Dr. Tim Ulrich Leier, MD

Dr. Leier practices at Lifekind Surgery Center in Cathedral City, California.

Dr. Leier's NPI, 1972777316, was assigned on April 16, 2008. Dr. Leier graduated from University Hamburg, Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Fak Med in 1999. Dr. Leier holds California license C144900.

Dr. Leier's primary practice is Lifekind Surgery Center, at 67555 E Palm Canyon Dr, Cathedral City, CA 92234. The practice phone is (760) 656-6111.

Dr. Leier's primary practice is Lifekind Surgery Center in Cathedral City, California. The medical group on file is Lifekind Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Leier to 3 more group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Leier practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional pain medicine is Dr. Leier's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208VP0014X. Dr. Leier is board certified in pain medicine by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dmand AI has Dr. Leier's licenses on file in 5 states: California, Arizona, New Jersey, New York and Hawaii.

Dmand AI lists back pain injection, lower back pain and neck pain and spine problems among the conditions Dr. Leier treats.

CMS data shows 121 Medicare services from Dr. Leier across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 73 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $11,853 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 73 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Leier in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 41 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 70% have high blood pressure. 75% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.40, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Leier's median patient age at 58, with 59% women.

In 2024, Dr. Leier wrote 340 Medicare Part D claims for 111 patients. 96% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 255 of them, across 10 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,891 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 165 claims across 6 drugs.

Dr. Leier accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Leier as offering telehealth.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Leier. Dr. Leier's most frequent co-authors are Corinna Sabine Bowser, MD, Natalya Chernichenko, MD and Rita Nathawad, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 1,100 general payments to Dr. Leier from 27 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 61% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $350,283. It also lists 3 research payments totaling $1,616 in 2021.

Dr. Leier graduated from University Hamburg, Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Fak Med in 1999.

Dr. Leier is in network with 9 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.