Dr. David Kimkwong Chow, MD

  • Reston, VA
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1134262892PAC ID9638236961
Medicare services, 2024
2,228
Medicare patients, 2024
290
Part D claims, 2024
257
Industry payments
$4,890
Affiliated sites
1
Practice address
1830 Town Center Dr, Reston, VA 20190
Practice phone
Call (703) 478-3000
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Primary practice

David K Chow, MD

Reston, Virginia

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Dr. David Kimkwong Chow is an ophthalmologist in Reston, Virginia

Dr. Chow practices at David K Chow, MD in Reston, Virginia.

Dr. Chow's NPI, 1134262892, was assigned on February 14, 2007. Dr. Chow graduated from Emory School of Medicine in 1978. Dr. Chow holds Virginia license 0101030439.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9638236961
NPI enumeration date
February 14, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(703) 478-3000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
74
Medical school graduation
1978

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

Dr. David Kimkwong Chow practices at David K Chow, MD in Reston, Virginia

Dr. Chow's primary practice is David K Chow, MD, at 1830 Town Center Dr, Reston, VA 20190 in Fairfax County. The practice phone is (703) 478-3000.

  • David K Chow, MD
    1830 Town Center Dr, Reston, VA 20190 · Fairfax CountyPhone(703) 478-3000

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. David Kimkwong Chow is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Chow's primary practice is David K Chow, MD in Reston, Virginia. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chow to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. David Kimkwong Chow's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
David K Chow, MDAvailable with a free account
+1 more site and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. David Kimkwong Chow is one of 504 ophthalmologists in Virginia

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

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, VirginiaPrimaryLicense 0101030439 · 1979 to 2026 · taxonomy 207W00000X
  • Maryland license1979 to 1992

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists cataract, conjunctivitis, dry eye, eye infection or inflammation, eyelid inflammation, glaucoma, hypertensive retinopathy and shingles among the conditions Dr. Chow treats.

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Chow

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. David Kimkwong Chow billed Medicare for 2,228 services in 2024

CMS data shows 2,228 Medicare services from Dr. Chow across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 290 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $102,892 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 20242,228
Medicare patients290
Paid by Medicare$102,892
Procedure codes13

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 2,1112024: 2,0712%
Surgery
2023: 502024: 7244%
Imaging
2023: 212024: 50138%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 852024: 3559%

Dr. Chow compared with the Virginia median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Chow
  • Virginia median
Medicare services
2,228vs 1,92416% above
Medicare patients
290vs 78063% below
Part D claims
229vs 52256% below

Medians across 517 ophthalmologists in Virginia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Chow'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. David Kimkwong Chow treated 290 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 290 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chow in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 149 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 66% have high blood pressure. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.94, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Chow's median patient age at 62, with 50% women.

Medicare patients, 2024290
Average age74
Average risk score0.94
Also on Medicaid12%

Dr. Chow's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Chow's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women15955%
  • Men13145%

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

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure66%
  3. Arthritis43%
  4. Diabetes29%
  5. Ischemic heart disease22%
  6. Mood disorders19%
  7. Depression17%
  8. Anxiety16%

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

Dr. Chow'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

  • Women50%
  • Men49%

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

Dr. David Kimkwong Chow wrote 257 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Chow wrote 257 Medicare Part D claims for 119 patients. 82% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 229 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $6,906 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 229 claims across 7 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024257
Drugs named by CMS8
Total drug cost$6,906
Part D patients119

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

  • Generic210 claims82%
  • Brand-name47 claims18%

Dr. Chow'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. Chow's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics6%15 of 257 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: 2292024: 229No change

Drugs named by CMS: 8 in 2024, 7 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. David Kimkwong Chow scored 0 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 0 out of 100 for Dr. Chow for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Chow accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Chow as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Chow's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 0of 100Final score
  • 0of 100Quality
  • 0of 100Improvement Activities
  • 0of 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. David Kimkwong Chow received $4,890 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 53 general payments to Dr. Chow from 18 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 74% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $2,439.

