Joo-Hyung Lee, MD
Rheumatology Physician · Orange, CA
Joo-Hyung Lee, MD is a rheumatology physician with a practice address in Orange, California, and NPI 1306891346, issued on May 24, 2006. Check the license (California A67889, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joo-Hyung Lee
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Rheumatology Physician 207RR0500X
- License number
- A67889 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1010 W LA Veta Ave Ste 360, Orange, CA 92868
- Phone
- (714) 245-0492
- Enumerated
- May 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 7, 2023
- Fax
- (714) 245-0494
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090129000276); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Miami, Lm Miller School Of Medicine, 1997
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1010 W LA Veta Ave Ste 360
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Kristy Hutputtanasin, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1740786284
- Joshua Lee, MDRheumatology Physician1063974764
Verify Joo-Hyung Lee in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A67889Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average rheumatology physician in 2024
4,151 Medicare Part D claims for 924 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,978 among the 6,301 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 28% of claims. 213 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Methotrexate474 claims
- Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate419 claims
- Prolia301 claims
- Celecoxib256 claims
- Prednisone238 claims
- Leflunomide164 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $12,374.56
248 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 4,486 providers of this specialty with any payment received $8,538.33 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.
Joo-Hyung Lee among 926 rheumatology physician records in California
Joo-Hyung Lee, MD is one of 926 rheumatology 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 2006, is newer than 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2003 among the 641 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RR0500X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Rheumatology Physician providers in California
There are 926 rheumatology physician records in California.
All 926 in California → Every provider in Orange → Rheumatology Physician nationwide →
The 8 rheumatology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Brian S Andrews, MDOrange, CA 928681609970292
- Caroline BuiOrange, CA 928681821626482
- Ian Chang, D.O.Orange, CA 928681407116411
- Michael Cheng, DOOrange, CA 928681003109513
- Sheetal Desai, MDOrange, CA 928681699966861
- Priyanka Iyer, M.B.B.S, M.P.HOrange, CA 928681245662055
- Behnam Khaleghi, MDOrange, CA 928681154306678
- George Lawry, MDOrange, CA 928681043208994
Common questions
What is Joo-Hyung Lee, MD's NPI number?
Joo-Hyung Lee, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1306891346, issued on May 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joo-Hyung Lee, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1010 W LA Veta Ave Ste 360, Orange, CA, 92868. Phone: (714) 245-0492. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joo-Hyung Lee, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A67889, 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 Joo-Hyung Lee, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joo-Hyung Lee, MD had 4,151 Medicare Part D claims for 924 beneficiaries; the average among rheumatology physician prescribers was 1,978. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joo-Hyung Lee, MD'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.