Dr. James L. Lau, MD

  • Anaheim, CA
  • Urologist
NPI1811056435PAC ID9638196959
Medicare services, 2024
6,971
Medicare patients, 2024
684
Part D claims, 2024
1,368
Hospital affiliations
4
Industry payments
$19,421
Practice address
200 W Center Street Promenade, Anaheim, CA 92805
Practice phone
Call (657) 640-8090
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Primary practice

Providence at Home With Compassus Home Health Orange County

Home Health Agency - Main Office · Anaheim, California

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Dr. James L. Lau is a urologist in Anaheim, California

Dr. Lau practices at Providence at Home With Compassus Home Health Orange County in Anaheim, California.

Dr. Lau's NPI, 1811056435, was assigned on December 8, 2006. Dr. Lau holds California license A45838.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9638196959
NPI enumeration date
December 8, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(657) 640-8090
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
73
Medical school graduation
1979

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

Dr. James L. Lau practices at Providence at Home With Compassus Home Health Orange County in Anaheim, California

Dr. Lau's primary practice is Providence at Home With Compassus Home Health Orange County, at 200 W Center Street Promenade, Anaheim, CA 92805. The practice phone is (657) 640-8090.

  • Providence at Home With Compassus Home Health Orange County
    200 W Center Street Promenade, Anaheim, CA 92805Phone(657) 640-8090

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. James L. Lau is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Lau's primary practice is Providence at Home With Compassus Home Health Orange County in Anaheim, California. Dr. Lau is also affiliated with Panorama City Medical Center. The medical group on file is Southern California Permanente Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lau to 3 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 hospice and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Lau's employer is on file too: a home health agency.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. James L. Lau's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Lau practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Providence at Home With Compassus Home Health Orange CountyAvailable with a free account
+6 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. James L. Lau is one of 1,395 urologists in California

Urology is Dr. Lau's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208800000X. Dr. Lau is board certified in urology by the American Board of Urology. Dmand AI has Dr. Lau's licenses on file in 3 states: California, Illinois and Washington.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Urology, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A45838 · 1989 to 2027 · taxonomy 208800000X
  • Illinois license1988 to 2005
  • Washington license1994 to 2003

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists bladder disease, enlarged prostate, enlarged prostate transurethral surgery (TURP), erectile dysfunction, kidney cysts, kidney removal surgery, kidney stone disease and prostate cancer among the conditions Dr. Lau treats.

Urologists near Dr. Lau

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. James L. Lau billed Medicare for 6,971 services in 2024

CMS data shows 6,971 Medicare services from Dr. Lau across 25 procedure codes in 2024, for 684 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $280,240 for them.

Medicare services, 20246,971
Medicare patients684
Paid by Medicare$280,240
Procedure codes25

Dr. Lau's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 3,1972024: 4,22332%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,4042024: 1,59013%
Surgery
2023: 6402024: 6877%
Other services
2023: 02024: 352
Tests and treatments
2023: 1512024: 8544%
Imaging
2023: 372024: 348%

Where Dr. Lau's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office6,80998%
  • In a facility1622%

Dr. Lau compared with the California median for urologists, 2024

  • Dr. Lau
  • California median
Medicare services
6,971vs 1,0506.6 times
Medicare patients
684vs 34698% above
Part D claims
1,251vs 64295% above

Medians across 1,310 urologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Lau'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. James L. Lau treated 684 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77

CMS counts 684 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lau in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 276 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 27% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.41, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Lau's median patient age at 73, with 33% women.

