Paul Choong Hwan Lee, MD
Ophthalmology Physician · Garden Grove, CA
Paul Choong Hwan Lee, MD is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Garden Grove, California, and NPI 1003838012, issued on Jul 25, 2006. Check the license (California A75260, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Paul Choong Hwan Lee
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- A75260 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9894 Garden Grove Blvd, Garden Grove, CA 92844
- Phone
- (714) 539-3232
- Enumerated
- Jul 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 5, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (714) 539-3555
- Medicaid ID
- 00A752600 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040525001101); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- New York Medical College, 1997
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Paul Choong Hwan Lee in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A75260Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
10.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
15,295 Medicare Part D claims for 2,203 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 38% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost3,727 claims
- Azelastine Hcl3,272 claims
- Restasis1,633 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol1,600 claims
- Cyclosporine656 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate515 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: $955.84
16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was RxSight Inc. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 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.
Paul Choong Hwan Lee among 2,899 ophthalmology physician records in California
Paul Choong Hwan Lee, MD is one of 2,899 ophthalmology physician records with a practice address in California. 79% 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2001 among the 1,907 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207W00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Ophthalmology Physician providers in California
There are 2,899 ophthalmology physician records in California.
All 2,899 in California → Every provider in Garden Grove → Ophthalmology Physician nationwide →
The 8 ophthalmology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Richard Nguyen, M.D.Garden Grove, CA 928441134178486
- James Boyce, M.D.Garden Grove, CA 928431457351652
- Kourosh Dastgheib, MDGarden Grove, CA 928431578523593
- Norman Liu, M.D.Garden Grove, CA 928431861492860
- George Mayo, M.D.Garden Grove, CA 928431265591994
- Ryan Taban, M.D.Garden Grove, CA 928431235253196
- Elizabeth Du, M.D.Garden Grove, CA 928401730393398
- Eric Hwang, MDFullerton, CA 928351538620802
Common questions
What is Paul Choong Hwan Lee, MD's NPI number?
Paul Choong Hwan Lee, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003838012, issued on Jul 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Paul Choong Hwan Lee, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9894 Garden Grove Blvd, Garden Grove, CA, 92844. Phone: (714) 539-3232. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Paul Choong Hwan Lee, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A75260, 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 Paul Choong Hwan Lee, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Paul Choong Hwan Lee, MD had 15,295 Medicare Part D claims for 2,203 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Paul Choong Hwan 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.