Buddhist Tzu CHI Medical Foundation

Primary specialty

Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)Taxonomy code 261QF0400X

Legal business name

BUDDHIST TZU CHI MEDICAL FOUNDATION

Practice address

1000 S. Garfield Ave.
Alhambra, CA 91801-4709

Phone

(626) 281-3383

Fax

(855) 710-5853

NPI assigned

Apr 25, 2007

Last updated

Jul 18, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Organization subpart

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Authorized official

Name

Stephen P Denq, MDNPI 1568533073

Title

Ceo/Cmo

Phone

(626) 866-9858

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA4 enrollments

Enrollment records 4

NPI to CCN mapping 3

The Medicare certification numbers (CCNs) connected to NPI 1639398704. Details of each certification follow.

• CCN A01160 Federally qualified health center · Active · Details
• CCN A01163 Federally qualified health center · Active · Details
• CCN A01185 Federally qualified health center · Active · Details

Federally qualified health center certification: CCN A01160

Legal name

BUDDHIST TZU CHI MEDICAL FOUNDATION

Doing business as

BUDDHIST TZU CHI HEALTH CENTER

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Federally qualified health center

Participating since

Jun 26, 2023

Last certification

Jun 26, 2023

Ownership / control type

For profit – corporation

Organization structure

CorporationNon-profit

Enrollment address

10414 Vacco St
S El Monte, CA 91733-3350

Federally qualified health center certification: CCN A01163

Legal name

BUDDHIST TZU CHI MEDICAL FOUNDATION

Doing business as

BUDDHIST TZU CHI HEALTH CENTER

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Federally qualified health center

Participating since

Jun 26, 2023

Last certification

Jun 26, 2023

Ownership / control type

For profit – corporation

Organization structure

CorporationNon-profit

Enrollment address

1000 S Garfield Ave
Alhambra, CA 91801-4709

Federally qualified health center certification: CCN A01185

Legal name

BUDDHIST TZU CHI MEDICAL FOUNDATION

Doing business as

BUDDHIST TZU CHI HEALTH CENTER

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Federally qualified health center

Participating since

Jun 26, 2023

Last certification

Jun 26, 2023

Ownership / control type

For profit – corporation

Organization structure

CorporationNon-profit

Enrollment address

1355 Broad Ave
Wilmington, CA 90744-2648

Locations

All disclosed owners & managing parties 12

As disclosed on the Medicare enrollment (CMS All Owners files). Individuals include officers, directors and managing employees, who may not hold ownership.

Owners & managing parties with NPI records 1

Owners and managing parties disclosed on this facility’s Medicare enrollment that are themselves Medicare-enrolled.

• Stephen P Denq, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Alhambra, CA
  • NPI 1568533073

  Corporate Officer, Operational/Managerial Control, W-2 Managing Employee

  CMS ownership

Practitioners 17

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles, and the practitioner matching its NPPES authorized official.

• Stephen P Denq, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Alhambra, CA
  • NPI 1568533073
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group Authorized official
• Christine Liu, FNP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Lynwood, CA
  • NPI 1649556309
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Lu Pu, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • S El Monte, CA
  • NPI 1053977405
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Craig Shaun Wang, D.O.

  • General Practice Physician
  • South El Monte, CA
  • NPI 1649624867
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Men Cheh Lin

  • Low Vision Rehabilitation Optometrist
  • Pasadena, CA
  • NPI 1174716609
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Javier Sethness

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • NPI 1134586076
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Peter Chen, MD

  • Surgery Physician
  • Alhambra, CA
  • NPI 1033163357
  Medicare reassignment
• Flora H. Johnson, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Fontana, CA
  • NPI 1285782276
  Medicare reassignment
• Michael Wang, DDS

  • Dentist
  • South El Monte, CA
  • NPI 1336613512
  NPD
• Kenneth G Chang, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Campbell, CA
  • NPI 1881181717
  NPD (past)
• CHI Chu Hsueh, AC

  • Acupuncturist
  • Oxnard, CA
  • NPI 1497836720
  NPD (past)
• Pei Ching Lai, LAC

  • Acupuncturist
  • Ontario, CA
  • NPI 1891216792
  NPD (past)

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-2",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1752796800000",
    "number": "1639398704",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "9620 FLAIR DR",
            "city": "EL MONTE",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "917313005",
            "telephone_number": "626-427-9598"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1000 S. GARFIELD AVE.",
            "city": "ALHAMBRA",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "918014709",
            "telephone_number": "626-281-3383",
            "fax_number": "855-710-5853"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
        {
            "address_1": "10414 Vacco St",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "city": "South El Monte",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "917333350",
            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "626-281-3383",
            "fax_number": "855-710-5853",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "basic": {
        "organization_name": "BUDDHIST TZU CHI MEDICAL FOUNDATION",
        "organizational_subpart": "NO",
        "enumeration_date": "2007-04-25",
        "last_updated": "2025-07-18",
        "certification_date": "2025-07-18",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "DENQ",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "STEPHEN",
        "authorized_official_middle_name": "P",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "CEO/CMO",
        "authorized_official_telephone_number": "626-866-9858",
        "authorized_official_credential": "MD"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "261QF0400X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Clinic/Center, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)",
            "state": null,
            "license": null,
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Jordan Brown
• Shane T. Brown
• Kari Brownell
• Christine Buan
• Thelma Viernes Buan, M.D.
• Christian Bueno
• Natalie Buenrostro
• Maira Bugarin
• Mary Buligan
• Calvin Lybaung Bun, CASE MANAGER

• Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Alhambra, CA
• Providers in Alhambra, CA by specialty
• Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 18, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; facility enrollments, owners and changes of ownership; Provider of Services certification data.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.