Medicare Enrolled
Dr. Eric Lim, MD
Internal Medicine · San Francisco, CA
Practice pattern: Clinical Cardiology
— Primarily office-based clinical cardiology
Very High
DATA COVERAGE
Data in 4 of 4 federal sources
Measures public federal data availability — not provider quality
Informational, not a quality rating.
This page presents federal public records about Dr. Lim from CMS (NPPES, Open Payments, Medicare Provider Utilization, PECOS). It is not medical advice, an endorsement, or a judgment of clinical quality. Always consult the provider directly and a licensed clinician for medical decisions. Read methodology →
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What this data tells you about Dr. Lim
Dr. Eric Lim is an internal medicine specialist in San Francisco, CA, with 19 years of NPI registration. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Lim performed 2,905 Medicare services in 2023. These records do not provide a deduplicated patient total.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Lim received a total of $20,838 from 51 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 937 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly reported through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their effect on care. A reliable breakdown by payment category is not available in this snapshot. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Lim is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
✓ 19 years of NPI registration
▲ Top 11% volume in CA
$20,838 industry payments
Medicare Practice Summary — 2023
Medicare Utilization ↗2,905
Medicare services
Top 11% in CA for internal medicine
Not available
Unique patients (not deduplicated)
$76
Avg. Medicare payment
Medicare patients only (65+ / disabled) · How to read this →
Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) An office visit for an existing patient lasting between 20 and 29 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition. |
717 | $78 | $156 |
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) A follow-up office visit for an existing patient lasting between 30 and 39 minutes. The visit involves medical evaluation and management of the patient's condition. |
559 | $88 | $216 |
| Telehealth originating site facility fee A fee charged by the facility where a patient is located for telehealth services. This covers the use of the site's equipment and staff to connect with a remote provider. |
353 | $21 | $50 |
| Blood glucose test using hand-held instrument A test that measures the level of sugar in the blood using a portable device. The result helps monitor blood glucose levels. |
324 | $3 | $18 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up A follow-up annual wellness visit that includes a personalized prevention plan of service. |
258 | $153 | $336 |
| Home health agency supervision, complex multidisciplinary care Supervision by a physician or allowed practitioner for a patient receiving Medicare-covered services from a participating home health agency. This involves complex and multidisciplinary care modalities, with the patient not present during the supervision. |
198 | $92 | $192 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity Subsequent hospital inpatient or observation care for an existing patient involving high-level medical decision making, with at least 50 minutes total time on the date of the encounter. |
171 | $105 | $180 |
| Home health plan of care certification Certification by a physician or allowed practitioner for Medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care. This includes contacting the home health agency and reviewing reports of patient status required by physicians. |
96 | $48 | $187 |
| Hospital discharge management, 30+ min This service covers the care provided by a physician or qualified healthcare professional on the day a patient is discharged from the hospital. It requires more than 30 minutes of total time spent on the day of discharge. |
47 | $103 | $175 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity Initial hospital inpatient or observation care for a new patient involving high-level medical decision making, with at least 75 minutes total time on the date of the encounter. |
46 | $152 | $336 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) An office or outpatient visit for an existing patient lasting between 40 and 54 minutes. This level of service is determined by the total time spent on the date of the encounter. |
38 | $161 | $300 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) An initial office visit for a new patient lasting between 45 and 59 minutes. This code covers the total time spent by the physician or qualified healthcare professional on the date of the encounter. |
25 | $106 | $354 |
| Transitional care management services, moderate complexity Services provided to coordinate care during the transition from an inpatient or other facility setting back to the community. This includes follow-up and management of a health problem of at least moderate complexity. |
25 | $190 | $300 |
| Quadrivalent influenza vaccine, cell culture-derived A flu shot that protects against four strains of the influenza virus. It is produced using cell culture technology rather than traditional egg-based methods. |
24 | $32 | $60 |
| Flu vaccine administration This procedure involves the administration of the influenza virus vaccine. It covers the process of delivering the vaccine to the patient. |
24 | $36 | $42 |
How to read this data: This reflects Medicare patients only (typically 65+). Payment amounts are what Medicare paid the provider, not your out-of-pocket cost. These counts do not measure clinical quality or years of experience.
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗$20,838
Total received (2018-2024)
Avg $2,977/year across 7 years
Top 6% in CA for internal medicine
A higher payment rank reflects disclosed industry relationships (consulting, research, speaking) common among subspecialists — not wrongdoing.
51
Companies
937
Payment records
Payments are publicly reported; disclosure does not establish legality · Not evidence of wrongdoing · How to interpret →
Payment categories are unavailable while the source breakdown is being rebuilt. Company and year totals do not identify how much belongs to each category.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
2024
$1,060
2023
$1,700
2022
$1,732
2021
$3,480
2020
$3,479
2019
$4,453
2018
$4,934
Payments by company (2024)
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
$338
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$267
Lilly USA, LLC
$123
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
$115
Novo Nordisk Inc
$49
Amgen Inc.
$48
ABBVIE INC.
$33
Dexcom, Inc.
$33
RGH Enterprises LLC
$30
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.
$23
Top 3 companies account for 68.7% of 2024 payments
All-time payments by company (2018-2024) ›
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
$3,500
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc
$3,100
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$2,715
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
$1,942
PFIZER INC.
$1,013
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.
$823
Novo Nordisk Inc
$758
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
$569
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation
$555
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
$461
Lilly USA, LLC
$455
Amgen Inc.
$428
Amarin Pharma Inc.
