Dr. Chau Vu MD
About this NPIWhat this record shows.
NPI 1538508841 is registered to Dr. Chau Vu MD, a Pain Medicine practising at 625 S Fair Oaks Ave Ste 230 in Pasadena, California. Pain Medicine is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy. Dr. Chau Vu MD has been enumerated in the National Provider Identifier (NPI) registry since 2013.
Beyond the registryWhat this record adds.
It is enrolled in Medicare, linking to 1 PECOS enrollment record (with a public Medicare Enrollment ID) sourced from CMS, which the NPPES registry does not list. Within the directory it is one of 466 Pain Medicine providers on file in California.
Source: CMS NPPES and PECOS public files. snapshot, refreshed monthly.
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Medicare enrollment
This provider holds a Medicare enrollment on file with the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). Each enrollment carries a public Medicare Enrollment ID (ENRLMT_ID) used by billers and intermediaries.
Practitioner
- I20200710002339Pain ManagementCA
Source: CMS PECOS public enrollment file.
Insurance & acceptsHow to confirm coverage.
The National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) registry does not include commercial insurance network data, so we cannot show which plans Dr. Chau Vu MD accepts. To confirm in-network status with your specific health plan, contact Dr. Chau Vu MD directly at (626) 469-2939.
Frequently asked
Yes. NPI 1538508841 is registered as Active in the CMS NPPES public registry and passes the Luhn check-digit validation that all 10-digit NPIs use.
Pain Medicine is a recognised medical specialty under the National Uniform Claim Committee (NUCC) taxonomy.
The CMS NPPES Public Registry at npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov is the authoritative source. FindMyNPI mirrors this dataset and refreshes monthly. For real-time verification, you can also call the provider's office at (626) 469-2939.
An individual healthcare provider has a single Type-1 NPI for life. Organisations can hold separate Type-2 NPIs per location, specialty, or sub-entity. Dr. Chau Vu MD is a Type-1 individual NPI.
As of the latest monthly CMS NPPES snapshot, 466 Pain Medicine providers are registered in California, and Dr. Chau Vu MD is one of them. The figure refreshes each month from the federal source.