Dr. David Chi , MD, PhD
Plastic Surgery β’ Providence, RI
235 Plain St Ste 203
Providence, RI 029053241
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NPI assigned on June 20, 2018; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 11 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2023.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers β by Provider and Drug, 2023. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2023:
- Oxycodone Hcl β 11 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers β by Provider and Drug, 2023. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See the full table Β· Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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Medicare Part D prescriptions went from 18 in 2019 to 11 in 2023.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers β by Provider and Drug, 2019β2023.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
235 Plain St Ste 203
Providence, RI 029053241
NPPES lists 2 distinct additional practice-address records in Attleboro, MA; Providence, RI. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: Lifespan Physician Group Inc. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
Harvard Medical School
2018
What Public CMS Data Show
Plastic Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
30-day fills
11 standardized 30-day fills in 2023
CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.
What this does not show: 30-day fills
It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.
Part D drug cost
$28 in 2023
The total cost of these prescriptions in 2023, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.
It shows the total spending on drugs this clinician prescribed, not what any one patient paid.
What this does not show: Part D drug cost
A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers β by Provider and Drug, 2023.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $3,051.12 across 9 records.
By nature of payment
- Travel and Lodging: $1,344.64 across 2 records.
- Grant: $1,251.74 across 1 record.
- Food and Beverage: $454.74 across 6 records.
Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 6)
- Trimed, Inc.: $1,445.05 across 3 records.
- Arthrex, Inc.: $1,251.74 across 1 record.
- AXOGEN: $143.03 across 2 records.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.
Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).
Years since graduation
8 years (graduated 2018)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2018 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2018
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.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
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, βDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?β
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.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Chi has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Dr. Chi as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Providence and Rhode Island
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part D
Comparisons use 2024 data. The latest CMS data for Dr. Chi are from 2023.
25 active clinicians are listed under Plastic Surgery with a practice address in Providence, RI (30 in Rhode Island).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Providence
4% of these 25 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
44% of these 25 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions went from 18 in 2019 to 11 in 2023.
- 2019: 18
- 2020: 14
- 2021: 28
- 2022: 16
- 2023: 11
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30-day fills
30-day fills went from 18 in 2019 to 11 in 2023.
- 2019: 18
- 2020: 14
- 2021: 28
- 2022: 16
- 2023: 11
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost went from $90 in 2019 to $28 in 2023.
- 2019: $90
- 2020: $54
- 2021: $140
- 2022: $70
- 2023: $28
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) varied from year to year: $3,092.17 in 2021 and $3,051.12 in 2025.
- 2021: $3,092.17
- 2022: $1,303.40
- 2023: $1,567.88
- 2024: $3,521.38
- 2025: $3,051.12
Sources: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2023), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 β December 31, 2025): fewer than 11 records totaling $3,051.12.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Arthrex, Inc. |
Grant
Cash or cash equivalent
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β | General | $1,251.74 |
| Trimed, Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
In-kind items and services
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Tools - WFS | General | $844.64 |
| Trimed, Inc. |
Travel and Lodging
Cash or cash equivalent
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Tools - WFS | General | $500.00 |
| TRICE MEDICAL, INC. |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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β | General | $122.95 |
| AXOGEN |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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β | General | $118.51 |
| Trimed, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Tools - WFS | General | $100.41 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
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Physio-Stim | General | $69.68 |
| AXOGEN |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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β | General | $24.52 |
| Endo USA, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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XIAFLEX | General | $18.67 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications
Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2023.
| Brand Name | Generic Name | Prescriptions | Day Supply | Total Cost | Patients |
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| Oxycodone Hcl | Oxycodone Hcl | 11 | 29 | $28.41 | 11 |
Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2023; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2026-05-18NUCC Taxonomy Code: 208200000X
A plastic surgeon deals with the repair, reconstruction or replacement of physical defects of form or function involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, craniomaxillofacial structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk and external genitalia or cosmetic enhancement of these areas of the body. Cosmetic surgery is an essential component of plastic surgery. The plastic surgeon uses cosmetic surgical principles to both improve overall appearance and to optimize the outcome of reconstructive procedures. The surgeon uses aesthetic surgical principles not only to improve undesirable qualities of normal structures but in all reconstructive procedures as well.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 208200000X
A plastic surgeon deals with the repair, reconstruction or replacement of physical defects of form or function involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, craniomaxillofacial structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk and external genitalia or cosmetic enhancement of these areas of the body. Cosmetic surgery is an essential component of plastic surgery. The plastic surgeon uses cosmetic surgical principles to both improve overall appearance and to optimize the outcome of reconstructive procedures. The surgeon uses aesthetic surgical principles not only to improve undesirable qualities of normal structures but in all reconstructive procedures as well.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 2082S0105X
A plastic surgeon with additional training in the investigation, preservation, and restoration by medical, surgical and rehabilitative means of all structures of the upper extremity directly affecting the form and function of the hand and wrist.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207XS0106X
An orthopaedic surgeon trained in the investigation, preservation and restoration by medical, surgical and rehabilitative means of all structures of the upper extremity directly affecting the form and function of the hand and wrist.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
I20251120001350
MA
6507300258
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Medicare Group Practice Enrollments
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
Lifespan Physician Group Inc
235 Plain St, Providence, RI 029053241
Phone: 4016324700
Secondary Practice Locations
738 Washington St
Attleboro, MA 027036948
Phone: 5087616025
593 Eddy St
Providence, RI 029034923
Phone: 4014445495
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Surgery - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Plastic Surgery - Surgery of the Hand
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Plastic Surgery
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Physician Assistant
Plastic Surgery - Surgery of the Hand
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Master of Public Health
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Plastic Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: MA 1024525)
Registered at 235 PLAIN ST STE 203, PROVIDENCE, RI 029053241 (Tel: 4014442701)
Registered at 235 PLAIN ST STE 203, PROVIDENCE, RI 029053241 (Tel: 4014442701)
Orthopaedic Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: RI MD20739)
Registered at 200 1ST ST SW, ROCHESTER, MN 559050001 (Tel: 5072842511)
Registered at 200 1ST ST SW, ROCHESTER, MN 559050001 (Tel: 5072842511)
Registered at 200 1ST ST SW, ROCHESTER, MN 559050002 (Tel: 5072842511)
Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: MN 76523)
Registered at 200 1ST ST SW, ROCHESTER, MN 559050002 (Tel: 5072842511)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 1 BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL PLZ, SAINT LOUIS, MO 631101003 (Tel: 3143625000)
Registered at 660 S EUCLID AVE, SAINT LOUIS, MO 631101010 (Tel: 3143625000)
Recorded as DAVID CHI, MD, PHD
Plastic Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: MO 2018019819)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Plastic Surgery Specialists in Providence
- Dr. Solomon Swartz, MD
- Dr. Caroline Plamondon, MD
- Dr. Juliet Panichella, MD
- Dr. Jonathan Brower, MD
- Dr. Daniel Kwan, MD
- Dr. Patrick Sullivan, MD
Mailing Address
235 Plain St Ste 203
Providence, RI 029053241
Phone: 4014442701