Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ)
Biomechanical PhenomenaBone ScrewsCadaver
Dr. Solomon H. Chaim, MD
NPI1073518197PAC ID0042124364
- Medicare services, 2024
- 992
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 179
- Part D claims, 2024
- 215
- Publications
- 2
- Hospital affiliations
- 4
- Practice address
- 6501 Preston Rd, Plano, TX 75024
- Practice phone
- Call (469) 322-1400
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Legacy Orthopedics
Plano, Texas
Find Dr. Chaim's professional email, personal email and mobile number
Dmand AI checks each channel through healthcare-specific waterfall enrichment. See what is on file with a free account, with practice phones, licenses and affiliations.
Dr. Solomon H. Chaim is an orthopedic surgeon in Plano, Texas
Dr. Chaim practices at Legacy Orthopedics in Plano, Texas.
Dr. Chaim's NPI, 1073518197, was assigned on June 15, 2005. Dr. Chaim graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1996. Dr. Chaim holds Texas license L2837.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1073518197NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 0042124364
- NPI enumeration date
- June 15, 2005
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (469) 322-1400
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 56
- Medical school graduation
- 1996
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Solomon H. Chaim practices at Legacy Orthopedics in Plano, Texas
Dr. Chaim's primary practice is Legacy Orthopedics, at 6501 Preston Rd, Plano, TX 75024 in Collin County. The practice phone is (469) 322-1400.
- Legacy Orthopedics6501 Preston Rd, Plano, TX 75024 · Collin CountyPhone(469) 322-1400
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Solomon H. Chaim is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 3 medical groups
Dr. Chaim's primary practice is Legacy Orthopedics in Plano, Texas. Dr. Chaim is also affiliated with Methodist Hospital for Surgery. The medical group on file is OrthoLoneStar. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chaim to 3 more hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.
Legacy OrthopedicsPrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Solomon H. Chaim's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Chaim practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Legacy Orthopedics | Available with a free account |
| +7 more sites and 2 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
For health IT teams
See the EHR and IT leaders at every site where Dr. Chaim practices
Dmand AI maps EHR vendors, IT decision makers and buying committees across each health system and 6.2K+ hospitals, with verified contacts in the same login.
Dr. Solomon H. Chaim is one of 1,394 orthopedic surgeons in Texas
Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Chaim's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Chaim is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Chaim's licenses on file in 3 states: Texas, Louisiana and Ohio.
Specialties and state licenses
- Orthopaedic surgery, TexasPrimary
- Louisiana license
- Ohio license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists ankle or foot injury, arthritis, broken or dislocated ankle/ or foot, enthesopathy in foot or ankle, joint or bone infection, knee injury, leg, ankle or foot fracture and muscle pain, fibromyalgia, and limb pain among the conditions Dr. Chaim treats.
Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Chaim
Counts of orthopedic surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Solomon H. Chaim billed Medicare for 992 services in 2024
CMS data shows 992 Medicare services from Dr. Chaim across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 179 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $36,244 for them. Every service was in an office.
Medicare services, 2024992
Medicare patients179
Paid by Medicare$36,244
Procedure codes10
Dr. Chaim's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Imaging
- 2023: 2892024: 38232%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 2452024: 31227%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 1722024: 25045%
- Surgery
- 2023: 362024: 4833%
Dr. Chaim compared with the Texas median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Chaim
- Texas median
- Medicare services
- 992vs 1,0627% below
- Medicare patients
- 179vs 24326% below
- Part D claims
- 181vs 21917% below
Medians across 1,283 orthopedic surgeons in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Chaim'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.
Need commercial claims for Dr. Chaim?
Medicare shows one payer. Book a meeting to get commercial claims data for Dr. Chaim and other orthopedic surgeons in Texas.
Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Solomon H. Chaim treated 179 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72
CMS counts 179 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chaim in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 117 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 0.80, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Chaim's median patient age at 55, with 62% women.
Medicare patients, 2024179
Average age72
Average risk score0.80
Dr. Chaim's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Chaim's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women11363%
- Men6637%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Chaim's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis64%
- Ischemic heart disease26%
- Diabetes25%
- Anxiety22%
- Chronic kidney disease21%
- Depression20%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Chaim's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 55
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women62%
- Men37%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Solomon H. Chaim wrote 215 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Chaim wrote 215 Medicare Part D claims for 87 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 181 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,157 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 140 claims across 5 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024215
Drugs named by CMS5
Total drug cost$1,157
Part D patients87
Dr. Chaim's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic214 claims100%
- Brand-name and other1 claims0%
Dr. Chaim'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. Chaim's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids27%57 of 215 claims
- Antibiotics19%41 of 215 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: 1402024: 18129%
Drugs named by CMS: 5 in 2024, 5 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
How Dr. Solomon H. Chaim takes part in Medicare
Dr. Chaim accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 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)
Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
For MedTech and pharma teams
Find orthopedic surgeons like Dr. Chaim by procedure volume and prescribing
Filter 7.4M+ HCPs by Medicare procedures, Part D drugs and Open Payments history, then reach them with verified contacts in one login.