$413
Astellas Pharma US Inc
$388
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC
$382
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$234
AbbVie, Inc.
$211
OptiNose US, Inc.
$197
West-Ward Pharmaceuticals
$189
AbbVie Inc.
$181
Relypsa, Inc.
$162
Eisai Inc.
$137
Salix Pharmaceuticals, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC
$136
Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.
$125
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.
$125
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
$125
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA
$123
ABBVIE INC.
$114
ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp)
$113
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
$106
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
$103
Optinose US, Inc.
$86
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$77
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
$74
Next Science LLC
$71
Exact Sciences Corporation
$71
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.
$66
Allergan Inc.
$56
ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
$55
Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$54
Melinta Therapeutics, Inc.
$48
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.
$46
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
$45
Mylan Specialty L.P.
$34
Dexcom, Inc.
$33
RGH Enterprises LLC
$30
Allergan, Inc.
$29
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$25
LifeScan, Inc.
$20
IDORSIA PHARMACEUTICALS US INC
$20
Circassia Pharmaceuticals Inc
$17
Top 3 companies account for 44.7% of all-time payments
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
ADVAIR · AIRSUPRA · AJOVY · ANORO · ANORO ELLIPTA · Amitiza · BELSOMRA · BENLYSTA · BEVESPI AEROSPHERE · BREO · BREZTRI · BREZTRI AEROSPHERE · BRILINTA · BYDUREON · Baxdela · CAMZYOS · CHANTIX · COMIRNATY · CREON · CYCLOSET · Cologuard Collection Kit · Creon · Dayvigo · Dexcom G6 Transmitter · Dexilant · ELIQUIS · EMGALITY · ENTRESTO · EVENITY · Edarbi · FARXIGA · FASENRA · GARDASIL 9 · GEMTESA · Hetlioz · INJECTAFER · INTRAFIX · INVOKANA · JANUMET · JANUVIA · JARDIANCE · KYNMOBI · Kerendia · LINZESS · LOKELMA · LYRICA · LifeVest · MOUNJARO · MYRBETRIQ · Mitigare · Myrbetriq · NEXLETOL · NUCALA · NURTEC ODT · OT Verio Reflect "One Touch Meter and Strips" · Otezla · Ozempic · PNEUMOVAX 23 · PRADAXA · PREVNAR - 13 · PREVNAR 13 · PREVNAR 20 · Prolia · QULIPTA · QUVIVIQ · QVAR · RYBELSUS · Repatha · Rybelsus · SHINGRIX · SOLIQUA · SOLIQUA 100/33 · SPIRIVA RESPIMAT · STIOLTO · STIOLTO RESPIMAT · SYMBICORT · SurgX · TOUJEO · TRADJENTA · TRELEGY ELLIPTA · TRINTELLIX · TRULICITY · TUDORZA PRESSAIR · Trintellix · UBRELVY · Uloric · VESICARE · VRAYLAR · Vascepa · Veltassa · Veozah · Victoza · XARELTO · XIFAXAN · Xhance · Yupelri
Should you be concerned? Industry payments are disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their purpose, legality, or effect on care. What matters is whether a recommended drug or device appears in your doctor's payment records. If so, consider asking your doctor about it. How to interpret this data →
Geographic Context
Internal medicine physicians in nearby ZIP areas
2,800
County median income
$141,446
Nearest hospital to ZIP centroid (approximate)
CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER - MISSION BERNAL
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Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | NPPES snapshot; verify current record |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | PECOS snapshot |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not included | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This reflects how much public data is available about a provider. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Lim is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 11% in CA), with 19 years of NPI registration.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data, describing data availability and patterns. Read our methodology →
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Dr. Lim experienced with office visit, established patient (20-29 min)?
Based on Medicare claims data, Dr. Lim performed 717 office visit, established patient (20-29 min) services. These records cover Medicare fee-for-service activity, including eligible younger beneficiaries; they do not measure total practice volume or clinical quality.
Does Dr. Lim receive payments from pharmaceutical companies?
Yes. Dr. Lim received a total of $20,838 from 51 companies across 937 payment records. A record can group multiple payments. These transfers are publicly disclosed through CMS Open Payments. Disclosure alone does not establish their legality or effect on care. Patients may wish to ask their doctor about these relationships, especially if a recommended drug or device appears in the payment records.
How do Dr. Lim's costs compare to other internal medicine physicians in San Francisco?
Dr. Lim's average Medicare payment per service is $76. Note that these figures represent what Medicare pays, not your out-of-pocket cost, which depends on your specific insurance plan and deductible. Procedure-level data above shows both what was submitted and what Medicare paid for each service type.
What does Data Coverage mean?
Data Coverage (currently Very High for Dr. Lim) measures how much public federal data is available about a provider. It is not a quality rating. A "Very High" or "High" level means the provider has data across multiple federal sources (NPPES, PECOS, Medicare Utilization, Open Payments), indicating the presence of registry, enrollment, activity or payment records, not verified experience or clinical quality. A "Low" or "Moderate" level may simply mean the provider is newer, does not see Medicare patients, or has not received any industry payments — none of which are inherently negative. Read our full methodology →
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About this page
This page combines public CMS records with calculated summaries and explanatory procedure labels. These transformations are not verbatim federal records. Sources: NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
This page is not medical advice, an endorsement, a recommendation, or a quality rating. Data Coverage reflects data completeness — how much federal information exists for this provider — not clinical performance, patient outcomes, or quality of care. Always verify information directly with the provider and consult a licensed clinician before making medical decisions.
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