Dr. Ping Lu, MD, PhD

Dr. Lu practices at South Shore Hospital in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, part of South Shore Health System.

Dr. Lu's NPI, 1497252290, was assigned on April 9, 2018. Dr. Lu holds Massachusetts license 287540.

Dr. Lu's primary practice is South Shore Hospital, at 55 Fogg Road, South Weymouth, MA 02190 in Norfolk County. The practice phone is (781) 340-8000.

Dr. Lu's primary practice is South Shore Hospital in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, part of South Shore Health System. The medical group on file is Coastal Medical Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lu to 1 more physician office, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Lu practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Internal medicine is Dr. Lu's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Lu is licensed in Massachusetts.

CMS data shows 1,470 Medicare services from Dr. Lu across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 429 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $121,998 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 429 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lu in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 164 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 33% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.35, 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. Lu's median patient age at 73, with 58% women.

In 2024, Dr. Lu wrote 216 Medicare Part D claims for 109 patients. 80% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 54 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $7,028 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 54 claims across 4 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 87 out of 100 for Dr. Lu for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Lu accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 8 papers to Dr. Lu, published from 2014 to 2023. 2014 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Asthma, Apoptosis and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid.