Christopher Yih, DO
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician · Buena Park, CA
Christopher Yih, DO is an interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in Buena Park, California, and NPI 1427580729, issued on Mar 28, 2017. Check the license (California 21208, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Yih
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Interventional Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0014X
- License number
- 21208 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5832 Beach Blvd Unit 209, Buena Park, CA 90621
- Phone
- (714) 676-5541
- Enumerated
- Mar 28, 2017
- Record last updated
- Oct 23, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230925003871); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- At Still Un Of Hlth Sciences, Col Of Osteo Med, Mesa, 2019
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 5832 Beach Blvd Unit 209
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Min Joo Kim, PA-C, MPHMedical Physician Assistant1811543143
- Jee LeeFamily Nurse Practitioner1386370419
- Sherlynn Lee, PA-CPhysician Assistant1366010597
- Phillip Lim, D.O., MPHInterventional Pain Medicine Physician1023227154
- Hyerin Park, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1104682483
Verify Christopher Yih in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 21208Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
81% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average interventional pain medicine physician in 2024
442 Medicare Part D claims for 182 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,306 among the 2,100 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims. 241 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen117 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen50 claims
- Gabapentin48 claims
- Meloxicam29 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl20 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl20 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: $19,952.06
73 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. The 1,966 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,889.53 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
- Nuvation Pain GroupBuena Park, CA
- Sharwin Tafazoli IncCulver City, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers in California
There are 219 interventional pain medicine physician records in California.
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- Roozbeh Ahmadi, M.D.Lodi, CA1134657943
- Patrick Akin, DOTurlock, CA1073072096
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- Ezell Askew, MDLodi, CA1699760769
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Common questions
What is Christopher Yih, DO's NPI number?
Christopher Yih, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1427580729, issued on Mar 28, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Yih, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5832 Beach Blvd Unit 209, Buena Park, CA, 90621. Phone: (714) 676-5541. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Yih, DO's license?
NPPES lists California license number 21208, 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 Christopher Yih, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Yih, DO had 442 Medicare Part D claims for 182 beneficiaries; the average among interventional pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,306. 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.