Thomas C. Kim, M.D.
Specialist · Orange, CA
Thomas C. Kim, M.D. is a specialist with a practice address in Orange, California, and NPI 1144225301, issued on Jun 15, 2005. Check the license (California A79886, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Thomas C. Kim
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- A79886 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1140 W LA Veta Ave Ste 430, Orange, CA 92868
- Phone
- (714) 543-5555
- Enumerated
- Jun 15, 2005
- Record last updated
- Nov 12, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (714) 973-7731
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080313000179); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- R Franklin University Of Med & Sci/Chicago Medical School, 1995
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Thomas C. Kim in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license A79886Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average specialist in 2024
5,187 Medicare Part D claims for 594 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 20% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Eliquis542 claims
- Carvedilol481 claims
- Losartan Potassium347 claims
- Valsartan275 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium274 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate244 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: $15,880.65
127 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. 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
- Providence Medical FoundationFullerton, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Thomas C. Kim among 5,749 specialist records in California
Thomas C. Kim, 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 93% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 30% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 19% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 1989 among the 1,075 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 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).
Specialist providers in California
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Common questions
What is Thomas C. Kim, M.D.'s NPI number?
Thomas C. Kim, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144225301, issued on Jun 15, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Thomas C. Kim, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1140 W LA Veta Ave Ste 430, Orange, CA, 92868. Phone: (714) 543-5555. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Thomas C. Kim, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A79886, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Thomas C. Kim, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Thomas C. Kim, M.D. had 5,187 Medicare Part D claims for 594 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. 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.