heart disease8%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Chao's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 62
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women66%
- Men34%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Cecilia E. Chao wrote 1,022 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Chao wrote 1,022 Medicare Part D claims for 74 patients. 78% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 722 of them, across 31 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $23,335 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 607 claims across 27 drugs.
Part D claims, 20241,022
Drugs named by CMS31
Total drug cost$23,335
Part D patients74
Dr. Chao's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic797 claims78%
- Brand-name182 claims18%
- Other43 claims4%
Dr. Chao'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. Chao's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids1%14 of 1,022 claims
- Antibiotics2%25 of 1,022 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: 6072024: 72219%
Drugs named by CMS: 31 in 2024, 27 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. Cecilia E. Chao offers telehealth to Medicare patients
Dr. Chao accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Chao as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Cecilia E. Chao has 32 publications on record
Dmand AI links 32 papers to Dr. Chao, published from 2013 to 2025. 2022 was the busiest year, with 6. The most frequent topics are Cornea, Tears and Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic. Dr. Chao has published most often in Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. Dr. Chao's most frequent co-authors are Pedram Hamrah, MD and Ahmad Kheirkhah, MD.
Papers32
Years published2013 to 2025
Dr. Chao's papers by year, 2013 to 2025
Topics Dr. Chao writes about most
- Cornea
- Tears
- Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic
- Dry Eye Syndromes
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Myopia
- Conjunctiva
- Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ
Dr. Chao's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Chao
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Contact Lenses, HydrophilicEyeglassesMyopia
CorneaCorneal InjuriesDendritic Cells
Contact Lenses, HydrophilicEye DiseasesPilot Projects
Ophthalmic Physiol Opt
Contact LensesCross-Over Studies
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Cecilia E. Chao received $147 in industry payments in 2018
CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Chao from 1 drug or device company in 2018. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $147.
Companies that paid Dr. Chao the most, 2018 to 2018
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Cecilia E. Chao graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine
Dr. Chao graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2002.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Cecilia E. Chao'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 |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Cecilia E. Chao's NPI number?
Dr. Cecilia E. Chao's NPI number is 1881608487. It was assigned on July 28, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Cecilia E. Chao?
Dr. Cecilia E. Chao is an internist in Farmington, New Mexico. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).
Where does Dr. Cecilia E. Chao practice?
Dr. Chao practices at 801 West Maple Street, Farmington, NM 87401. Dr. Chao's primary practice is San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, New Mexico, part of San Juan Regional Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chao to 1 hospital and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Cecilia E. Chao's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Chao is (505) 609-2000.
What is Dr. Cecilia E. Chao's medical license number?
Dr. Chao holds New Mexico license MD2005-0220.
Which hospitals is Dr. Cecilia E. Chao affiliated with?
Dr. Chao practices at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, New Mexico. Dr. Chao is also affiliated with Pagosa Springs Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Chao to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Cecilia E. Chao part of?
Dr. Chao is linked to Jicarilla Service Unit (Jicarilla Apache Health Care Facility).
Does Dr. Cecilia E. Chao accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Chao billed Medicare for 325 services in 2024, and Dr. Chao accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Cecilia E. Chao offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Chao as offering telehealth services.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Cecilia E. Chao see?
CMS counts 131 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chao in 2024, with an average age of 74.
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What services does Dr. Cecilia E. Chao bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Chao's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), office visit, established patient (99212) and care management and other visits (99441).
Where did Dr. Cecilia E. Chao go to medical school?
Dr. Chao graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2002.
What drugs does Dr. Cecilia E. Chao prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Chao's most prescribed drugs by claims were Lisinopril, Atorvastatin Calcium and Omeprazole.
Has Dr. Cecilia E. Chao received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $147 in general payments to Dr. Chao from 1 company from 2018 to 2018. The largest total came from Alcon Laboratories Inc.
How long has Dr. Cecilia E. Chao been practicing?
Dr. Chao graduated from medical school in 2002, 24 years ago.
Does Dr. Cecilia E. Chao do research?
Dmand AI links 32 publications to Dr. Chao, published from 2013 to 2025.
Who does Dr. Cecilia E. Chao publish with?
Dr. Chao's most frequent co-authors are Pedram Hamrah, MD (3 shared papers) and Ahmad Kheirkhah, MD (1 shared paper).
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