Clifford Lau
Family Medicine Physician · San Francisco, CA
Clifford Lau is a family medicine physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1366874422, issued on Jul 31, 2013. Check the license (California A126564, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Clifford Lau
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A126564 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 140 Turk St, San Francisco, CA 94102
- Phone
- (916) 681-1600
- Enumerated
- Jul 31, 2013
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (916) 688-0226
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20151002002470); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, Irvine, California College Of Medicine, 2012
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Clifford Lau in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A126564Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
68% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,137 Medicare Part D claims for 29 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 21 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium121 claims
- Divalproex Sodium102 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate51 claims
- Eliquis51 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl45 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl39 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- City And County OF San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Clifford Lau among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Clifford Lau is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 68% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 68% of these records are older, 29% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Clifford Lau's NPI number?
Clifford Lau's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1366874422, issued on Jul 31, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Clifford Lau located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 140 Turk St, San Francisco, CA, 94102. Phone: (916) 681-1600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Clifford Lau's license?
NPPES lists California license number A126564, 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 Clifford Lau prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Clifford Lau had 1,137 Medicare Part D claims for 29 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.