General payments to Dr. Chow by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Chow by kind, 2016 to 2025

$4.9Kin total
  • Food and beverage$3,60474%
  • Travel and lodging$1,28526%

Companies that paid Dr. Chow the most, 2016 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. David Kimkwong Chow has 4 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 4 awards for Dr. Chow, most recently Fellow of Claude Moore Physician Leadership Institute in 2010. Dr. Chow serves on Political Action Committee Board Medical Society of Virginia Richmond VA.

Awards and honors for Dr. Chow

  1. 2010
    • Fellow of Claude Moore Physician Leadership Institute
  2. 1991
    • ACS Fellow
  3. 1985
    • AAO Fellow
  4. Undated
    • Checkbook Top Doc

Dr. Chow's committees and leadership roles

Political Action Committee Board Medical Society of Virginia Richmond VABoard Chairman Emeritus
2015 to present
Membership Committee Medical Society of Northern VirginiaChairman
2017 to 2018
Chairman Nominating Committee PAC Board Medical Society of Virginia Richmond VABoard Chairman
2016 to 2017
Political Action Committee (PAC) Board Medical Society of VirginiaBoard Chairman
2013 to 2015
Tellers Committee Medical Society of Virginia 2013 Annual MeetingChair
2013

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. David Kimkwong Chow graduated from Emory School of Medicine

Dr. Chow graduated from Emory School of Medicine in 1978. Dr. Chow is a member of AAO, ACS, CFP, Medical Society of Northern Virginia, Vienna, Virginia 22182 and Northern Virginia Academy of Ophthalmology.

  1. Medical schoolEmory School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in ophthalmologyAmerican Board of Ophthalmology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. David Kimkwong Chow accepts plans from 15 insurance carriers

Dr. Chow is in network with 15 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Elevance
  • Aetna
  • United Healthcare
  • HCSC
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Humana
  • +7 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Chow accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO10
  2. Medicare8
  3. HMO7
  4. EPO4
  5. POS4
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. David Kimkwong Chow'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand 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)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. David Kimkwong Chow's NPI number?

Dr. David Kimkwong Chow's NPI number is 1134262892. It was assigned on February 14, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. David Kimkwong Chow?

Dr. David Kimkwong Chow is an ophthalmologist in Reston, Virginia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. David Kimkwong Chow practice?

Dr. Chow practices at 1830 Town Center Dr, Reston, VA 20190. Dr. Chow's primary practice is David K Chow, MD in Reston, Virginia. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chow to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. David Kimkwong Chow's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Chow is (703) 478-3000.

What is Dr. David Kimkwong Chow's medical license number?

Dr. Chow holds Virginia license 0101030439, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. David Kimkwong Chow been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Chow in Virginia (1979 to 2026) and Maryland (1979 to 1992).

Does Dr. David Kimkwong Chow accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Chow billed Medicare for 2,228 services in 2024, and Dr. Chow accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. David Kimkwong Chow offer telehealth?

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

What is Dr. David Kimkwong Chow's MIPS score?

Dr. Chow's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 0 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. David Kimkwong Chow see?

CMS counts 290 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chow in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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Is Dr. David Kimkwong Chow board certified?

Yes. Dr. Chow is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

What services does Dr. David Kimkwong Chow bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Chow's most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92020), eye exam or test (92202) and eye exam or test (92014).

Where did Dr. David Kimkwong Chow go to medical school?

Dr. Chow graduated from Emory School of Medicine in 1978.

What drugs does Dr. David Kimkwong Chow prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Chow's most prescribed drugs by claims were Latanoprost, Tobramycin-Dexamethasone and Timolol Maleate.

Has Dr. David Kimkwong Chow received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $4,890 in general payments to Dr. Chow from 18 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Alcon Laboratories Inc.

How long has Dr. David Kimkwong Chow been practicing?

Dr. Chow graduated from medical school in 1978, 48 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. David Kimkwong Chow accept?

Dr. Chow is in network with 15 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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