Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Dr. Christopher Chao, MD

Individual provider Family Medicine Physician · NPI 1720061435

Dr. Christopher Chao, MD is registered under Family Practice in Cary, North Carolina. Graduated from Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn Rsv University in 1998, 28 years ago. Practices with Wakemed Specialists Group LLC, a 869-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in North Carolina.

Years since qualifying
28
Trained at
Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn Rsv University
Licensed in
NC
In the registry since
2005
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

222 Ashville Ave Ste 255
Cary, NC 27518-6130
Phone: (919) 859-1136
Fax: (919) 460-9993
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Specialties & licences

Family Medicine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207Q00000X · Licence 9901141 (NC)

Record details

NPI number1720061435
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedNovember 28, 2005
Last updated in NPPESFebruary 17, 2021
Certification dateFebruary 17, 2021

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyFAMILY PRACTICE
Medical schoolCLVLND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MED OF CASE WSTN RSV UNIVERSITY
Graduated 1998 (28 years in practice)
Group practice Wakemed Specialists Group Llc — 869 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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 patients256
Services billed 439 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

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.

Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $99,540 58 payments
Consulting Fee $22,926 7 payments
Travel and Lodging $19,967 33 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $3,704 49 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Wakemed Specialists Group LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 869 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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