Lee Scott Silk, M.D.
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician · Waltham, MA
Lee Scott Silk, M.D. is an interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in Waltham, Massachusetts, and NPI 1487693479, issued on Jun 5, 2006. Check the license (Massachusetts 80521, as entered in NPPES) on the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lee Scott Silk
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Interventional Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0014X
- License number
- 80521 MA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 85 1St Ave, Waltham, MA 02451
- Phone
- (781) 647-7246
- Enumerated
- Jun 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 23, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20031113000415); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Massachusetts Medical School, 1993
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lee Scott Silk in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMassachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
Search for license 80521Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
60% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average interventional pain medicine physician in 2024
918 Medicare Part D claims for 99 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,306 among the 2,100 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims. 41 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Tizanidine Hcl78 claims
- Qulipta67 claims
- Olanzapine66 claims
- Butalbital-Acetaminophen-Caffe53 claims
- Rizatriptan50 claims
- Gabapentin42 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 78.2 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $425.73
19 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Boston Advanced Anesthesia, IncWaltham, MA
- Boston Advanced Medicine, IncWaltham, MA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lee Scott Silk among 29 interventional pain medicine physician records in Massachusetts
Lee Scott Silk, M.D. is one of 29 interventional pain medicine physician records with a practice address in Massachusetts. 86% 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 17% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 17% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 86% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 1994 among the 20 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 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 208VP0014X and a Massachusetts practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers in Massachusetts
There are 29 interventional pain medicine physician records in Massachusetts.
All 29 in Massachusetts → Every provider in Waltham → Interventional Pain Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 interventional pain medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Nicholas Barnes, M.D.Waltham, MA 024511578806170
- David Dibenedetto, M.D.Waltham, MA 024511770599029
- Omar El Abd, MDWellesley, MA 024811831189364
- James Gorman, M.D.Wellesley, MA 024821609010008
- Dana Zalkind, MDNeedham, MA 024921114903119
- Anil Kumar, M.D.Stoneham, MA 021801548209547
- Sasa Periskic, M.D.Melrose, MA 021761447253976
- Anthony Dahi, DOBrighton, MA 021351316630494
Common questions
What is Lee Scott Silk, M.D.'s NPI number?
Lee Scott Silk, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487693479, issued on Jun 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lee Scott Silk, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 85 1St Ave, Waltham, MA, 02451. Phone: (781) 647-7246. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lee Scott Silk, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Massachusetts license number 80521, as entered by the provider. Search the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine at https://findmydoctor.mass.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Lee Scott Silk, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lee Scott Silk, M.D. had 918 Medicare Part D claims for 99 beneficiaries; the average among interventional pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,306. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Lee Scott Silk, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 78.2 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.