Joanne Y. Kim, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Walnut Creek, CA
Joanne Y. Kim, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Walnut Creek, California, and NPI 1669524880, issued on Jan 17, 2007. Check the license (California A61502, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joanne Y. Kim
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- A61502 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1425 S Main St, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
- Phone
- (925) 295-4000
- Enumerated
- Jan 17, 2007
- Record last updated
- Dec 27, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 00A615020 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110201000809); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- George Washington University School Of Medicine, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joanne Y. Kim in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A61502Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
89% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
37 Medicare Part D claims for 23 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Meloxicam13 claims
- Nabumetone11 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: $194.17
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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
- Permanente Medical Group IncWalnut Creek, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joanne Y. Kim among 2,276 orthopaedic surgery physician records in California
Joanne Y. Kim, MD is one of 2,276 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 54% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 54% of these records are older, 35% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2003 among the 1,347 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 66% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in California
There are 2,276 orthopaedic surgery physician records in California.
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The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Eugene Bobroff, MDWalnut Creek, CA 945961972681070
- Craig Boulris, MDWalnut Creek, CA 945961609954700
- William Cimino, MDWalnut Creek, CA 945961780762872
- Craig Gyory, MDWalnut Creek, CA 945961861570921
- Jason Ho, M.D.Walnut Creek, CA 945961124050653
- Jeffrey Luo, MDWalnut Creek, CA 945961477627073
- Douglas Mason, MDWalnut Creek, CA 945961811075971
- Paul Nottingham, M.D.Walnut Creek, CA 945961659390920
Common questions
What is Joanne Y. Kim, MD's NPI number?
Joanne Y. Kim, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1669524880, issued on Jan 17, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joanne Y. Kim, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1425 S Main St, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596. Phone: (925) 295-4000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joanne Y. Kim, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A61502, 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 Joanne Y. Kim, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joanne Y. Kim, MD had 37 Medicare Part D claims for 23 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. 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.