Cecilia E. Chao, MD

Individual provider Internal Medicine Physician · NPI 1881608487

Cecilia E. Chao, MD practises Internal Medicine in Dulce, New Mexico. Graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2002, 24 years ago. Practices with Dulce Health Center, a 4-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in New Mexico.

Years since qualifying: 24
Trained at: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Licensed in: NM
In the registry since: 2006

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MD — Doctor of Medicine: A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location PO Box

The provider listed a PO Box rather than a street location, so this is not a walk-in address.

PO Box 187 JICARILLA SERVICE UNIT
Dulce, NM 87528-0187
Phone: (505) 759-3291
Fax: (505) 759-7294

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Specialties & licences

Internal Medicine Physician (primary)	Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence MD2005-0220 (NM)

Record details

NPI number	1881608487
Entity type	Individual (Type 1)
Gender	Female
Credentials	MD
Sole proprietor	No
NPI enumerated	July 28, 2006
Last updated in NPPES	February 14, 2017

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialty	INTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical school	GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated	2002 (24 years in practice)
Group practice	Dulce Health Center — 4 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment	Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Telehealth	Offers telehealth services
Practice locations	4 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.

Removal or shaving of skin growth	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 patients	131
Services billed	395 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age	74

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.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Pagosa Springs Medical Center Hospital · Pagosa Springs, CO · listed as Pagosa Springs Family Medical Center
San Juan Regional Medical Center Inc Hospital · Farmington, NM

Colleagues at Dulce Health Center

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice.

Maricela Bonilla, OD Optometrist · Dulce, NM
Daniel Xethan Haire, DO Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · Dulce, NM
Candice Hewitt, PA-C Medical Physician Assistant · Albuquerque, NM