Alice T Chuang, MD
Rheumatology · San Jose
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- 10
- 3 carriers
- Offices
- 2
Offices
2 locations · County of Santa Clara · Telemedicine Group PC
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Hospitals listed: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plans that list them
10 plans · 3 carriers
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10 of 10 plans
| Anthem Full Dual Advantage Aligned (HMO D-SNP) | Anthem Blue Cross | 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| Central Health Embrace Care Plan (HMO C-SNP) | Central Health Medicare Plan | Listed, may be out of date | Sep 15, 2025 |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 |
| SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Classic (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN MyChoice (HMO) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
| SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP) | SCAN Health Plan | Listed | Oct 3, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence A145344 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2016 · expires 2026-10-31 · The Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Hospitals they work in
1 hospital
These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.
- Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 70% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 2.572, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.563, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.256, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.369, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 10 the same, 1 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 2.572 | Worse | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.563 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.256 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.369 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.25 (0.3 to 2.2) · 1,535 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.07 (0.76 to 1.38) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 214.59 (167.38 to 261.8) · 108 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.8 · 41 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 6 · 141 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 10.2 · 124 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.3 · 501 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 14.9 · 653 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 10.1 · 348 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3 · 4,502 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.24 (0.04 to 0.43) · 9,014 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.34 (0.15 to 0.52) · 9,216 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.54 (2.51 to 6.58) · 1,421 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.54 (0 to 3.2) · 288 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,446 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 11.61 (4.09 to 19.14) · 294 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 7.29 (3.39 to 11.2) · 299 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.9 (0.45 to 3.36) · 333 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.23 (0 to 0.78) · 7,538 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 5.4 · 94 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.735 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 2.573 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.6 · 185 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 22.1 · 951 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 56.3 · 128 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 6.4 · 644 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 1.3 · 699 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.3 · 921 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.7 (3.9 to 8.1) · 226 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 12.6 (9.4 to 16.5) · 226 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.4 · 94 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 11.4 · 54 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.3 · 242 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.2 (9.9 to 17.4) · 702 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.7 to 1.4) · 195 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (4,032 patients answered, 29% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 3 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 2 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 70% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained | 57% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 82% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 82% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 67% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 71% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 71% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 69% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 43% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 44% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 83% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$8,908
Medicare paid this office $8,908 for 49 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 19 | $2,278 | $71 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 15 | $2,227 | $106 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 17 | $2,072 | $122 |
Who their Medicare patients are
49 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 70 · Women 71% · Health risk score 1.48. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical rheumatology clinician is at 1.38.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 71% · Diabetes 33% · Depression 29% · Coronary heart disease 24% · Chronic kidney disease 24%.
The office billed $66,303, Medicare allowed $13,827 and paid $8,908; for 99 services of 5 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 | 49 | 99 | 70 | 1.48 | $66,303 | $8,908 |
| 2023 | 48 | 75 | 70 | 1.35 | $53,317 | $5,291 |
| 2022 | 60 | 110 | 71 | 1.09 | $75,356 | $8,173 |
| 2021 | 139 | 215 | 69 | 1.99 | $93,044 | $11,284 |
| 2020 | 12 | 15 | 70 | 1.54 | $7,202 | $638 |
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: 1 service
| Return visit (30+ min) | 32 | $2,704 | $64 |
2022: 3 services
| Return visit (30+ min) | 45 | $4,623 | $78 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 12 | $1,782 | $105 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 12 | $435 | $36 |
2021: 5 services
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 52 | $2,592 | $49 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes | 47 | $2,476 | $43 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 18 | $1,496 | $83 |
| Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes | 22 | $1,281 | $58 |
| Short return visit | 18 | $498 | $28 |
Medicaid work
$8,127 in 2024
Medicaid paid $8,127 for 937 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 36 people in a month for one service.
Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.
| Return visit (30+ min) | 193 | $3,538 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 76 | $3,006 |
| New patient visit (60+ min) | 12 | $1,090 |
| Telehealth transmission, per minute, professional services bill separately | 140 | $374 |
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 14 | $118 |
| Pain severity quantified; pain present (COA) (ONC) | 18 | $0 |
| Medication list documented in medical record (COA) | 173 | $0 |
| Most recent systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD) | 157 | $0 |
| Most recent systolic blood pressure 130-139 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD) | 14 | $0 |
| Most recent diastolic blood pressure less than 80 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM) | 140 | $0 |
| 2024 | 937 | 10 | 36 | $8,127 |
| 2023 | 363 | 6 | 35 | $3,064 |
| 2022 | 236 | 5 | 32 | $2,089 |
| 2021 | 410 | 3 | 54 | $1,737 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| Return visit (30+ min) | 157 | $1,315 |
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 51 | $1,125 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 61 | $623 |
| Most recent hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level less than 7.0% (DM) | 14 | $0 |
| Most recent systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg (DM) (HTN, CKD, CAD) | 34 | $0 |
| Most recent diastolic blood pressure less than 80 mm Hg (HTN, CKD, CAD) (DM) | 46 | $0 |
2022
| Return visit (30+ min) | 177 | $1,521 |
| OFF/OP CNSLTJ NEW/EST MOD 40 | 13 | $218 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 18 | $183 |
| Long return visit (40+ min) | 16 | $167 |
| Developmental screening | 12 | $0 |
2021
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 307 | $1,472 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 39 | $152 |
| Short return visit | 64 | $113 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$382,927
Pharmacies billed $382,927 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
181 generic and 78 brand-name prescriptions · $382,927 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.
| Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens) | 12 | $84,401 | $7,033 |
| Humira(Cf) | 12 | $78,707 | $6,559 |
| Otrexup | 14 | $9,358 | $668 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 29 | $593 | $20 |
| Methotrexate | 40 | $559 | $14 |
See all 8 drugs
| Cosentyx Sensoready (2 Pens) | 12 | $84,401 | $7,033 |
| Humira(Cf) | 12 | $78,707 | $6,559 |
| Otrexup | 14 | $9,358 | $668 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 29 | $593 | $20 |
| Methotrexate | 40 | $559 | $14 |
| Prednisone | 36 | $142 | $4 |
| Gabapentin | 11 | $106 | $10 |
| Allopurinol | 11 | $67 | $6 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 259 | 44 | None | 30% | $382,927 |
| 2023 | 271 | 79 | 0% (0) | 23% | $345,838 |
| 2022 | 350 | 130 | None | 25% | $467,207 |
| 2021 | 563 | 169 | 2% (13) | 26% | $567,918 |
| 2020 | 182 | 46 | None | None | $166,553 |
| 2019 | 215 | 44 | None | 11% | $69,147 |
| 2018 | 82 | 22 | 0% (0) | 15% | $8,939 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 6 drugs
| Humira | 13 | $109,106 | $8,393 |
| Methotrexate | 50 | $2,168 | $43 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 34 | $1,001 | $29 |
| Allopurinol | 24 | $578 | $24 |
| Prednisone | 40 | $389 | $10 |
| Diclofenac | 12 | $367 | $31 |
2022: 6 drugs
| Cosentyx Pen (2 Pens) | 19 | $116,355 | $6,124 |
| Methotrexate | 40 | $2,335 | $58 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 44 | $1,689 | $38 |
| Leflunomide | 13 | $1,332 | $102 |
| Allopurinol | 33 | $780 | $24 |
| Prednisone | 44 | $409 | $9 |
2021: 16 drugs
| Enbrel Sureclick | 28 | $147,691 | $5,275 |
| Xeljanz | 22 | $120,749 | $5,489 |
| Orencia Clickject | 17 | $82,240 | $4,838 |
| Mitigare | 20 | $4,947 | $247 |
| Methotrexate | 60 | $3,459 | $58 |
| Pilocarpine | 18 | $1,599 | $89 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 48 | $1,573 | $33 |
| Leflunomide | 12 | $1,458 | $121 |
| Azathioprine | 13 | $1,132 | $87 |
| Prednisone | 78 | $625 | $8 |
| Sulfasalazine | 18 | $594 | $33 |
| Allopurinol | 39 | $566 | $15 |
| Diclofenac | 18 | $405 | $23 |
| Gabapentin | 21 | $254 | $12 |
| Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen | 11 | $226 | $21 |
| Alendronate | 18 | $157 | $9 |
2020: 8 drugs
| Enbrel | 11 | $63,710 | $5,792 |
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 15 | $1,560 | $104 |
| Leflunomide | 14 | $1,425 | $102 |
| Methotrexate | 18 | $1,399 | $78 |
| Diclofenac | 15 | $444 | $30 |
| Duloxetine | 15 | $381 | $25 |
| Gabapentin | 13 | $242 | $19 |
| Prednisone | 12 | $115 | $10 |
2019: 7 drugs
| Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate | 23 | $2,035 | $88 |
| Mycophenolate Mofetil | 16 | $1,737 | $109 |
| Methotrexate | 30 | $919 | $31 |
| Diclofenac | 14 | $427 | $30 |
| Prednisone | 23 | $394 | $17 |
| Gabapentin | 14 | $182 | $13 |
| Omeprazole | 15 | $160 | $11 |
2018: 2 drugs
| Methotrexate | 14 | $712 | $51 |
| Prednisone | 18 | $164 | $9 |
Money from drug and device companies
$97 in 2019
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Sanofi-Aventis U.S. | Kevzara | $97 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Sanofi-Aventis U.S. | Meals · 2019-11-11 | Kevzara | $97 |
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 80.6 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1316333065
- Licence
- CA A145344California A145344: Current · expires 2026-10-31
- Trained
- Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2015
- Group
- County of Santa Clara · Telemedicine Group PC
- Video visits
- Lists video visits
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207RR0500X (207RR0500X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
- Mailing address
- 751 S Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA, 95128
- NPI first listed
- 2015-04-09
- NPI last updated
- 2022-07-07
- NPI record certified
- 2022-07-07
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
This office lists an electronic records connection.