Christopher Lam
Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician · Kansas City, KS
Christopher Lam is a pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician with a practice address in Kansas City, Kansas, and NPI 1316367824, issued on Apr 23, 2014. Check the license (Kansas 04-41764, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Lam
- Primary taxonomy
- Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician 207LP2900X
- License number
- 04-41764 KS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3901 Rainbow Blvd # MS 1034, Kansas City, KS 66160
- Phone
- (913) 945-7795
- Enumerated
- Apr 23, 2014
- Record last updated
- Jul 2, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (913) 588-3365
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200707001801); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 2014
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3901 Rainbow Blvd # MS 1034
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Jonathan Baumstark, MDAnesthesiology Physician1417741406
- Kenneth Castinado, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1588309041
- John Dubois, MDAnesthesiology Physician1760286371
Verify Christopher Lam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
Search for license 04-41764Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
34% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician in 2024
1,147 Medicare Part D claims for 333 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,750 among the 2,982 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 21 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin333 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl217 claims
- Pregabalin145 claims
- Celecoxib144 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl76 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl48 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,425.68
29 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. The 2,789 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,225.41 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
- Kansas University Physicians IncOverland Park, KS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Lam among 63 pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician records in Kansas
Christopher Lam is one of 63 pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician records with a practice address in Kansas. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 83% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 83% of these records are older, 13% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2003 among the 39 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 43% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207LP2900X and a Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician providers in Kansas
There are 63 pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician records in Kansas.
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The 8 pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Edward Braun, MDKansas City, KS 661601821192956
- John Breth, MDKansas City, KS 661601629178090
- Andrea Chadwick, M.D.Kansas City, KS 661601679714885
- Terry Chaffee, M.D.Kansas City, KS 661601518079292
- Dili Dhanani, M.D.Kansas City, KS 661601407296650
- Hiroshi Goto, MDKansas City, KS 661601083726509
- Sarafina Kankam, M.D.Kansas City, KS 661601023472677
- Talal Khan, MDKansas City, KS 661601235232166
Common questions
What is Christopher Lam's NPI number?
Christopher Lam's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316367824, issued on Apr 23, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Lam located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3901 Rainbow Blvd # MS 1034, Kansas City, KS, 66160. Phone: (913) 945-7795. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Lam's license?
NPPES lists Kansas license number 04-41764, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts at https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher Lam prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Lam had 1,147 Medicare Part D claims for 333 beneficiaries; the average among pain medicine (anesthesiology) physician prescribers was 1,750. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Christopher Lam's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.9 of 100. 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.