Howard H Lien, DDS
Dentist · San Jose
- Medicare standing
- 1 flag on the record
- Listed below.
- Plans that list them
- 5
- 2 carriers
- Office
- 1
On the public record
- Medicare does not list them as allowed to order and refer
Offices
1 location
Plans that list them
5 plans · 2 carriers
A missing listing does not mean out of network. Directories change, and a listing does not cover every office. Call Dr. Lien’s office at (408) 254-6868 to confirm they take your plan. Ask about the office you use, its medical group, referrals and appointments.
5 of 5 plans
| Aetna Medicare Eagle (PPO) | Aetna Medicare | Listed | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Aetna Medicare Enhanced (HMO-POS) | Aetna Medicare | Listed | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Aetna Medicare Enhanced (PPO) | Aetna Medicare | Listed | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Aetna Medicare Enhanced Extra (HMO-POS) | Aetna Medicare | Listed | Sep 8, 2026 |
| AARP Medicare Advantage from UHC CA-10 (HMO-POS) | UnitedHealthcare | Listed, may be out of date | Jun 10, 2026 |
California Medical Board record
Licence G49931 · Cancelled
Licence status: Cancelled · since 1983 · University of Maryland School of Medicine.
License has been voluntarily canceled, or the license has been expired for at least five years and has not been renewed. No practice is permitted.
Matched on the licence number without its letter prefix; check the name before relying on it.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$451
Pharmacies billed $451 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
103 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $451 in drug cost · 62 antibiotic prescriptions to 49 people.
Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.
| Amoxicillin | 46 | $195 | $4 |
| Ibuprofen | 22 | $63 | $2 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 105 | 57 | None | None | $451 |
| 2023 | 118 | 51 | None | 0% | $675 |
| 2022 | 82 | 36 | None | 0% | $495 |
| 2021 | 68 | 34 | None | None | $418 |
| 2020 | 40 | 21 | None | None | $231 |
| 2019 | 46 | 21 | None | None | $290 |
| 2018 | 34 | 16 | None | 0% | $246 |
| 2017 | 37 | 20 | None | None | $298 |
| 2016 | 17 | None | 0% (0) | None | $163 |
| 2013 | 22 | None | 0% (0) | None | $1,764 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 2 drugs
| Amoxicillin | 60 | $306 | $5 |
| Ibuprofen | 41 | $167 | $4 |
2022: 2 drugs
| Amoxicillin | 39 | $192 | $5 |
| Ibuprofen | 27 | $101 | $4 |
2021: 2 drugs
| Amoxicillin | 37 | $185 | $5 |
| Ibuprofen | 18 | $77 | $4 |
2020: 2 drugs
| Amoxicillin | 16 | $105 | $7 |
| Ibuprofen | 13 | $55 | $4 |
2019: 1 drug
| Amoxicillin | 15 | $83 | $6 |
2018: 1 drug
| Amoxicillin | 16 | $116 | $7 |
2017: 1 drug
| Amoxicillin | 11 | $89 | $8 |
Money from drug and device companies
$56 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | None | $56 |
| 2024 | 2 | 11 | None | $233 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | None | $25 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Straumann USA | None | $56 | 3 payments
|
See all 3 published payments
| Straumann USA | Meals · 2025-06-10 | None | $17 |
| Straumann USA | Meals · 2025-05-19 | None | $19 |
| Straumann USA | Meals · 2025-04-08 | None | $20 |
See earlier years (2024, 2019)
2024: $233
| Straumann USA | None | $216 | 10 payments
|
| Ardelyx | Ibsrela | $17 | 1 payment
|
2019: $25
| Keystone Dental | None | $25 | 1 payment
|
Professional record
- NPI
- 1457560070
- Licence
- CA 49931California G49931: Cancelled
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 122300000X (122300000X)
- Mailing address
- 2166 Story Rd, San Jose, CA, 95122
- NPI first listed
- 2007-05-21
- NPI last updated
- 2007-07-08
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.