Medicare patients, 2024684
Average age77
Average risk score1.41
Also on Medicaid27%

Dr. Lau's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Lau's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women20230%
  • Men48270%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Lau's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis46%
  4. Ischemic heart disease35%
  5. Diabetes34%
  6. Chronic kidney disease28%
  7. Cancer26%
  8. Atrial fibrillation25%

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

Dr. Lau's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 73

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women33%
  • Men67%

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

Dr. James L. Lau wrote 1,368 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Lau wrote 1,368 Medicare Part D claims for 441 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,251 of them, across 14 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $103,474 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 968 claims across 12 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,368
Drugs named by CMS14
Total drug cost$103,474
Part D patients441

Dr. Lau's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic1,270 claims93%
  • Brand-name and other98 claims7%

Dr. Lau'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 Dr. Lau's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids4%50 of 1,368 claims
  • Antibiotics28%377 of 1,368 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: 9682024: 1,25129%

Drugs named by CMS: 14 in 2024, 12 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

Dr. James L. Lau ranks in the 98th percentile for prostate resection in Medicare

Dr. Lau accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Lau as offering telehealth. CMS counts 59 procedures of prostate resection by Dr. Lau, more than 98% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Where Dr. Lau ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Prostate resection
98th percentile59 procedures

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Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. James L. Lau received $19,421 in industry payments from 2022 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 56 general payments to Dr. Lau from 16 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 94% of the total. Ethicon Inc. paid the most, $18,250.

General payments to Dr. Lau by program year, 2022 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Lau by kind, 2022 to 2025

$19.4Kin total
  • Consulting fees$18,25094%
  • Food and beverage$1,1716%

Companies that paid Dr. Lau the most, 2022 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

Dr. James L. Lau has 3 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Lau, most recently CMS Stage 1 2012 in 2011.

Awards and honors for Dr. Lau

  1. 2011
    • CMS Stage 1 2012
  2. Undated
    • ACS Fellow
    • Super Doc

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. James L. Lau is board certified in urology

Dr. Lau is a member of ACS.

  1. Board certified in urologyAmerican Board of Urology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. James L. Lau accepts plans from 12 insurance carriers

Dr. Lau is in network with 12 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • HCSC
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Elevance
  • Regence Health Plans
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • +4 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Lau accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare7
  2. PPO7
  3. HMO6
  4. EPO4
  5. POS3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. James L. Lau'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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (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 Dr. James L. Lau's NPI number?

Dr. James L. Lau's NPI number is 1811056435. It was assigned on December 8, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. James L. Lau?

Dr. James L. Lau is a urologist in Anaheim, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Urology Physician (taxonomy code 208800000X).

Where does Dr. James L. Lau practice?

Dr. Lau practices at 200 W Center Street Promenade, Anaheim, CA 92805. Dr. Lau's primary practice is Providence at Home With Compassus Home Health Orange County in Anaheim, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lau to 3 hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 hospice and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. James L. Lau's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Lau is (657) 640-8090.

What is Dr. James L. Lau's medical license number?

Dr. Lau holds California license A45838, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. James L. Lau been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Lau in California (1989 to 2027), Illinois (1988 to 2005) and Washington (1994 to 2003).

Which hospitals is Dr. James L. Lau affiliated with?

Dr. Lau is affiliated with Panorama City Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Lau to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. James L. Lau part of?

Dr. Lau is linked to Southern California Permanente Medical Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Lau to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. James L. Lau accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Lau billed Medicare for 6,971 services in 2024, and Dr. Lau accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. James L. Lau offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Lau as offering telehealth services.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. James L. Lau see?

CMS counts 684 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lau in 2024, with an average age of 77.

Is Dr. James L. Lau board certified?

Yes. Dr. Lau is board certified in urology by the American Board of Urology.

What services does Dr. James L. Lau bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Lau's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J0585), office visit, established patient (99212) and medicare service (G2211).

What drugs does Dr. James L. Lau prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Lau's most prescribed drugs by claims were Tamsulosin HCl, Finasteride and Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim.

Has Dr. James L. Lau received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $19,421 in general payments to Dr. Lau from 16 companies from 2022 to 2025. The largest total came from Ethicon Inc.

How long has Dr. James L. Lau been practicing?

Dr. Lau graduated from medical school in 1979, 47 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. James L. Lau accept?

Dr. Lau is in network with 12 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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