Lai, Kim
Lai, Kim was paid $216K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Nov 2024, across 6 billing codes. Its largest line is 92004, Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient — 37% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoLAI, KIM
NORTHRIDGE, CA 91324
NORTHRIDGE, CA 91324
33aNPI1952322521assigned 07/21/2006
33bProvider typeOptometrist
28Total paid$216K
24GClaims18,607
24DCodes billed6
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Nov 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Optometrist providers in California
Rank by total paid#286 of 1,899
Median peer was paid$23K
This provider vs. median9.6×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 941 | $4K | |
| 2019 | 1,724 | $18K | |
| 2020 | 2,069 | $20K | |
| 2021 | 2,745 | $28K | |
| 2022 | 3,428 | $31K | |
| 2023 | 4,245 | $53K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,455 | $63K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92004 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, new patient | 37% | 4,149 | 4,146 | $81K |
| V2020 | Frames, purchases | 21% | 4,140 | 4,133 | $44K |
| 92340 | Fitting of spectacles, except for aphakia; monofocal | 15% | 2,972 | 2,967 | $33K |
| 92014 | Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, comprehensive, established patient | 10% | 991 | 991 | $22K |
| 92015 | Determination of refractive state | 9.1% | 5,296 | 5,291 | $20K |
| 92341 | 7.6% | 1,059 | 1,059 | $16K |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.