NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

William W. Lin, M.D.

Urology Physician · Chicago, IL

William W. Lin, M.D. is a urology physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1396776209, issued on Jul 6, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036-102303, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1396776209
Name
William W. Lin
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Urology Physician 208800000X
License number
036-102303 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
676 N Saint Clair St Ste 540, Chicago, IL 60611
Phone
(773) 878-7555
Enumerated
Jul 6, 2006
Record last updated
Mar 31, 2023
Fax
(773) 878-8545
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040719001362); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, 1993
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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9% more Medicare Part D claims than the average urology physician in 2024

1,462 Medicare Part D claims for 477 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,340 among the 10,782 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.

  1. William Lin1,462
  2. Specialty average1,340

Most prescribed

  1. Tamsulosin Hcl611 claims
  2. Alfuzosin Hcl Er126 claims
  3. Cephalexin117 claims
  4. Finasteride101 claims
  5. Potassium Citrate Er62 claims
  6. Myrbetriq36 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: $626.01

34 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 9,340 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,800.04 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. William Lin$626.01
  2. Specialty average$3,800.04

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

  1. Uropartners LLCChicago, IL

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

William W. Lin among 629 urology physician records in Illinois

William W. Lin, M.D. is one of 629 urology physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 76% 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, 54% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 54% of these records are
  • Graduated1993 · median 2002 among the 341 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208800000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Urology Physician providers in Illinois

There are 629 urology physician records in Illinois.

The 8 urology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Nelson Bennett, MDChicago, IL 606111366529240
  2. Robert Brannigan, MDChicago, IL 606111073573143
  3. Michael Carter, M.D.Chicago, IL 606111609807510
  4. William Catalona, MDChicago, IL 606111497716724
  5. Daniel Dalton, M.D.Chicago, IL 606111669403432
  6. John Garnett, M.D.Chicago, IL 606111134150048
  7. James Giblin, M.D.Chicago, IL 606111457360695
  8. James Kozlowski, MDChicago, IL 606111932117504

Common questions

What is William W. Lin, M.D.'s NPI number?

William W. Lin, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396776209, issued on Jul 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is William W. Lin, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 676 N Saint Clair St Ste 540, Chicago, IL, 60611. Phone: (773) 878-7555. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify William W. Lin, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Illinois license number 036-102303, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does William W. Lin, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, William W. Lin, M.D. had 1,462 Medicare Part D claims for 477 beneficiaries; the average among urology physician prescribers was 1,340. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is William W. Lin, M.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.