Brett Y. Lu, MD PHD
Psychiatry Physician · Honolulu, HI
Brett Y. Lu, MD PHD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Honolulu, Hawaii, and NPI 1649331760, issued on Dec 12, 2006. Check the license (Hawaii MD-14198, as entered in NPPES) on the Hawaii Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brett Y. Lu
- Credential
- MD PHD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- MD-14198 HI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1296 Kapiolani Blvd Apt 3004, Honolulu, HI 96814
- Phone
- (808) 285-9271
- Enumerated
- Dec 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 3, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070717000130); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Saint Louis University School Of Medicine, 2001
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Brett Y. Lu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersHawaii Medical Board
Search for license MD-14198Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,027 Medicare Part D claims for 138 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
- Escitalopram Oxalate167 claims
- Trazodone Hcl160 claims
- Citalopram Hbr129 claims
- Aripiprazole76 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate54 claims
- Risperidone41 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 86.2 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $719.06
11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, 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.
2 hospitals and group practices
- Straub Clinic And HospitalHonolulu, HI · Acute Care Hospitals4 of 5 stars
- Hawaii Permanente Medical Group IncHonolulu, HI
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Brett Y. Lu among 331 psychiatry physician records in Hawaii
Brett Y. Lu, MD PHD is one of 331 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Hawaii. 60% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 62% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 60% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 33% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2003 among the 110 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 47% 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 Hawaii practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
175 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Honolulu
They are 175 of the 12,408 NPPES records with a practice address in Honolulu, and 331 psychiatry physician records in Hawaii.
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- Rudolf Kuszmider, M.D.Honolulu, HI 968141689750978
- Dennis Lind, M.D.Honolulu, HI 968141750384293
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Common questions
What is Brett Y. Lu, MD PHD's NPI number?
Brett Y. Lu, MD PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649331760, issued on Dec 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brett Y. Lu, MD PHD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1296 Kapiolani Blvd Apt 3004, Honolulu, HI, 96814. Phone: (808) 285-9271. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brett Y. Lu, MD PHD's license?
NPPES lists Hawaii license number MD-14198, as entered by the provider. Search the Hawaii Medical Board at https://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/boards/medical/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Brett Y. Lu, MD PHD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brett Y. Lu, MD PHD had 1,027 Medicare Part D claims for 138 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Brett Y. Lu, MD PHD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 86.2 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.