Amara Jeanine Lai, MD
Family Medicine Physician · National City, CA
Amara Jeanine Lai, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in National City, California, and NPI 1790912855, issued on Jun 16, 2009. Check the license (California A120348, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Amara Jeanine Lai
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A120348 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 217 Highland Ave, National City, CA 91950
- Phone
- (619) 434-7308
- Enumerated
- Jun 16, 2009
- Record last updated
- Jan 16, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20161214000592); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Oregon Health Sciences University School Of Medicine, 2009
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Amara Jeanine Lai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A120348Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
62% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,344 Medicare Part D claims for 121 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium107 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate80 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium58 claims
- Lisinopril56 claims
- Metformin Hcl53 claims
- Omeprazole51 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $19.23
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was CooperSurgical, Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Neighborhood HealthcareEscondido, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Amara Jeanine Lai among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Amara Jeanine Lai, MD is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 58% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 58% of these records are older, 40% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
32 family medicine physician records list a practice address in National City
They are 32 of the 749 NPPES records with a practice address in National City, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Amara Jeanine Lai, MD's NPI number?
Amara Jeanine Lai, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1790912855, issued on Jun 16, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Amara Jeanine Lai, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 217 Highland Ave, National City, CA, 91950. Phone: (619) 434-7308. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Amara Jeanine Lai, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A120348, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Amara Jeanine Lai, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Amara Jeanine Lai, MD had 1,344 Medicare Part D claims for 121 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.