Richard Y. Lam, M.D.
Specialist · Marina Del Rey, CA
Richard Y. Lam, M.D. is a specialist with a practice address in Marina Del Rey, California, and NPI 1811925258, issued on Jun 28, 2006. Check the license (California A60442, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Y. Lam
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- A60442 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4560 Admiralty Way Ste 111, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
- Phone
- (310) 827-7707
- Enumerated
- Jun 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 4, 2024
- Fax
- (310) 574-4002
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050913000347); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4560 Admiralty Way Ste 111
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Mark Scholz, M.D.Specialist1346286093
Verify Richard Y. Lam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license A60442Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
37% more Medicare Part D claims than the average specialist in 2024
1,897 Medicare Part D claims for 273 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Finasteride157 claims
- Orgovyx145 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl121 claims
- Dutasteride102 claims
- Abiraterone Acetate99 claims
- Xtandi93 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): 77.8 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: $1,632.25
80 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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
- Prostate Oncology Specialists, Inc.Marina Del Rey, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Y. Lam among 5,749 specialist records in California
Richard Y. Lam, M.D. is one of 5,749 specialist records with a practice address in California. 30% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 30% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 19% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 1989 among the 1,075 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 77% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
10 specialist records list a practice address in Marina Del Rey
They are 10 of the 711 NPPES records with a practice address in Marina Del Rey, and 5,749 specialist records in California.
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The 8 specialist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Gary Brazina, M. D.Marina Del Rey, CA 902921376655142
- Sophia Dvorkina, MS.SPED,Marina Del Rey, CA 902921053046821
- Daniel Marcus, M.D.Marina Del Rey, CA 902921417061714
- Frederic Nicola, M. D.Marina Del Rey, CA 902921184736480
- Nita Patel, M.D.Marina Del Rey, CA 902921295786663
- Mark Scholz, M.D.Marina Del Rey, CA 902921346286093
- William Stevens, M.D.Marina Del Rey, CA 902921689709008
- David Stoker, M.DMarina Del Rey, CA 902921770618480
Common questions
What is Richard Y. Lam, M.D.'s NPI number?
Richard Y. Lam, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811925258, issued on Jun 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Y. Lam, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4560 Admiralty Way Ste 111, Marina Del Rey, CA, 90292. Phone: (310) 827-7707. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Y. Lam, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A60442, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Richard Y. Lam, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Y. Lam, M.D. had 1,897 Medicare Part D claims for 273 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard Y. Lam, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 77.8 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.