Yong Woo Kam, MD
Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician · Kansas City, MO
Yong Woo Kam, MD is a cornea and external diseases specialist physician with a practice address in Kansas City, Missouri, and NPI 1598127995, issued on Mar 24, 2016. Check the license on the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Yong Woo Kam
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician 207WX0120X
- License numbers
- 04-44753 KS
MD-47011 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5151 NW 88TH St, Kansas City, MO 64154
- Phone
- (816) 746-9800
- Enumerated
- Mar 24, 2016
- Record last updated
- Nov 8, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (816) 587-3555
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210719001401); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kansas School Of Med (Kc/Wich/Sal), 2016
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Yong Woo Kam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMissouri Board of Registration for the Healing ArtsCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
36% more Medicare Part D claims than the average cornea and external diseases specialist physician in 2024
1,722 Medicare Part D claims for 493 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,263 among the 330 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 48% of claims. 21 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisolone Acetate640 claims
- Tobramycin445 claims
- Moxifloxacin129 claims
- Ketorolac Tromethamine62 claims
- Restasis62 claims
- Neomycin-Polymyxin-Dexameth54 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 93.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $243.79
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Biotissue Holdings Inc. 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
- Moyes Eye Center, P.C.Kansas City, MO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Yong Woo Kam among 15 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records in Missouri
Yong Woo Kam, MD is one of 15 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records with a practice address in Missouri. 100% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 40% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 40% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 100% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 73% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2017 among the 11 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 7% 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 Missouri 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 Missouri
There are 15 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records in Missouri.
All 15 in Missouri → Every provider in Kansas City → Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician nationwide →
The 8 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Frederick Fraunfelder, M.D.Saint Louis, MO 631411962453241
- Augustine Hong, MDSaint Louis, MO 631411730316449
- Marilyn Collins, MDSaint Louis, MO 631081083291132
- Jennifer Enright, MDSaint Louis, MO 631081477083236
- Jing-Wei Huang, MDSaint Louis, MO 631081023194131
- Jillian Liu, MD PHDSaint Louis, MO 631081023647898
- Anthony Lubniewski, MDSaint Louis, MO 631081861418170
- Todd Margolis, MDSaint Louis, MO 631081982719316
Common questions
What is Yong Woo Kam, MD's NPI number?
Yong Woo Kam, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1598127995, issued on Mar 24, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Yong Woo Kam, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5151 NW 88TH St, Kansas City, MO, 64154. Phone: (816) 746-9800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Yong Woo Kam, MD's license?
Search the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts at https://www.fsmb.org/contact-a-state-medical-board/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Yong Woo Kam, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Yong Woo Kam, MD had 1,722 Medicare Part D claims for 493 beneficiaries; the average among cornea and external diseases specialist physician prescribers was 1,263. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Yong Woo Kam, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.5 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.