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David Kum-Wah Chew, MD

Individual provider Vascular Surgery Physician · NPI 1366424509

David Kum-Wah Chew, MD practises Vascular Surgery in West Des Moines, Iowa. Qualified in 1989, 37 years ago. Practices with Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa Corp, a 113-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Iowa and South Carolina.

Years since qualifying
37
Licensed in
IA, SC
In the registry since
2005
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

5880 University Ave Ste 103
West Des Moines, IA 50266-8209
Phone: (515) 633-3660
Fax: (515) 362-4114
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 3 Richland Medical Park Dr Ste 330, Columbia, SC 29203-6862 — (803) 434-7100

Specialties & licences

Vascular Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 2086S0129X · Licence 36327 (IA)
Vascular Surgery Physician Taxonomy 2086S0129X · Licence 88773 (SC)

Record details

NPI number1366424509
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedNovember 15, 2005
Last updated in NPPESOctober 5, 2022
Certification dateOctober 5, 2022

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyVASCULAR SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1989 (37 years in practice)
Group practice Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa Corp — 113 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations11 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Leg revascularization (restoring blood flow) 15 times · 66th percentile
Removal of tissue 1–10 times
Varicose vein removal 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients873
Services billed 1,420 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Consulting Fee $12,550 9 payments
Food and Beverage $1,657 22 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $1,252 2 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa Corp

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 113 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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