Michael Lam, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Brooklyn, NY
Michael Lam, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Brooklyn, New York, and NPI 1598059693, issued on Jun 6, 2011. Check the license (New York 261648, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Lam
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 261648 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 861 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
- Phone
- (917) 294-4064
- Enumerated
- Jun 6, 2011
- Record last updated
- Jun 6, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110804000409); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- State University Of New York Downstate Medical Center, 2007
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michael Lam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 261648Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
239 Medicare Part D claims for 181 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone23 claims
- Cephalexin19 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro17 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa15 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate12 claims
- Ipratropium Bromide11 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): 76.5 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: $31.77
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Ethicon US, LLC. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Buffalo Emergency Associates LLPBuffalo, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael Lam among 5,025 emergency medicine physician records in New York
Michael Lam, M.D. is one of 5,025 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 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 2011, is newer than 47% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 47% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 86% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2013 among the 3,232 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
719 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Brooklyn
They are 719 of the 64,057 NPPES records with a practice address in Brooklyn, and 5,025 emergency medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Michael Lam, M.D.'s NPI number?
Michael Lam, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1598059693, issued on Jun 6, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Lam, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 861 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY, 11215. Phone: (917) 294-4064. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Lam, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 261648, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Michael Lam, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Lam, M.D. had 239 Medicare Part D claims for 181 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Michael Lam, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.5 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.