James Kim, M.D.
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician · Covina, CA
James Kim, M.D. is an interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in Covina, California, and NPI 1649698481, issued on Mar 30, 2014. Check the license (California A159619, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Kim
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Interventional Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0014X
- License number
- A159619 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 236 W College St, Covina, CA 91723
- Phone
- (626) 608-7320
- Enumerated
- Mar 30, 2014
- Record last updated
- Apr 4, 2024
- Fax
- (626) 608-7322
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 236 W College St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Joanna AcostaPhysician Assistant1437620283
- Austin ChangPhysician Assistant1710526983
- Jessica Kuo, MDPain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician1205465085
- Rosalyne Leong, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1306186101
- Dharmesh Mehta, MDInterventional Pain Medicine Physician1114980760
Verify James Kim in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A159619Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
58% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average interventional pain medicine physician in 2024
980 Medicare Part D claims for 272 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. 349 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen195 claims
- Gabapentin116 claims
- Celecoxib108 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium95 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen56 claims
- Tramadol Hcl55 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $322.91
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Nalu Medical, Inc. 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.
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers in California
There are 219 interventional pain medicine physician records in California.
Other interventional pain medicine physician records in California
- Peter Abaci, MDLos Gatos, CA1447200761
- Hussein Abdulhadi, M.D.Santee, CA1629004890
- Nader Achackzad, M.D.Santa Clara, CA1831375302
- Sam Ahdab, M.D.West Covina, CA1992941397
- Roozbeh Ahmadi, M.D.Lodi, CA1134657943
- Patrick Akin, DOTurlock, CA1073072096
- Kais Alsharif, MDLong Beach, CA1730380007
- John Benjamin Arevalo, MD, MBASan Francisco, CA1629561170
- Ezell Askew, MDLodi, CA1699760769
- Kamyar Assil, MDThousand Oaks, CA1750321568
Common questions
What is James Kim, M.D.'s NPI number?
James Kim, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649698481, issued on Mar 30, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Kim, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 236 W College St, Covina, CA, 91723. Phone: (626) 608-7320. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Kim, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A159619, 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 James Kim, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Kim, M.D. had 980 Medicare Part D claims for 272 beneficiaries; the average among interventional pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,306. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is James Kim, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.