Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Cheng-Kai Kao, MD

Individual provider Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · NPI 1962664540

Dr. Cheng-Kai Kao, MD is a Hospitalist in Chicago, Illinois. Qualified in 2006, 20 years ago. Practices with University of Chicago, a 1,681-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Illinois and Pennsylvania.

Years since qualifying
20
Licensed in
IL, PA
In the registry since
2008
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

Student / training record This NPI belongs to someone enrolled in a health care training programme. It carries no licence and no practice of its own, so no address or phone number is published for it.

Chicago, IL

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Specialties & licences

Hospitalist Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208M00000X · Licence 036128026 (IL)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X · Licence MT192965 (PA)

Record details

NPI number1962664540
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 25, 2008
Last updated in NPPESSeptember 19, 2014

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyHOSPITALIST
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2006 (20 years in practice)
Group practice University Of Chicago — 1681 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

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 patients18
Services billed 34 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age68

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.

Colleagues at University of Chicago

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1681 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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