Sally Kim, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · La Jolla, CA
Sally Kim, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in La Jolla, California, and NPI 1689635088, issued on Mar 28, 2006. Check the license (California A78043, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sally Kim
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A78043 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 10710 N Torrey Pines RD, La Jolla, CA 92037
- Phone
- (858) 554-7984
- Enumerated
- Mar 28, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 7, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (858) 554-6714
- Medicaid ID
- 00A780430 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100603000550); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, San Diego School Of Medicine, 1999
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sally Kim in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A78043Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
33% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
4,222 Medicare Part D claims for 481 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 29 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium375 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium258 claims
- Losartan Potassium236 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate218 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium197 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate132 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $47.09
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma US Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Scripps HealthLa Jolla, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sally Kim among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Sally Kim, M.D. is one of 17,696 internal medicine 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
158 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in La Jolla
They are 158 of the 3,648 NPPES records with a practice address in La Jolla, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Sally Kim, M.D.'s NPI number?
Sally Kim, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689635088, issued on Mar 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sally Kim, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 10710 N Torrey Pines RD, La Jolla, CA, 92037. Phone: (858) 554-7984. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sally Kim, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A78043, 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 Sally Kim, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sally Kim, M.D. had 4,222 Medicare Part D claims for 481 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.