Christine Kim, MD, MPH
Internal Medicine Physician · Los Angeles, CA
Christine Kim, MD, MPH is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1346733946, issued on Jun 8, 2018. Check the license (California A166127, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christine Kim
- Credential
- MD, MPH
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A166127 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5205 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038
- Phone
- (323) 337-1839
- Enumerated
- Jun 8, 2018
- Record last updated
- Feb 23, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20221129002029); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 2018
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christine Kim in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A166127Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
78% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
712 Medicare Part D claims for 103 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium87 claims
- Metformin Hcl44 claims
- Losartan Potassium33 claims
- Jardiance29 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium29 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate25 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): 85.7 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: $136.48
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 2 group practices
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Care FoundationWest Hollywood, CA
- Galen Inpatient Physicians PCWest Covina, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christine Kim among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Christine Kim, MD, MPH is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 84% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 84% of these records are older, 14% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,423 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Los Angeles
They are 1,423 of the 69,537 NPPES records with a practice address in Los Angeles, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Christine Kim, MD, MPH's NPI number?
Christine Kim, MD, MPH's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1346733946, issued on Jun 8, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christine Kim, MD, MPH located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5205 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90038. Phone: (323) 337-1839. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christine Kim, MD, MPH's license?
NPPES lists California license number A166127, 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 Christine Kim, MD, MPH prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christine Kim, MD, MPH had 712 Medicare Part D claims for 103 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christine Kim, MD, MPH's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 85.7 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.