Dr. Edward Lin, DO

  • Atlanta, GA
  • General surgeon
NPI1235155961PAC ID1951539014
Medicare services, 2024
32
Medicare patients, 2024
49
Part D claims, 2024
112
Publications
1
MIPS score, 2024
95
Practice address
1364 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30322
Practice phone
Call (404) 686-8500
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Primary practice

Emory University Hospital

Hospital · Atlanta, Georgia

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Dr. Edward Lin is a general surgeon in Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. Lin practices at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Emory University.

Dr. Lin's NPI, 1235155961, was assigned on July 14, 2006. Dr. Lin holds Georgia license 49858.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1951539014
NPI enumeration date
July 14, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(404) 686-8500
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
59
Medical school graduation
1993

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

Dr. Edward Lin practices at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. Lin's primary practice is Emory University Hospital, at 1364 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30322 in De Kalb County. The practice phone is (404) 686-8500.

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Dr. Edward Lin is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Lin's primary practice is Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Emory University. Dr. Lin is also affiliated with Emory University Hospital Midtown. The medical group on file is Emory Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lin to 2 more hospitals and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Edward Lin's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Emory University HospitalAvailable with a free account
+3 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Edward Lin is one of 853 general surgeons in Georgia

Surgery is Dr. Lin's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Lin is licensed in Georgia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, GeorgiaPrimaryLicense 49858 · taxonomy 208600000X

General surgeons near Dr. Lin

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

Dr. Edward Lin billed Medicare for 32 services in 2024

CMS data shows 32 Medicare services from Dr. Lin across 2 procedure codes in 2024, for 49 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $4,110 for them.

Medicare services, 202432
Medicare patients49
Paid by Medicare$4,110
Procedure codes2

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 202024: 215%
Surgery
2023: 112024: 11No change

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

  • In an office2166%
  • In a facility1134%

Dr. Lin compared with the Georgia median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Lin
  • Georgia median
Medicare services
32vs 15079% below
Medicare patients
49vs 10955% below
Part D claims
44vs 5419% below

Medians across 789 general surgeons in Georgia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Lin'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. Edward Lin treated 49 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 70

CMS counts 49 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lin in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 23 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 71% have arthritis. Their average risk score is 1.35, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Lin's median patient age at 67, with 75% women.

Medicare patients, 202449
Average age70
Average risk score1.35

Dr. Lin's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Lin's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women3163%
  • Men1837%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. Arthritis71%
  3. High cholesterol69%
  4. Anxiety39%
  5. Mood disorders39%
  6. Depression37%
  7. Chronic kidney disease33%
  8. Asthma29%

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

Dr. Lin's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 67

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women75%
  • Men25%

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

Dr. Edward Lin wrote 112 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Lin wrote 112 Medicare Part D claims for 50 patients. 88% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 44 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $260 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 11 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 2024112
Drugs named by CMS2
Total drug cost$260
Part D patients50

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

  • Generic98 claims88%
  • Brand-name14 claims13%

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

  • Opioids24%27 of 112 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: 112024: 44300%

Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2024, 1 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. Edward Lin scored 95 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Lin for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Lin accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Lin as offering telehealth. CMS counts 29 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Lin, more than 55% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Lin's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 95of 100Final score
  • 80.6of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

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

Where Dr. Lin ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
55th percentile29 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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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Dr. Edward Lin has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Lin in 2012. Dr. Lin's most frequent co-authors are John F. Sweeney, MD and Sudha Tata, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Lin's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Lin

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Edward Lin received $23,493 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 40 general payments to Dr. Lin from 11 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 49% of the total. Novo Nordisk AS paid the most, $10,171. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $400 in 2018.

General payments to Dr. Lin by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Lin by kind, 2016 to 2025

$23.5Kin total
  • Consulting fees$11,54849%
  • Education$4,00017%
  • Honoraria$3,00013%
  • Food and beverage$2,57711%
  • Travel and lodging$2,36910%

Companies that paid Dr. Lin 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

Sources for Dr. Edward Lin'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
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Edward Lin's NPI number?

Dr. Edward Lin's NPI number is 1235155961. It was assigned on July 14, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Edward Lin?

Dr. Edward Lin is a general surgeon in Atlanta, Georgia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Edward Lin practice?

Dr. Lin practices at 1364 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30322. Dr. Lin's primary practice is Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Emory University. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lin to 2 hospitals and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Edward Lin's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Lin is (404) 686-8500.

What is Dr. Edward Lin's medical license number?

Dr. Lin holds Georgia license 49858.

Which hospitals is Dr. Edward Lin affiliated with?

Dr. Lin practices at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Lin is also affiliated with Emory University Hospital Midtown. Dmand AI links Dr. Lin to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Edward Lin part of?

Dr. Lin is linked to Emory Clinic. Dmand AI links Dr. Lin to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Edward Lin accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Lin billed Medicare for 32 services in 2024, and Dr. Lin accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Edward Lin offer telehealth?

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

What is Dr. Edward Lin's MIPS score?

Dr. Lin's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 95 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Edward Lin see?

CMS counts 49 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lin in 2024, with an average age of 70.

What services does Dr. Edward Lin bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Lin's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99215) and surgery: digestive system (43246).

What drugs does Dr. Edward Lin prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Lin's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone HCl and Pantoprazole Sodium.

Has Dr. Edward Lin received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $23,493 in general payments to Dr. Lin from 11 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Novo Nordisk AS.

How long has Dr. Edward Lin been practicing?

Dr. Lin graduated from medical school in 1993, 33 years ago.

Does Dr. Edward Lin do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Lin.

Who does Dr. Edward Lin publish with?

Dr. Lin's most frequent co-authors are John F. Sweeney, MD (1 shared paper) and Sudha Tata, MD (1 shared paper).

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