Dr. Michael Lin, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 3,498
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 854
- Part D claims, 2024
- 6,219
- Publications
- 33
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Practice address
- 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114
- Practice phone
- Call (617) 726-2000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Michael Lin is an ophthalmologist in Boston, Massachusetts
Dr. Lin practices at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, part of Mass General Brigham.
Dr. Lin's NPI, 1801200563, was assigned on June 19, 2014. Dr. Lin graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2014. Dr. Lin holds Massachusetts license 277634.
- NPI
- 1801200563NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 2062727670
- NPI enumeration date
- June 19, 2014
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (617) 726-2000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 38
- Medical school graduation
- 2014
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Michael Lin practices at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts
Dr. Lin's primary practice is Massachusetts General Hospital, at 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114 in Suffolk County. The practice phone is (617) 726-2000.
- Massachusetts General Hospital55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114 · Suffolk CountyPhone(617) 726-2000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Michael Lin is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Lin's primary practice is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, part of Mass General Brigham. Dr. Lin is also affiliated with Massachusetts Eye and Ear. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lin to 1 more community health center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Michael Lin's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Lin practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Available with a free account |
| +2 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Michael Lin is one of 617 ophthalmologists in Massachusetts
Ophthalmology is Dr. Lin's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Lin is licensed in Massachusetts.
Specialties and state licenses
- Ophthalmology, MassachusettsPrimary
Ophthalmologists near Dr. Lin
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Michael Lin billed Medicare for 3,498 services in 2024
CMS data shows 3,498 Medicare services from Dr. Lin across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 854 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $162,542 for them.
Dr. Lin's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1,6382024: 1,80310%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,1872024: 1,2294%
- Other services
- 2023: 02024: 264
- Surgery
- 2023: 1442024: 11917%
- Imaging
- 2023: 912024: 839%
Where Dr. Lin's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office2,35967%
- In a facility1,13933%
Dr. Lin compared with the Massachusetts median for ophthalmologists, 2024
- Dr. Lin
- Massachusetts median
- Medicare services
- 3,498vs 1,5982.2 times
- Medicare patients
- 854vs 59444% above
- Part D claims
- 6,125vs 54511.2 times
Medians across 612 ophthalmologists in Massachusetts 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. Michael Lin treated 854 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 854 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lin in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 330 patients. 72% of them have high blood pressure, and 70% have high cholesterol. 25% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.14, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Lin's median patient age at 75, with 50% women.
Dr. Lin's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Lin's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women45854%
- Men39646%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Lin's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure72%
- High cholesterol70%
- Arthritis38%
- Diabetes31%
- Ischemic heart disease23%
- Chronic kidney disease22%
- Mood disorders22%
- Anxiety21%
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 75
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women50%
- Men50%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Michael Lin wrote 6,219 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Lin wrote 6,219 Medicare Part D claims for 1,088 patients. 76% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 6,125 of them, across 27 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $513,121 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 4,675 claims across 28 drugs.
Dr. Lin's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic4,752 claims76%
- Brand-name1,467 claims24%
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
- Antibiotics0%14 of 6,219 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: 4,6752024: 6,12531%
Drugs named by CMS: 27 in 2024, 28 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. Michael Lin ranks in the 75th percentile for cataract surgery in Medicare
Dr. Lin accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Lin as offering telehealth. CMS counts 105 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Lin, more than 75% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Where Dr. Lin ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Cataract surgery
- 75th percentile105 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Michael Lin has 33 publications on record
Dmand AI links 33 papers to Dr. Lin, published from 2011 to 2025. 2023 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Intraocular Pressure, Visual Acuity and Glaucoma. Dr. Lin has published most often in J Glaucoma. Dr. Lin's most frequent co-authors are Marlene R. Moster, MD, Lloyd Paul Aiello, MD, PhD and Jennifer K. Sun, MD.
Dr. Lin's papers by year, 2015 to 2025
Topics Dr. Lin writes about most
- Intraocular Pressure
- Visual Acuity
- Glaucoma
- Ocular Hypertension
- Tomography, Optical Coherence
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Glaucoma Drainage Implants
- Glaucoma, Open-Angle
Dr. Lin's most frequent co-authors
- Marlene R. Moster, MD5 shared papers
- Lloyd Paul Aiello, MD, PhD4 shared papers
- Jennifer K. Sun, MD4 shared papers
Recent publications by Dr. Lin
Case Rep Ophthalmol Med
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Michael Lin received $3,277 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024
CMS Open Payments shows 36 general payments to Dr. Lin from 11 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 73% of the total. Alcon Research Ltd paid the most, $1,069.
General payments to Dr. Lin by program year, 2016 to 2024
General payments to Dr. Lin by kind, 2016 to 2024
- Food and beverage$2,40573%
- Travel and lodging$82325%
- Education$491%
Companies that paid Dr. Lin the most, 2016 to 2024
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Michael Lin graduated from Harvard Medical School
Dr. Lin graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2014.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Michael Lin'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 | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Michael Lin's NPI number?
Dr. Michael Lin's NPI number is 1801200563. It was assigned on June 19, 2014, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Michael Lin?
Dr. Michael Lin is an ophthalmologist in Boston, Massachusetts. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).
Where does Dr. Michael Lin practice?
Dr. Lin practices at 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114. Dr. Lin's primary practice is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, part of Mass General Brigham. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lin to 1 community health center and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Michael Lin's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Lin is (617) 726-2000.
What is Dr. Michael Lin's medical license number?
Dr. Lin holds Massachusetts license 277634.
Which hospitals is Dr. Michael Lin affiliated with?
Dr. Lin practices at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Lin is also affiliated with Massachusetts Eye and Ear.
Does Dr. Michael Lin accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Lin billed Medicare for 3,498 services in 2024, and Dr. Lin accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Michael Lin offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Lin as offering telehealth services.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Michael Lin see?
CMS counts 854 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lin in 2024, with an average age of 76.
What services does Dr. Michael Lin bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Lin's most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92133), eye exam or test (92083) and office visit, established patient (99214).
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Where did Dr. Michael Lin go to medical school?
Dr. Lin graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2014.
What drugs does Dr. Michael Lin prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Lin's most prescribed drugs by claims were Latanoprost, Dorzolamide-Timolol and Brimonidine Tartrate.
Has Dr. Michael Lin received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $3,277 in general payments to Dr. Lin from 11 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Alcon Research Ltd.
How long has Dr. Michael Lin been practicing?
Dr. Lin graduated from medical school in 2014, 12 years ago.
Does Dr. Michael Lin do research?
Dmand AI links 33 publications to Dr. Lin, published from 2011 to 2025.
Who does Dr. Michael Lin publish with?
Dr. Lin's most frequent co-authors are Marlene R. Moster, MD (5 shared papers), Lloyd Paul Aiello, MD, PhD (4 shared papers) and Jennifer K. Sun, MD (4 shared papers).
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