Physician

Brian Lai, M.D.

According to 2025 Medicare claims, Brian Lai, M.D. (NPI: 1700176971) practices interventional pain management (ipm) in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA market, with the plurality of this provider's patient population coming from Los Angeles, CA. This provider's primary affiliated billing organization is SPECIALTY CARE PAIN MEDICAL GROUP INC (NPI: 1700555364; TIN: 870994202) and primary practice location at 90064-1528.

Lai's data goes back to 2015 and runs through 2024. For example, in 2020, this provider had 127 traditional Medicare patients, billed 346 HCPCS/CPT codes, and received $26,391 in Medicare payments. Part D data shows 183 prescription claims across 47 beneficiaries totaling $5,275 in drug costs. Open Payments data shows 3 records totaling $68. You can download detailed data with all billing codes (2015-2024). For more recent data, please contact us.

Over the past 10 years, this provider's Medicare Part B carrier billing has fallen sharply in recent years, from $29,183 to $26,391. Similarly, Part D prescription costs have fallen sharply in recent years, from $12,331 to $5,275. For DME billing, this provider has fewer than 5 years of reported data, so a reliable trend cannot be assigned.

Part B Carrier Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and claim lines in the table.

Year	Patients	Clm Lines	Payment
2015	N/R	N/R	N/R
2016	137	400	$29,183
2017	447	2,110	$160,593
2018	482	4,223	$287,930
2019	374	1,253	$101,933
2020	127	346	$26,391
2021	N/R	N/R	N/R
2022	N/R	N/R	N/R
2023	N/R	N/R	N/R
2024	N/R	N/R	N/R

Part D Events Trend

Drug cost trend, with N of patients and prescription claims in the table.

Year	Patients	Claims	Drug Cost
2015	72	147	$12,331
2016	106	231	$27,508
2017	235	1,535	$77,237
2018	287	2,312	$121,050
2019	135	516	$20,321
2020	47	183	$5,275
2021	N/R	N/R	N/R
2022	N/R	N/R	N/R
2023	N/R	N/R	N/R
2024	N/R	N/R	N/R

DME Billing Trend

Medicare payment trend, with N of patients and DME claim records in the table.

No connected DME records

* / # = suppressed by CMS; 0 = reported zero; N/R = not reported or blank.

Top 5 Part B carrier billing codes in 2024

By total payments.

No connected Part B code-level records for 2024.

Top 5 Part D drugs in 2024

By total drug costs.

No connected Part D drug-level records for 2024.

Top 5 DME services in 2024

No connected or detailed DME service-level records for 2024.

Open Payments Summary in 2024

Category	Definition	Records	Total Reported Amount	Top Related Entity
General Payments	Reported payment or transfer-of-value amount.	3	$68	Abbott Laboratories
Research Payments	Reported research-related payment or transfer-of-value amount.	0	$0	N/R
Ownership / Investment Interests	Reported value of ownership or investment interests.	0	$0	N/R

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FAQ

What Medicare data is available for Brian Lai, M.D.?

Tedicare shows public-source Medicare data for Brian Lai, M.D. (NPI 1700176971), including provider identity, specialty, market context, Medicare Part B activity, Part D prescribing, DME records, Open Payments where available, billing organization details, and ACO affiliation signals where available. Profile data covers 2015-2024, with current attribution based on 2025 claims where available.

Does Brian Lai, M.D. have ACO affiliation data?

No ACO affiliation record is shown in the available Tedicare data for this profile.

What billing organization is linked to Brian Lai, M.D.?

Brian Lai, M.D. is linked to SPECIALTY CARE PAIN MEDICAL GROUP INC (billing NPI 1700555364) in the available physician profile data.

Does Brian Lai, M.D. have Open Payments data?

Brian Lai, M.D. has 3 connected Open Payments records in the available 2024 summary data.

Can I download physician-level Medicare data from Tedicare?

Yes. Tedicare provides sample physician export data and paid custom physician data exports for research, planning, outreach, and market analysis. Exports can include physician profile fields, market and specialty context, billing organization details, ACO affiliation signals where available, and Medicare utilization data.