PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1508905159

Christopher LaiMD

PRACTICECHRISTOPHER C LAI MD A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONSee all providers at this practice →

Orthopedic SurgeryBrawley, CAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,323

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

13,023

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$488K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,921 Orthopedic Surgery providers in CA — top quintile (cohort median 1,100).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

622

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$7K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

38.3%

Top prescribed drugs

Gabapentin194 claims

Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen187 claims

Cefpodoxime Proxetil99 claims

Ibuprofen54 claims

Acetaminophen With Codeine39 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

72.8

Quality

39.6

Cost

65.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

-0.27%

Individual

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$2K

Payment records

By payment type

Travel and Lodging$1K

Food and Beverage$969

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Christopher Lai's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 45 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
PIONEERS MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE DISTRICT	363	2,238
HADORN, JOHN	176	647
Unilab Corporation Clinical Laboratory · West Hills, CA	105	326
PASCUAL, RAMON	90	336
Yong Tan Family Practice · Brawley, CA	72	450
OPEN SYSTEM MRI I A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP	55	103
Hitenkumar Patel Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CA	45	126
SCHAEFER AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.	42	111
Brian Bigoni Diagnostic Radiology · Carlsbad, CA	40	102
Athar Ansari Cardiology · El Centro, CA	39	187
NPI 1447294160	38	213
Thomas Teske Neurology · El Centro, CA	36	122

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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ProviderScore

OIG/SAM exclusion screening, sanctions history