Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Lawrence Chih-Hong Hou, MD

Individual provider Ophthalmology Physician · NPI 1437294469

Dr. Lawrence Chih-Hong Hou, MD practises Ophthalmology in Sacramento, California. Graduated from Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 2003, 23 years ago. Practices with Permanente Medical Group Inc, a 10,941-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
23
Trained at
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2007
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

1700 Alhambra Blvd Ste 202
Sacramento, CA 95816-7050
Phone: (916) 731-8040
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Specialties & licences

Ophthalmology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207W00000X · Licence A89635 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1437294469
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedFebruary 20, 2007
Last updated in NPPESJanuary 6, 2022

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyOPHTHALMOLOGY
Medical schoolWARREN ALPERT MEDICAL SCHOOL OF BROWN UNIVERSITY
Graduated 2003 (23 years in practice)
Group practice Permanente Medical Group Inc — 10941 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations2 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.

Cataract surgery 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 patients19
Services billed 30 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age69

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 Permanente Medical Group Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 10941 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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