Albert Tailon Chang, OD
Optometry · Santa Cruz
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 9
- 4 carriers
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Total Vision PC · 115 clinicians in this group
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Plans that list them
9 plans · 4 carriers
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9 of 9 plans
| Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Medicare Advantage (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Anthem Prime (HMO-POS) | Anthem Blue Cross Partnership Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| Central Health Classic Care Plan III (HMO) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Central Health Dual Access Plan (HMO D-SNP) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Central Health Embrace Care Plan (HMO C-SNP) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed, may be out of date | Sep 15, 2025 |
| Central Health Embrace Choice Plan (HMO C-SNP) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Central Health Valor Care Plan (HMO) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed | Aug 15, 2026 |
| AARP Medicare Advantage from UHC CA-10 (HMO-POS) | UnitedHealthcare | Listed, may be out of date | Jun 10, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence C14162 · Cancelled
Licence status: Cancelled · since 1952 · Medical College of Georgia.
License has been voluntarily canceled, or the license has been expired for at least five years and has not been renewed. No practice is permitted.
Matched on the licence number without its letter prefix; check the name before relying on it.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$23,058
Medicare paid this office $23,058 for 216 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Established patient problem focused exam of visual system | 105 | $7,645 | $67 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 56 | $4,147 | $67 |
| Photography of the retina | 112 | $3,377 | $29 |
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 28 | $2,973 | $106 |
| New patient problem focused exam of visual system | 26 | $1,735 | $67 |
See all 7 services
| Established patient problem focused exam of visual system | 105 | $7,645 | $67 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 56 | $4,147 | $67 |
| Photography of the retina | 112 | $3,377 | $29 |
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 28 | $2,973 | $106 |
| New patient problem focused exam of visual system | 26 | $1,735 | $67 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 16 | $990 | $52 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 16 | $543 | $29 |
Procedures Medicare counted
| Cataract surgery | 1-10 | None |
Who their Medicare patients are
216 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 74 · Women 61% · Health risk score 0.74. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical optometry clinician is at 0.97.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 57% · Diabetes 22% · Coronary heart disease 19% · Atrial fibrillation 12% · Cancer 11% · Depression 11% · Chronic kidney disease 8% · Heart failure 6% · COPD 5%.
The office billed $47,442, Medicare allowed $37,482 and paid $23,058; for 416 services of 16 kinds.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Year by year
| 2024 | 216 | 416 | 74 | 0.74 | $47,442 | $23,058 |
| 2023 | 158 | 297 | 74 | 0.81 | $32,609 | $16,904 |
| 2022 | 113 | 237 | 74 | 0.70 | $25,256 | $12,501 |
| 2021 | 119 | 301 | 74 | 0.92 | $30,601 | $16,006 |
| 2020 | 106 | 270 | 73 | 0.81 | $27,642 | $14,373 |
| 2019 | 129 | 346 | 72 | 0.81 | $35,674 | $19,281 |
| 2018 | 110 | 283 | 72 | 0.76 | $28,520 | $15,432 |
| 2017 | 99 | 285 | 72 | 0.77 | $27,728 | $15,415 |
| 2016 | 86 | 275 | 72 | 0.78 | $25,135 | $15,008 |
| 2015 | 132 | 322 | 72 | 0.78 | $27,726 | $17,160 |
| 2014 | 163 | 502 | 71 | 0.66 | $41,891 | $26,427 |
| 2013 | 134 | 492 | 72 | 0.70 | $38,101 | $24,656 |
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2023: 8 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 67 | $5,590 | $75 |
| Established patient problem focused exam of visual system | 71 | $5,229 | $72 |
| Photography of the retina | 62 | $1,917 | $30 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 19 | $1,208 | $53 |
| New patient problem focused exam of visual system | 13 | $973 | $75 |
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 11 | $864 | $79 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 14 | $452 | $28 |
| Photography of content of eyes | 12 | $324 | $25 |
2022: 5 services
| Established patient problem focused exam of visual system | 62 | $4,738 | $73 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 48 | $3,359 | $67 |
