Lin Zhang

  • Sacramento, CA
  • Neurologist
NPI1245215946PAC ID5496938953
Medicare services, 2024
1,897
Medicare patients, 2024
372
Part D claims, 2024
3,328
Publications
214
Clinical trials
1
Practice address
2315 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817
Practice phone
Call (916) 734-2011
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

UC Davis Medical Center

Hospital · Sacramento, California

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Lin Zhang is a neurologist in Sacramento, California

Lin Zhang practices at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California, part of University of California Health.

Lin Zhang's NPI, 1245215946, was assigned on December 14, 2005. Lin Zhang graduated from Beijing Medical University in 1984. Lin Zhang's California license number on file is A73655.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
5496938953
NPI enumeration date
December 14, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(916) 734-2011
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
69
Medical school graduation
1984

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Lin Zhang practices at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California

Lin Zhang's primary practice is UC Davis Medical Center, at 2315 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817 in Sacramento County. The practice phone is (916) 734-2011.

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Lin Zhang is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Lin Zhang's primary practice is UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California, part of University of California Health. The medical group on file is UC Davis Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Lin Zhang to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Lin Zhang's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Lin Zhang practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
UC Davis Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Lin Zhang is one of 2,207 neurologists in California

Neurology is Lin Zhang's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084N0400X. Lin Zhang is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dmand AI has Lin Zhang's licenses on file in 2 states: California and New York.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Neurology, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A73655 · 2001 to 2025 · taxonomy 2084N0400X
  • New York license2000 to 2011

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists encephalopathy, essential tremor, fibromyalgia and chronic pain, hereditary polyneuropathy, mobility impairment, muscle disease, neck pain and spine problems and neuropathy among the conditions Lin Zhang treats.

Neurologists near Lin Zhang

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Lin Zhang billed Medicare for 1,897 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,897 Medicare services from Lin Zhang across 19 procedure codes in 2024, for 372 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $109,043 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,897
Medicare patients372
Paid by Medicare$109,043
Procedure codes19

Lin Zhang's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 5102024: 5538%
Tests and treatments
2023: 4322024: 54827%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3772024: 44318%
Other services
2023: 02024: 353

Where Lin Zhang's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office1,71490%
  • In a facility18310%

Lin Zhang compared with the California median for neurologists, 2024

  • Lin Zhang
  • California median
Medicare services
1,897vs 4044.7 times
Medicare patients
372vs 19096% above
Part D claims
3,153vs 3249.7 times

Medians across 1,995 neurologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Lin Zhang'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

Lin Zhang treated 372 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 372 Medicare patients who saw Lin Zhang in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 136 patients. 66% of them have high blood pressure, and 64% have high cholesterol. 30% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.71, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Lin Zhang's median patient age at 70, with 54% women.

Medicare patients, 2024372
Average age72
Average risk score1.71
Also on Medicaid30%

Lin Zhang's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Lin Zhang's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women18449%
  • Men18851%

Chronic conditions among Lin Zhang's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure66%
  2. High cholesterol64%
  3. Parkinson's disease52%
  4. Arthritis51%
  5. Mood disorders39%
  6. Depression35%
  7. Anxiety34%
  8. Diabetes27%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Lin Zhang's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 70

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women54%
  • Men46%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Lin Zhang wrote 3,328 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Lin Zhang wrote 3,328 Medicare Part D claims for 308 patients. 71% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,153 of them, across 58 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,381,655 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,750 claims across 55 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,328
Drugs named by CMS58
Total drug cost$3.4M
Part D patients308

Lin Zhang's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic2,358 claims71%
  • Brand-name970 claims29%

Lin Zhang'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.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Lin Zhang's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over2%63 of 3,328 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 2,7502024: 3,15315%

Drugs named by CMS: 58 in 2024, 55 in 2023.

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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

Lin Zhang scored 83 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 83 out of 100 for Lin Zhang for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Lin Zhang accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Lin Zhang as offering telehealth. CMS counts 76 procedures of skin biopsy by Lin Zhang, more than 73% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Lin Zhang's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 83of 100Final score
  • 64.8of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 69of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Lin Zhang ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Skin biopsy
73rd percentile76 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Lin Zhang has 214 publications on record

Dmand AI links 214 papers to Lin Zhang, published from 2003 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 15. The most frequent topics are Cell Line, Tumor, Apoptosis and Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic. Lin Zhang has published most often in Cancer Res. Lin Zhang's most frequent co-authors are Randi Jenssen Hagerman, MD, John Michael Olichney, MD and Deborah A. Hall, MD.

