Dr. Eric Joseph Lai, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 2,165
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 456
- Part D claims, 2024
- 2,100
- MIPS score, 2024
- 99
- Hospital affiliations
- 5
- Practice address
- 13851 E 14th St, San Leandro, CA 94578
- Practice phone
- Call (661) 288-5700
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Novelty Surgical Center
San Leandro, California
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Dr. Eric Joseph Lai is a nephrologist in San Leandro, California
Dr. Lai practices at Novelty Surgical Center in San Leandro, California.
Dr. Lai's NPI, 1942592522, was assigned on May 13, 2011. Dr. Lai graduated from McGovern Medical School in 2011. Dr. Lai holds California license 143755.
- NPI
- 1942592522NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 7315166089
- NPI enumeration date
- May 13, 2011
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (661) 288-5700
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 41
- Medical school graduation
- 2011
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Eric Joseph Lai practices at Novelty Surgical Center in San Leandro, California
Dr. Lai's primary practice is Novelty Surgical Center, at 13851 E 14th St, San Leandro, CA 94578 in Alameda County. The practice phone is (661) 288-5700.
- Novelty Surgical Center13851 E 14th St, San Leandro, CA 94578 · Alameda CountyPhone(661) 288-5700
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Eric Joseph Lai is affiliated with 12 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Lai's primary practice is Novelty Surgical Center in San Leandro, California. Dr. Lai is also affiliated with Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley. The medical group on file is Alameda Health System. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lai to 4 more hospitals, 4 dialysis centers, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Eric Joseph Lai's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Lai practices, 11 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Novelty Surgical Center | Available with a free account |
| +11 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Eric Joseph Lai is one of 1,401 nephrologists in California
Nephrology is Dr. Lai's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Lai is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Lai's licenses on file in 2 states: California and New York.
Specialties and state licenses
- Nephrology, CaliforniaPrimary
- New York license
Nephrologists near Dr. Lai
Counts of nephrologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Eric Joseph Lai billed Medicare for 2,165 services in 2024
CMS data shows 2,165 Medicare services from Dr. Lai across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 456 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $284,230 for them.
Dr. Lai's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,5042024: 1,68612%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 3762024: 3904%
- Other services
- 2023: 02024: 89
Where Dr. Lai's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office1,21856%
- In a facility94744%
Dr. Lai compared with the California median for nephrologists, 2024
- Dr. Lai
- California median
- Medicare services
- 2,165vs 1,084100% above
- Medicare patients
- 456vs 30749% above
- Part D claims
- 1,862vs 95595% above
Medians across 1,355 nephrologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Lai's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Eric Joseph Lai treated 456 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73
CMS counts 456 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lai in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 151 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 63% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 4.22, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Lai's median patient age at 68, with 42% women.
Dr. Lai's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Lai's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women21948%
- Men23752%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Lai's Medicare patients, 2024
- Chronic kidney disease75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Diabetes65%
- Heart failure48%
- Ischemic heart disease43%
- Arthritis38%
- COPD32%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Lai's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 68
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women42%
- Men53%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Eric Joseph Lai wrote 2,100 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Lai wrote 2,100 Medicare Part D claims for 296 patients. 79% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,862 of them, across 36 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $358,073 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,597 claims across 32 drugs.
Dr. Lai's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic1,669 claims79%
- Brand-name431 claims21%
Dr. Lai's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 1,5972024: 1,86217%
Drugs named by CMS: 36 in 2024, 32 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Eric Joseph Lai scored 99 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 99 out of 100 for Dr. Lai for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Lai accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Lai as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Dr. Lai's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 99of 100Final score
- 93of 100Quality
- 95of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 74of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Eric Joseph Lai received $23,117 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 246 general payments to Dr. Lai from 28 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 56% of the total. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation paid the most, $7,499.
General payments to Dr. Lai by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Lai by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Consulting fees$12,94956%
- Food and beverage$6,18427%
- Travel and lodging$2,20810%
- Honoraria$1,6007%
- Education$1761%
Companies that paid Dr. Lai the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Eric Joseph Lai graduated from McGovern Medical School
Dr. Lai graduated from McGovern Medical School in 2011.
- Medical school
- Board certified in internal medicine
- Board certified in nephrology
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Eric Joseph Lai accepts plans from 15 insurance carriers
Dr. Lai is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Elevance
- United Healthcare
- HCSC
- Kaiser Permanente
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Molina
- +7 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Lai accepts, by number of carriers
- Medicare9
- HMO8
- PPO8
- EPO5
- POS5
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Eric Joseph Lai's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Eric Joseph Lai's NPI number?
Dr. Eric Joseph Lai's NPI number is 1942592522. It was assigned on May 13, 2011, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Eric Joseph Lai?
Dr. Eric Joseph Lai is a nephrologist in San Leandro, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).
Where does Dr. Eric Joseph Lai practice?
Dr. Lai practices at 13851 E 14th St, San Leandro, CA 94578. Dr. Lai's primary practice is Novelty Surgical Center in San Leandro, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lai to 4 hospitals, 4 dialysis centers, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Eric Joseph Lai's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Lai is (661) 288-5700.
What is Dr. Eric Joseph Lai's medical license number?
Dr. Lai holds California license 143755, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Eric Joseph Lai been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Lai in California (2016 to 2026) and New York (2013 to 2016).
Which hospitals is Dr. Eric Joseph Lai affiliated with?
Dr. Lai is affiliated with Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley. Dmand AI links Dr. Lai to 4 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Eric Joseph Lai part of?
Dr. Lai is linked to Alameda Health System. Dmand AI links Dr. Lai to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Eric Joseph Lai accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Lai billed Medicare for 2,165 services in 2024, and Dr. Lai accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Eric Joseph Lai offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Lai as offering telehealth services.
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What is Dr. Eric Joseph Lai's MIPS score?
Dr. Lai's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 99 out of 100, reported individually.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Eric Joseph Lai see?
CMS counts 456 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lai in 2024, with an average age of 73.
Is Dr. Eric Joseph Lai board certified?
Yes. Dr. Lai is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
What services does Dr. Eric Joseph Lai bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Lai's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99233), office visit, established patient (99214) and dialysis (90960).
Where did Dr. Eric Joseph Lai go to medical school?
Dr. Lai graduated from McGovern Medical School in 2011.
What drugs does Dr. Eric Joseph Lai prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Lai's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydralazine HCl, Tamsulosin HCl and Amlodipine Besylate.
Has Dr. Eric Joseph Lai received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $23,117 in general payments to Dr. Lai from 28 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
How long has Dr. Eric Joseph Lai been practicing?
Dr. Lai graduated from medical school in 2011, 15 years ago.
What insurance does Dr. Eric Joseph Lai accept?
Dr. Lai is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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