| Photography of the retina | 51 | $1,352 | $27 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 22 | $1,221 | $49 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 16 | $542 | $29 |
2021: 6 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 60 | $5,283 | $60 |
| Established patient problem focused exam of visual system | 51 | $3,978 | $72 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 30 | $2,527 | $57 |
| Photography of the retina | 51 | $1,749 | $33 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 27 | $1,098 | $32 |
| New patient problem focused exam of visual system | 11 | $667 | $61 |
2020: 6 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 50 | $3,954 | $62 |
| Established patient problem focused exam of visual system | 49 | $3,676 | $67 |
| Photography of the retina | 48 | $1,910 | $39 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 24 | $1,899 | $54 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 20 | $842 | $32 |
| New patient problem focused exam of visual system | 13 | $732 | $56 |
2019: 7 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 75 | $6,042 | $60 |
| Established patient problem focused exam of visual system | 50 | $3,973 | $72 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 30 | $2,728 | $58 |
| Photography of the retina | 52 | $2,261 | $43 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 29 | $1,096 | $32 |
| New patient problem focused exam of visual system | 15 | $823 | $55 |
| Photography of content of eyes | 11 | $224 | $20 |
2018: 6 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 58 | $4,848 | $58 |
| Established patient problem focused exam of visual system | 42 | $2,839 | $66 |
| Photography of the retina | 46 | $2,382 | $50 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 26 | $2,092 | $57 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 22 | $810 | $31 |
| New patient problem focused exam of visual system | 13 | $752 | $58 |
2017: 5 services
| Established patient problem focused exam of visual system | 70 | $5,024 | $65 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 39 | $3,276 | $54 |
| Photography of the retina | 49 | $2,806 | $53 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 25 | $1,946 | $54 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 18 | $623 | $30 |
2016: 5 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 59 | $5,283 | $52 |
| Photography of the retina | 34 | $2,457 | $70 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 29 | $2,438 | $52 |
| Established patient problem focused exam of visual system | 28 | $2,431 | $76 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 20 | $902 | $36 |
2015: 7 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 70 | $4,812 | $53 |
| Photography of the retina | 41 | $2,784 | $68 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 41 | $2,249 | $48 |
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 26 | $2,153 | $80 |
| Established patient problem focused exam of visual system | 28 | $1,922 | $60 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 28 | $1,035 | $36 |
| Imaging of retina | 11 | $415 | $32 |
2014: 9 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 84 | $6,803 | $48 |
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 57 | $4,827 | $85 |
| Photography of the retina | 57 | $3,487 | $58 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 50 | $3,027 | $42 |
| Established patient problem focused exam of visual system | 22 | $2,746 | $67 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 47 | $1,968 | $32 |
| New patient complete exam of visual system | 20 | $1,690 | $85 |
| Imaging of retina | 12 | $488 | $35 |
| Ultrasound scan of cornea to determine thickness | 11 | $117 | $11 |
2013: 10 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 71 | $6,078 | $48 |
| Established patient complete exam of visual system | 55 | $4,952 | $87 |
| Exam of visual field with extended testing | 49 | $3,397 | $44 |
| Photography of the retina | 59 | $3,334 | $57 |
| Imaging of optic nerve | 43 | $1,872 | $33 |
| New patient complete exam of visual system | 16 | $1,562 | $98 |
| Established patient problem focused exam of visual system | 14 | $1,439 | $72 |
| Imaging of retina | 12 | $521 | $37 |
| Exam of the internal drainage system of eye | 22 | $454 | $21 |
| Ultrasound scan of cornea to determine thickness | 28 | $312 | $11 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$20,846
Pharmacies billed $20,846 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 120) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical optometry clinician is at 0%.
70 generic and 50 brand-name prescriptions · $20,846 in drug cost.
Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.
| Restasis | 12 | $11,336 | $945 |
| Travoprost | 14 | $2,326 | $166 |
| Latanoprost | 43 | $324 | $8 |
| Timolol Maleate | 20 | $96 | $5 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 120 | 29 | 0% (0) | 42% | $20,846 |
| 2023 | 117 | 29 | 0% (0) | 44% | $19,498 |
| 2022 | 103 | 26 | 0% (0) | 54% | $19,336 |
| 2021 | 163 | 28 | 0% (0) | 52% | $28,981 |
| 2020 | 150 | 35 | 0% (0) | 53% | $35,235 |
| 2019 | 166 | 42 | 0% (0) | 52% | $34,533 |
| 2018 | 192 | 30 | 0% (0) | 54% | $24,556 |
| 2017 | 186 | 33 | 0% (0) | 44% | $25,527 |
| 2016 | 173 | 36 | 0% (0) | 40% | $18,825 |
| 2015 | 187 | 51 | 0% (0) | 37% | $15,310 |
| 2014 | 101 | 26 | 0% (0) | 50% | $9,675 |
| 2013 | 44 | 11 | 0% (0) | 57% | $3,426 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 3 drugs
| Travoprost | 17 | $2,643 | $155 |
| Latanoprost | 34 | $321 | $9 |
| Timolol Maleate | 20 | $162 | $8 |
2022: 3 drugs
| Lumigan | 13 | $3,184 | $245 |
| Latanoprost | 37 | $393 | $11 |
| Timolol Maleate | 17 | $150 | $9 |
2021: 4 drugs
| Travoprost | 21 | $7,279 | $347 |
| Latanoprost | 75 | $856 | $11 |
| Timolol Maleate | 13 | $328 | $25 |
| Brimonidine | 22 | $238 | $11 |
2020: 6 drugs
| Restasis | 12 | $18,504 | $1,542 |
| Travatan Z | 18 | $7,507 | $417 |
| Travoprost | 14 | $4,351 | $311 |
| Latanoprost | 56 | $690 | $12 |
| Timolol Maleate | 16 | $299 | $19 |
| Brimonidine | 11 | $163 | $15 |
2019: 3 drugs
| Travatan Z | 43 | $15,227 | $354 |
| Latanoprost | 43 | $945 | $22 |
| Timolol Maleate | 25 | $281 | $11 |
2018: 4 drugs
| Travatan Z | 55 | $11,307 | $206 |
| Brimonidine | 26 | $1,799 | $69 |
| Latanoprost | 57 | $1,104 | $19 |
| Timolol Maleate | 36 | $494 | $14 |
2017: 4 drugs
| Travatan Z | 50 | $11,438 | $229 |
| Brimonidine | 13 | $1,965 | $151 |
| Latanoprost | 54 | $961 | $18 |
| Timolol Maleate | 33 | $305 | $9 |
2016: 6 drugs
| Travatan Z | 16 | $3,853 | $241 |
| Brimonidine | 22 | $3,110 | $141 |
| Lumigan | 17 | $2,560 | $151 |
| Latanoprost | 51 | $787 | $15 |
| Dorzolamide | 18 | $430 | $24 |
| Timolol Maleate | 28 | $191 | $7 |
2015: 4 drugs
| Lumigan | 11 | $1,995 | $181 |
| Latanoprost | 79 | $794 | $10 |
| Dorzolamide | 17 | $335 | $20 |
| Timolol Maleate | 24 | $138 | $6 |
2014: 3 drugs
| Lumigan | 18 | $3,381 | $188 |
| Latanoprost | 33 | $396 | $12 |
| Timolol Maleate | 19 | $223 | $12 |
2013: 1 drug
| Latanoprost | 20 | $363 | $18 |
Money from drug and device companies
$886 in 2025
| 2025 | 4 | 19 | None | $886 |
| 2024 | 3 | 7 | None | $245 |
| 2023 | 3 | 11 | None | $444 |
| 2022 | 5 | 6 | None | $321 |
| 2021 | 3 | 8 | None | $243 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12 | None | $256 |
| 2019 | 6 | 19 | $500 | $1,069 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Alcon Vision | Precision7 | $356 | 8 payments
|
| CooperVision | Clariti Contact Lens | $225 | 6 payments
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| Visioneering Technologies | None | $168 | 1 payment
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| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care | None | $137 | 4 payments
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See all 19 published payments
| Alcon Vision | Meals · 2025-11-25 | Precision7 | $145 |
| Visioneering Technologies | Meals · 2025-11-11 | None | $168 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care | Meals · 2025-10-29 | None | $41 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care | Meals · 2025-10-21 | None | $32 |
| CooperVision | Meals · 2025-09-30 | Clariti Contact Lens | $94 |
| Alcon Vision | Meals · 2025-09-25 | Precision 1 | $28 |
| Alcon Vision | Meals · 2025-08-29 | Dailies Total1 | $28 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care | Meals · 2025-08-21 | None | $29 |
| Alcon Vision | Meals · 2025-07-30 | Precision7 | $43 |
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care | Meals · 2025-07-16 | None | $35 |
| CooperVision | Meals · 2025-07-14 | Myday Contact Lens | $12 |
| CooperVision | Meals · 2025-06-16 | Myday Contact Lens | $9 |
| Alcon Vision | Meals · 2025-06-12 | Precision7 | $27 |
| CooperVision | Meals · 2025-04-24 | Myday Contact Lens | $18 |
