Dr. Sola Kim, MD

  • North Charleston, SC
  • Pulmonologist
NPI1508864968PAC ID7214996222
Medicare services, 2024
1,645
Medicare patients, 2024
511
Part D claims, 2024
2,258
Publications
2
MIPS score, 2024
97
Practice address
9150 Medcom St, North Charleston, SC 29406
Practice phone
Call (843) 572-3330
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Primary practice

Lowcountry Lung & Critical Care PA

North Charleston, South Carolina

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Dr. Sola Kim is a pulmonologist in North Charleston, South Carolina

Dr. Kim practices at Lowcountry Lung & Critical Care PA in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Dr. Kim's NPI, 1508864968, was assigned on July 11, 2005. Dr. Kim graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 1989. Dr. Kim holds South Carolina license 15187.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7214996222
NPI enumeration date
July 11, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(843) 572-3330
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
63
Medical school graduation
1989

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

Dr. Sola Kim practices at Lowcountry Lung & Critical Care PA in North Charleston, South Carolina

Dr. Kim's primary practice is Lowcountry Lung & Critical Care PA, at 9150 Medcom St, North Charleston, SC 29406 in Charleston County. The practice phone is (843) 572-3330.

  • Lowcountry Lung & Critical Care PA
    9150 Medcom St, North Charleston, SC 29406 · Charleston CountyPhone(843) 572-3330

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Sola Kim is affiliated with 11 sites of care and 6 medical groups

Dr. Kim's primary practice is Lowcountry Lung & Critical Care PA in North Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Kim is also affiliated with Roper Hospital. The medical group on file is Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kim to 4 more hospitals, 5 group practices and clinics and 5 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Sola Kim's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kim practices, 10 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Lowcountry Lung & Critical Care PAAvailable with a free account
+10 more sites and 5 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Sola Kim is one of 176 pulmonologists in South Carolina

Pulmonary disease is Dr. Kim's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dr. Kim is licensed in South Carolina.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Pulmonary disease, South CarolinaPrimaryLicense 15187 · taxonomy 207RP1001X

Pulmonologists near Dr. Kim

Counts of pulmonologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

176pulmonologists in South Carolina
7pulmonologists in North Charleston

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

Dr. Sola Kim billed Medicare for 1,645 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,645 Medicare services from Dr. Kim across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 511 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $122,348 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,645
Medicare patients511
Paid by Medicare$122,348
Procedure codes12

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,1402024: 1,02810%
Tests and treatments
2023: 6152024: 5688%
Other services
2023: 02024: 49

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

  • In an office1,33181%
  • In a facility31419%

Dr. Kim compared with the South Carolina median for pulmonologists, 2024

  • Dr. Kim
  • South Carolina median
Medicare services
1,645vs 88885% above
Medicare patients
511vs 39529% above
Part D claims
2,110vs 6843.1 times

Medians across 184 pulmonologists in South Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Kim's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Sola Kim treated 511 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 511 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kim in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 227 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 6% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.80, 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. Kim's median patient age at 72, with 60% women.

Medicare patients, 2024511
Average age75
Average risk score1.80
Also on Medicaid6%

Dr. Kim's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Kim's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women28656%
  • Men22544%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. COPD57%
  4. Arthritis55%
  5. Diabetes45%
  6. Asthma43%
  7. Ischemic heart disease38%
  8. Anxiety37%

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

Dr. Kim's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 72

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women60%
  • Men39%

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

Dr. Sola Kim wrote 2,258 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Kim wrote 2,258 Medicare Part D claims for 372 patients. 47% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,110 of them, across 26 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,364,239 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,483 claims across 24 drugs.

Part D claims, 20242,258
Drugs named by CMS26
Total drug cost$1.4M
Part D patients372

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

  • Generic1,062 claims47%
  • Brand-name1,196 claims53%

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

  • Antibiotics20%455 of 2,258 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: 1,4832024: 2,11042%

Drugs named by CMS: 26 in 2024, 24 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. Sola Kim scored 97 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 97 out of 100 for Dr. Kim for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Kim accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Kim's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 97of 100Final score
  • 100of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 81of 100Cost

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

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

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Dr. Sola Kim has 2 publications on record

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Kim, published from 2016 to 2017. The most frequent topics are Stroke. Dr. Kim's most frequent co-authors are Mouhanna Khaled Mahmoud Abu Ghanimeh, MD and Gregory Howard Howell, MD.

Papers2
Years published2016 to 2017

Topics Dr. Kim writes about most

  • Stroke

Dr. Kim's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Kim

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

Dr. Sola Kim received $16,816 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 603 general payments to Dr. Kim from 53 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 79% of the total. Ethicon Inc. paid the most, $1,755.

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

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

$16.8Kin total
  • Food and beverage$13,21279%
  • Travel and lodging$3,20819%
  • Education$3962%

Companies that paid Dr. Kim 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

Dr. Sola Kim graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Dr. Kim graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 1989.

  1. Medical schoolMedical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Sola Kim'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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)
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)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Sola Kim's NPI number?

Dr. Sola Kim's NPI number is 1508864968. It was assigned on July 11, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Sola Kim?

Dr. Sola Kim is a pulmonologist in North Charleston, South Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Pulmonary Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RP1001X).

Where does Dr. Sola Kim practice?

Dr. Kim practices at 9150 Medcom St, North Charleston, SC 29406. Dr. Kim's primary practice is Lowcountry Lung & Critical Care PA in North Charleston, South Carolina. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kim to 4 hospitals, 5 group practices and clinics and 5 medical groups.

What is Dr. Sola Kim's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Kim is (843) 572-3330.

What is Dr. Sola Kim's medical license number?

Dr. Kim holds South Carolina license 15187.

Which hospitals is Dr. Sola Kim affiliated with?

Dr. Kim is affiliated with Roper Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Kim to 4 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Sola Kim part of?

Dr. Kim is linked to Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Kim to 5 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Sola Kim accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kim billed Medicare for 1,645 services in 2024, and Dr. Kim accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Sola Kim's MIPS score?

Dr. Kim's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 97 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Sola Kim see?

CMS counts 511 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kim in 2024, with an average age of 75.

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What services does Dr. Sola Kim bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Kim's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), lung function service (94726) and lung function service (94729).

Where did Dr. Sola Kim go to medical school?

Dr. Kim graduated from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine in 1989.

What drugs does Dr. Sola Kim prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kim's most prescribed drugs by claims were Trelegy Ellipta, Azithromycin and Albuterol Sulfate Hfa.

Has Dr. Sola Kim received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $16,816 in general payments to Dr. Kim from 53 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Ethicon Inc.

How long has Dr. Sola Kim been practicing?

Dr. Kim graduated from medical school in 1989, 37 years ago.

Does Dr. Sola Kim do research?

Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Kim, published from 2016 to 2017.

Who does Dr. Sola Kim publish with?

Dr. Kim's most frequent co-authors are Mouhanna Khaled Mahmoud Abu Ghanimeh, MD (1 shared paper) and Gregory Howard Howell, MD (1 shared paper).

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