Dr. Shaofen Ai , DC LAC
Chiropractor • Palatine, IL
15 E Northwest Hwy, Suite 15b
Palatine, IL 60067
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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
15 E Northwest Hwy
Suite 15b
Palatine, IL 60067
What Public CMS Data Show
Chiropractor: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019–2025.
NPI first issued
2006
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Compared with the same specialty in Palatine and Illinois
30 active clinicians are listed under Chiropractor with a practice address in Palatine, IL (4,525 in Illinois).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Palatine
0% of these 30 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
50% of these 30 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
Sources: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 111N00000X
A provider qualified by a Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.), licensed by the State and who practices chiropractic medicine -that discipline within the healing arts which deals with the nervous system and its relationship to the spinal column and its interrelationship with other body systems.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 171100000X
An acupuncturist is a person who performs ancient therapy for alleviation of pain, anesthesia and treatment of some diseases. Acupuncturists use long, fine needles inserted into specific points in order to treat painful conditions or produce anesthesia.
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated September 14, 2006.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to August 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Chiropractors in Palatine
- Dr. Jay Basra, DC
- Dr. Mariann Leahy, DC
- Dr. Alicia Grundy, DC
- Dr. Mary Mcandrews, DC
- Dr. William Fager, DC
- Dr. Eric Eickhorst, DC
Mailing Address
15 E Northwest Hwy, Suite 15b
Palatine, IL 60067
Phone: 8473580890