Dr. Nghia Truong, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Truong
Dr. Nghia Truong is an internal medicine specialist in Tyler, TX, with 19 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Truong performed 5,577 Medicare services across 3,573 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Truong received a total of $6,545 from 39 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 431 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in internal medicine. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Truong is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic care management, first 20 min/month | 1,178 | $47 | $125 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 1,043 | $82 | $238 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 659 | $124 | $154 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 421 | $55 | $160 |
| Chronic care management, additional 20 min/month | 412 | $35 | $84 |
| Office visit, established patient (10-19 min) | 229 | $27 | $96 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 210 | $24 | $25 |
| Flu vaccine, high-dose | 190 | $69 | $70 |
| Pneumonia vaccine administration | 181 | $24 | $25 |
| Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 20 valent (pcv20), for intramuscular use | 133 | $283 | $795 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians a | 90 | $31 | $100 |
| Dexamethasone injection (steroid) | 84 | $0 | $12 |
| Steroid injection (triamcinolone) | 84 | $1 | $10 |
| Complex chronic care management services for two or more chronic conditions, each additional 60 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month | 83 | $53 | $135 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 70 | $10 | $100 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 63 | $10 | $41 |
| Complex chronic care management services for two or more chronic conditions, first 60 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month | 53 | $99 | $268 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of at least moderate complexity | 52 | $154 | $282 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and | 50 | $40 | $130 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 46 | $65 | $239 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity | 42 | $212 | $400 |
| Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment | 33 | $159 | $231 |
| Pneumococcal vaccine, 23-valent | 32 | $131 | $185 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 31 | $108 | $365 |
| Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit | 25 | $158 | $316 |
| Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent, preservative free, 0.5 ml dosage | 24 | $22 | $63 |
| Pneumococcal vaccine, 13-valent | 19 | $253 | $345 |
| Retinal photography (fundus photo) | 16 | $23 | $146 |
| Bone density scan (DEXA) | 12 | $9 | $41 |
| Administration of vaccine | 12 | $14 | $42 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (100%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.
Geographic Context
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Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Truong is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 6% in TX), with low-engagement industry engagement in the top 13% of TX peers, with 19 years of NPI registration.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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