Dr. Solomon H. Chaim has 2 publications on record
Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Chaim. Dr. Chaim's most frequent co-author is Kalia Kumar Sadasivan, MD.
Papers2
Dr. Chaim's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Chaim
J Bone Joint Surg Am
Ankle JointGaitLacerations
See who Dr. Chaim researches with
Physician Network Discovery turns co-authorship, shared hospitals and shared groups into a map of who Dr. Chaim works with, so you can find a warm path to the right orthopedic surgeons.
Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Solomon H. Chaim received $4,894 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 83 general payments to Dr. Chaim from 20 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 57% of the total. Arthrex, Inc. paid the most, $1,528.
General payments to Dr. Chaim by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Chaim by kind, 2016 to 2025
$4.9Kin total
- Food and beverage$2,80757%
- Education$1,33827%
- Travel and lodging$74915%
Companies that paid Dr. Chaim the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Solomon H. Chaim has 1 award and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Chaim, most recently CMS Stage 1 2012 in 2012.
Awards and honors for Dr. Chaim
- 2012
- CMS Stage 1 2012
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Solomon H. Chaim graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Chaim graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1996.
- Medical school
- Board certified in orthopaedic surgery
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Solomon H. Chaim accepts plans from 24 insurance carriers
Dr. Chaim is in network with 24 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 15. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Elevance
- Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- United Healthcare
- Cigna
- HCSC
- Humana
- +16 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Chaim accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO15
- HMO14
- Medicare12
- POS7
- EPO5
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Solomon H. Chaim'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 | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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) |
| Awards and committee roles | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
Data last refreshed October 2026Report an inaccuracyRemove my information
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Dr. Solomon H. Chaim
Spotted something out of date? Email hello@dmand.ai and we will check the record. Contact details live in the free trial.
What is Dr. Solomon H. Chaim's NPI number?
Dr. Solomon H. Chaim's NPI number is 1073518197. It was assigned on June 15, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Solomon H. Chaim?
Dr. Solomon H. Chaim is an orthopedic surgeon in Plano, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).
Where does Dr. Solomon H. Chaim practice?
Dr. Chaim practices at 6501 Preston Rd, Plano, TX 75024. Dr. Chaim's primary practice is Legacy Orthopedics in Plano, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chaim to 3 hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.
What is Dr. Solomon H. Chaim's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Chaim is (469) 322-1400.
What is Dr. Solomon H. Chaim's medical license number?
Dr. Chaim holds Texas license L2837, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.
Which states has Dr. Solomon H. Chaim been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Chaim in Texas (2001 to 2027), Louisiana (1997 to 2005) and Ohio (2002 to 2005).
Which hospitals is Dr. Solomon H. Chaim affiliated with?
Dr. Chaim is affiliated with Methodist Hospital for Surgery. Dmand AI links Dr. Chaim to 3 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Solomon H. Chaim part of?
Dr. Chaim is linked to OrthoLoneStar. Dmand AI links Dr. Chaim to 2 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Solomon H. Chaim accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Chaim billed Medicare for 992 services in 2024, and Dr. Chaim accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Solomon H. Chaim see?
CMS counts 179 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chaim in 2024, with an average age of 72.
Show 9 more questionsShow fewer questions
Is Dr. Solomon H. Chaim board certified?
Yes. Dr. Chaim is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
What services does Dr. Solomon H. Chaim bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Chaim's most billed Medicare services were diagnostic imaging (73630), injected or infused drug (J3301) and office visit, established patient (99214).
Where did Dr. Solomon H. Chaim go to medical school?
Dr. Chaim graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1996.
What drugs does Dr. Solomon H. Chaim prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Chaim's most prescribed drugs by claims were Meloxicam, Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Cephalexin.
Has Dr. Solomon H. Chaim received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $4,894 in general payments to Dr. Chaim from 20 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Arthrex, Inc.
How long has Dr. Solomon H. Chaim been practicing?
Dr. Chaim graduated from medical school in 1996, 30 years ago.
Does Dr. Solomon H. Chaim do research?
Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Chaim.
Who does Dr. Solomon H. Chaim publish with?
Dr. Chaim's most frequent co-authors are Kalia Kumar Sadasivan, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. Solomon H. Chaim accept?
Dr. Chaim is in network with 24 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 15. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
Selling to orthopaedic surgery practices?
See orthopedic surgeons in Texas by site of care and group
Find the practices, groups and hospitals they work with, and the right people to contact at each.
- 30 days free
- Self-serve
- No credit card