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Cheng Chu in Shreveport, Louisiana

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Cheng Chu has Nephrology as his primary medical specialty. Their primary office is: 1800 Buckner St in Shreveport, Louisiana.

They're a part of the: Northwest Louisiana Nephrology, Llc medical group which has around 21 members. You can call their office at 318-227-8899 to schedule an appointment. They also accept the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full. They attended Sorry, his university is not listed and graduated in 2012 (around 12 years of experience). They are not listed as doing telehealth appointments, but this may have changed. It can't hurt to call and check. If anything it may encourage them to make them available if they are not currently.


Cheng Chu Office Phone and Directions

Cheng Chu
Northwest Louisiana Nephrology, Llc
1800 Buckner St
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
318-227-8899


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Phone: 318-227-8899


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Healthcare Info for Cheng Chu

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 2012
The Primary Medical Specialty for Cheng Chu is listed as: Nephrology
Approximate Years of Experience: 12
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6800198359
NPI #: 1578824058
NPI Created On: 05/31/2012
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/25/2017
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RN0300X
License Number:
306488
Listed Gender: Male

Insurance, Services, Charges


Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

  • Vantage Health Plan, Inc.
  • Humana
  • Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: ENGLISH, English.


Services and Procedures include:

  1. Urinalysis, manual test
  2. Hemoglobin measurement
  3. Hemodialysis procedure with one physician evaluation
  4. Dialysis services (4 or more physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
  5. Dialysis services (2-3 physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
  6. Dialysis services (1 physician visit per month), patient 20 years of age and older
  7. Home dialysis services per month, patient 20 years of age or older
  8. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
  9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
  10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
  11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
  12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
  13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
  14. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
  15. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
  16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
  17. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
  18. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
  19. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
  20. Injection, epoetin alfa-epbx, biosimilar, (retacrit) (for non-esrd use), 1000 units

They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).

Open Payments Data. This can include items to test (Durable Medical Equipment (DME)), Biological, Drug Samples, etc. This data must be reported to CMS.


Payments Total: $20

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 797097627

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: KRYSTEXXA

Name of Drug #1: KRYSTEXXA

Open Associated Drug #1: 75987-080-10


Payments Total: $19

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 797097631

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: KRYSTEXXA

Name of Drug #1: KRYSTEXXA

Open Associated Drug #1: 75987-080-10


Payments Total: $8

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 797097635

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: KRYSTEXXA

Name of Drug #1: KRYSTEXXA

Open Associated Drug #1: 75987-080-10


Payments Total: $17

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 797097639

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: KRYSTEXXA

Name of Drug #1: KRYSTEXXA

Open Associated Drug #1: 75987-080-10


Payments Total: $125

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 797097643

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: KRYSTEXXA

Name of Drug #1: KRYSTEXXA

Open Associated Drug #1: 75987-080-10


Payments Total: $16

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Third party is a Charity:: No

Record ID:: 801737693

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: IMMUNOLOGY

Name of Drug #1: BENLYSTA

Open Associated Drug #1: 49401-101-01


Payments Total: $12

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Third party is a Charity:: No

Record ID:: 801738773

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: IMMUNOLOGY

Name of Drug #1: BENLYSTA

Open Associated Drug #1: 49401-101-01


Payments Total: $14

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Third party is a Charity:: No

Record ID:: 802396895

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: IMMUNOLOGY

Name of Drug #1: BENLYSTA

Open Associated Drug #1: 49401-101-01


Payments Total: $16

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Third party is a Charity:: No

Record ID:: 802408749

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: IMMUNOLOGY

Name of Drug #1: BENLYSTA

Open Associated Drug #1: 49401-101-01


Payments Total: $124

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Third party is a Charity:: No

Record ID:: 802733935

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: IMMUNOLOGY

Name of Drug #1: BENLYSTA

Open Associated Drug #1: 49401-101-01


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