| Alcon Vision | Meals · 2025-04-03 | Precision7 | $34 |
| CooperVision | Meals · 2025-03-06 | Paragon Crt | $66 |
| Alcon Vision | Meals · 2025-02-17 | Precision7 | $28 |
| Alcon Vision | Meals · 2025-02-12 | Precision7 | $24 |
| CooperVision | Meals · 2025-02-06 | Myday Contact Lens | $27 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)
2024: $245
| CooperVision | Myday Contact Lens | $124 | 2 payments
|
| Alcon Vision | Dailies Total1 | $72 | 3 payments
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| Oyster Point Pharma | Tyrvaya | $49 | 2 payments
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2023: $444
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care | Acuvue | $324 | 5 payments
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| Alcon Vision | Total30 | $64 | 3 payments
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| CooperVision | Myday Contact Lens | $56 | 3 payments
|
2022: $321
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care | Acuvue | $158 | 2 payments
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| Oyster Point Pharma | Tyrvaya | $106 | 1 payment
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| Allergan | Vuity | $22 | 1 payment
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| CooperVision | Multiple Brands Contact Lens | $20 | 1 payment
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| Alcon Vision | Total30 | $16 | 1 payment
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2021: $243
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care | Acuvue | $161 | 3 payments
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| Alcon Vision | Precision 1 | $47 | 3 payments
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| CooperVision | Multiple Brands Contact Lens | $35 | 2 payments
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2020: $256
| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care | Acuvue | $148 | 7 payments
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| CooperVision | Multiple Brands Contact Lens | $40 | 2 payments
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| Bausch & Lomb a division of Bausch Health US | Btod | $26 | 1 payment
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| ABB Con-Cise Optical Group | Contact Lens | $25 | 1 payment
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| Carl Zeiss Meditec | None Specified | $17 | 1 payment
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2019: $1,069
| Alcon Vision | Dailies | $609 | 7 payments
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| Johnson & Johnson Vision Care | Acuvue | $225 | 6 payments
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| Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision | Tecnis Symfony Iol | $150 | 1 payment
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| ABB Con-Cise Optical Group | Contact Lens | $47 | 3 payments
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| CooperVision | Multiple Brands Contact Lens | $25 | 1 payment
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| Visioneering Technologies | None | $13 | 1 payment
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Research money
Money a company paid to run a study. Where it went to their institution, the clinician is named as an investigator and did not receive it; the amount covers the whole study, often across many sites.
| Alcon Research LLC · Mercury Extended Wear Registration Trial(Weekly Sihy Nw Sphere (Mercury)) · 2019 | Their institution | $37,548 |
| Alcon Research LLC · Mercury Extended Wear Registration Trial(Weekly Sihy Nw Sphere (Mercury)) · 2020 | Their institution | $10,007 |
| Alcon Research LLC · Assessment of An Investigational Frequent Replacement Silicone Hydrogel Lens · 2021 | Their institution | $1,488 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1215223466
- Licence
- CA 14162California C14162: Cancelled
- Trained
- Southern California College of Optometry, 2011
- Group
- Total Vision PC
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 152W00000X (152W00000X)
- Mailing address
- 338 E Hamilton Ave, Campbell, CA, 95008
- NPI first listed
- 2011-06-27
- NPI last updated
- 2015-02-11
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.