Tyson Kim, M.D, PH.D.
Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician · San Francisco, CA
Tyson Kim, M.D, PH.D. is a cornea and external diseases specialist physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1568881555, issued on Apr 8, 2014. Check the license (California 164743, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tyson Kim
- Credential
- M.D, PH.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician 207WX0120X
- License numbers
- 164743 CA
ME135417 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 10 Koret Way Ste 301, San Francisco, CA 94143
- Phone
- (415) 502-1127
- Enumerated
- Apr 8, 2014
- Record last updated
- Aug 22, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190923001264); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, San Francisco School Of Medicine, 2014
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tyson Kim in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 164743Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
82% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cornea and external diseases specialist physician in 2024
227 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,263 among the 330 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 56% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Prednisolone Acetate87 claims
- Moxifloxacin38 claims
- Latanoprost14 claims
- Valacyclovir14 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate12 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $223.71
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Dutch Ophthalmic, USA. The 284 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,109.37 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
- Ucsf Medical Group Business ServicesSan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tyson Kim among 54 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records in California
Tyson Kim, M.D, PH.D. is one of 54 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records with a practice address in California. 96% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 50% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 50% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 96% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2010 among the 46 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 24% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207WX0120X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician providers in California
There are 54 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records in California.
All 54 in California → Every provider in San Francisco → Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician nationwide →
The 8 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ori Saban, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431407647431
- Joanne Choi, MDSan Francisco, CA 941021063041838
- Stephanie Chen, MDLos Altos, CA 940241629572136
- Charles Lin, MDStanford, CA 943051780818161
- Edward Manche, MDStanford, CA 943051992863443
- Bethlehem Mekonnen, MDStanford, CA 943051306208087
- David Myung, MDStanford, CA 943051942575568
- Jennifer Rose-Nussbaumer, MDStanford, CA 943051598912859
Common questions
What is Tyson Kim, M.D, PH.D.'s NPI number?
Tyson Kim, M.D, PH.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1568881555, issued on Apr 8, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tyson Kim, M.D, PH.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 10 Koret Way Ste 301, San Francisco, CA, 94143. Phone: (415) 502-1127. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tyson Kim, M.D, PH.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number 164743, 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 Tyson Kim, M.D, PH.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tyson Kim, M.D, PH.D. had 227 Medicare Part D claims for 44 beneficiaries; the average among cornea and external diseases specialist physician prescribers was 1,263. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Tyson Kim, M.D, PH.D.'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.