Steve Richard Lai, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician · Palo Alto, CA
Steve Richard Lai, MD is a hospice and palliative medicine (internal medicine) physician with a practice address in Palo Alto, California, and NPI 1053377580, issued on Apr 24, 2006. Check the license (California A77926, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Steve Richard Lai
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician 207RH0002X
- License number
- A77926 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 795 EL Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301
- Phone
- (650) 321-4121
- Enumerated
- Apr 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 28, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 00A779260 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040920001309); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Missouri, Kansas City, School Of Medicine, 1999
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Steve Richard Lai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A77926Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
49% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospice and palliative medicine (internal medicine) physician in 2024
381 Medicare Part D claims for 63 beneficiaries, against an average of 741 among the 1,607 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 55 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Quetiapine Fumarate42 claims
- Prednisone31 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate17 claims
- Losartan Potassium15 claims
- Trazodone Hcl13 claims
- Citalopram Hbr12 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: $20.80
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Kite Pharma, Inc. The 338 providers of this specialty with any payment received $547.94 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
- Sutter Bay Medical FoundationPalo Alto, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Steve Richard Lai among 260 hospice and palliative medicine (internal medicine) physician records in California
Steve Richard Lai, MD is one of 260 hospice and palliative medicine (internal medicine) physician records with a practice address in California. 87% 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 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 75% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2010 among the 193 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 38% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RH0002X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers in California
There are 260 hospice and palliative medicine (internal medicine) physician records in California.
All 260 in California → Every provider in Palo Alto → Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician nationwide →
The 8 hospice and palliative medicine (internal medicine) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Michael Cohn, M.D.Palo Alto, CA 943011598771735
- Keri Brenner, M.D.Stanford, CA 943051952695975
- Alexander Gamble, MDStanford, CA 943051528389681
- Felicia HuiStanford, CA 943051407146533
- Carter NeugartenStanford, CA 943051841539772
- Jonathan Roselman, MDStanford, CA 943051639584030
- Cyrena Simons, MD PHDStanford, CA 943051538347927
- Philip Sossenheimer, MDStanford, CA 943051144858085
Common questions
What is Steve Richard Lai, MD's NPI number?
Steve Richard Lai, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1053377580, issued on Apr 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Steve Richard Lai, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 795 EL Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA, 94301. Phone: (650) 321-4121. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Steve Richard Lai, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A77926, 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 Steve Richard Lai, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Steve Richard Lai, MD had 381 Medicare Part D claims for 63 beneficiaries; the average among hospice and palliative medicine (internal medicine) physician prescribers was 741. 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.