Dr. Daniel H. Lamont, MD

Dr. Lamont practices at Digestive Care Center - Saddleback Medical Center in Laguna Hills, California.

Dr. Lamont's NPI, 1407948847, was assigned on September 29, 2006. Dr. Lamont graduated from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 1991. Dr. Lamont holds California license G75589.

Dr. Lamont's primary practice is Digestive Care Center - Saddleback Medical Center, at 24411 Health Ctr Dr, #450, Laguna Hills, CA 92653. The practice phone is (714) 586-9386.

Dr. Lamont's primary practice is Digestive Care Center - Saddleback Medical Center in Laguna Hills, California. Dr. Lamont is also affiliated with MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center. The medical group on file is South Orange County Cardiology Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lamont to 1 more hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 ambulatory surgery center, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Lamont practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Lamont's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Lamont is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Lamont is licensed in California.

Dmand AI lists aneurysm, angioplasty, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac catheterization, cardiomyopathy, cerebrovascular disease, chronic hypertension and coronary artery disease among the conditions Dr. Lamont treats.

CMS data shows 6,391 Medicare services from Dr. Lamont across 34 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,125 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $576,467 for them.

CMS counts 1,125 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lamont in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 442 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.47, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Lamont's median patient age at 74, with 47% women.

In 2024, Dr. Lamont wrote 4,775 Medicare Part D claims for 655 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 4,449 of them, across 52 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $923,216 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 4,250 claims across 50 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 74 out of 100 for Dr. Lamont for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Lamont accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 25 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Lamont, more than 58% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Lamont. The most frequent topics are Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Coronary Angiography and Coronary Disease. Dr. Lamont has published most often in J Am Coll Cardiol. Dr. Lamont's most frequent co-authors are Matthew J. Budoff, MD, David Mark Shavelle, MD and John M. Kennedy, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 1,347 general payments to Dr. Lamont from 69 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 96% of the total. Biotronik Inc. paid the most, $3,277.

Dmand AI lists 5 awards for Dr. Lamont, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Dr. Lamont graduated from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 1991. Dr. Lamont is a member of ACC.

Dr. Lamont is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.