What is Michael Lam's specialty?

Michael Lam (NPI 1548200835) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Ophthalmology in Houston, TX.

Where does Michael Lam practice?

Michael Lam practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1548200835.

How much does Medicare pay Michael Lam?

Michael Lam (NPI 1548200835) received approximately $2.4M in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 581 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1548200835

Michael LamM.D.

OphthalmologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

2,713

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

49,432

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$2.3M

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,238 Ophthalmology providers in TX — top quintile (cohort median 1,864).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

810

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$403K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

37.7%

Top prescribed drugs

Aflibercept138 claims

Prednisolone Acetate131 claims

Dorzolamide Hcl/Timolol Maleat110 claims

Latanoprost92 claims

Ofloxacin87 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

100.0

Quality

100.0

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

0.0

Payment adjustment

1.05%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$1K

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$1K

Education$41

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$1K

Education$41

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Michael Lam'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). 6 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	86	459
Memorial Hermann Surgery Center Southwest Llp Ambulatory Surgical Center · Houston, TX	27	83
METHODIST HEALTH CENTERS	21	65
HAMBURG, SOL	18	55
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	13	64
MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTH SYSTEM	11	45

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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