Betty Lau, MD
Psychiatry Physician · New York, NY
Betty Lau, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1346403706, issued on Jul 7, 2008. Check the license (New York 266424, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Betty Lau
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 266424 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 268 Canal St, New York, NY 10013
- Phone
- (212) 941-2213
- Enumerated
- Jul 7, 2008
- Record last updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Fax
- (212) 941-2180
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Betty Lau in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 266424Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
44% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
563 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate54 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate51 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl43 claims
- Donepezil Hcl34 claims
- Olanzapine34 claims
- Clonazepam31 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: $743.31
31 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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.
Betty Lau among 6,589 psychiatry physician records in New York
Betty Lau, MD is one of 6,589 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in New York. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 56% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 56% of these records are older, 38% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 39% of these records are
- Record last updated2025 · 65% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2,604 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in New York
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Common questions
What is Betty Lau, MD's NPI number?
Betty Lau, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1346403706, issued on Jul 7, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Betty Lau, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 268 Canal St, New York, NY, 10013. Phone: (212) 941-2213. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Betty Lau, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 266424, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Betty Lau, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Betty Lau, MD had 563 Medicare Part D claims for 51 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.