Papers214
Years published2003 to 2025

Lin Zhang's papers by year, 2016 to 2025

Topics Lin Zhang writes about most

  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Apoptosis
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Nude

Lin Zhang's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Lin Zhang

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Lin Zhang has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Lin Zhang to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Huntington Disease and Chorea.

Conditions in Lin Zhang's trials

  • Huntington Disease
  • Chorea

Investigators on the most trials with Lin Zhang

Recent clinical trials with Lin Zhang

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Lin Zhang received $772,000 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 1,232 general payments to Lin Zhang from 34 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 57% of the total. MDD US Operations, LLC paid the most, $418,631. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $220 in 2020.

General payments to Lin Zhang by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Lin Zhang by kind, 2016 to 2025

$772Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$442,70957%
  • Honoraria$119,51015%
  • Travel and lodging$115,43715%
  • Consulting fees$67,3869%
  • Other$26,9583%

Companies that paid Lin Zhang the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Lin Zhang has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Lin Zhang, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2012.

Awards and honors for Lin Zhang

  1. 2012
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Lin Zhang graduated from Beijing Medical University

Lin Zhang graduated from Beijing Medical University in 1984. Lin Zhang is a member of AAN.

  1. Medical schoolBeijing Medical University
  2. Board certified in neurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Lin Zhang accepts plans from 10 insurance carriers

Lin Zhang is in network with 10 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • HCSC
  • Regence Health Plans
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
  • CMS Medicare
  • +2 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Lin Zhang accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare8
  2. PPO6
  3. HMO3
  4. POS3
  5. EPO2
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Lin Zhang's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Lin Zhang's NPI number?

Lin Zhang's NPI number is 1245215946. It was assigned on December 14, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Lin Zhang specialize in?

Lin Zhang is a neurologist in Sacramento, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Neurology Physician (taxonomy code 2084N0400X).

Where does Lin Zhang practice?

Lin Zhang practices at 2315 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817. Lin Zhang's primary practice is UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California, part of University of California Health. Dmand AI also links Lin Zhang to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Lin Zhang's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Lin Zhang is (916) 734-2011.

What is Lin Zhang's medical license number?

Lin Zhang's California license number on file is A73655, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Lin Zhang been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Lin Zhang in California (2001 to 2025) and New York (2000 to 2011).

Which hospitals is Lin Zhang affiliated with?

Lin Zhang practices at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California.

What medical group is Lin Zhang part of?

Lin Zhang is linked to UC Davis Medical Group. Dmand AI links Lin Zhang to 1 more medical group.

Does Lin Zhang accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Lin Zhang billed Medicare for 1,897 services in 2024, and Lin Zhang accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Lin Zhang offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Lin Zhang as offering telehealth services.

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What is Lin Zhang's MIPS score?

Lin Zhang's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 83 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Lin Zhang see?

CMS counts 372 Medicare patients who saw Lin Zhang in 2024, with an average age of 72.

Is Lin Zhang board certified?

Yes. Lin Zhang is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

What services does Lin Zhang bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Lin Zhang's most billed Medicare services were nerve and brain test (95874), office visit, established patient (99215) and surgery: brain, spine and nerves (64616).

Where did Lin Zhang go to medical school?

Lin Zhang graduated from Beijing Medical University in 1984.

What drugs does Lin Zhang prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Lin Zhang's most prescribed drugs by claims were Carbidopa-Levodopa, Rytary and Carbidopa-Levodopa ER.

Has Lin Zhang received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $772,000 in general payments to Lin Zhang from 34 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from MDD US Operations, LLC.

How long has Lin Zhang been practicing?

Lin Zhang graduated from medical school in 1984, 42 years ago.

Does Lin Zhang do research?

Dmand AI links 214 publications to Lin Zhang, published from 2003 to 2025. Lin Zhang has worked on 1 clinical trial.

Who does Lin Zhang publish with?

Lin Zhang's most frequent co-authors are Randi Jenssen Hagerman, MD (14 shared papers), John Michael Olichney, MD (8 shared papers) and Deborah A. Hall, MD (6 shared papers).

What insurance does Lin Zhang accept?

Lin Zhang is in network with 10 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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