Andrew G Lim, MD
Critical Care (Intensivists) · Seattle
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Virginia Mason Medical Center · 867 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Virginia Mason Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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California Medical Board record
Licence A155839 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2018 · expires 2028-05-31 · University of California San Francisco School of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
State licence records
1 licence
- Washington MD.MD.60819770Physician And Surgeon License · since 2017 · expires 2027-05-02ActiveNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state
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Hospitals they work in
1 hospital
These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.
- Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle, WAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of CommonSpirit Health, which runs 145 hospitals in 19 statesPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 76% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 1.82 (0.23 to 3.4) · 3,535 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.221, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.219, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.222, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 1,760 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for Virginia Mason Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 9 the same, 1 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 1.82 (0.23 to 3.4) · 3,535 cases | Better | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.221 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.219 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.222 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.8 (0.7 to 1) · 1,760 cases | Better | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.48 (0.73 to 2.23) · 2,812 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.85 (0.62 to 1.08) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 167.52 (125.5 to 209.54) · 141 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths | 2.9 · 158 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 7.4 · 63 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.6 · 165 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 8.7 · 294 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 9.8 · 231 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11.3 · 198 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.5 · 3,311 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.13 (0 to 0.31) · 6,896 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.23 (0.04 to 0.42) · 7,935 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.57 (0.33 to 2.81) · 2,185 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.88 (1.77 to 3.99) · 3,337 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 7.47 (3.45 to 11.49) · 1,968 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.28 (2.83 to 7.72) · 2,166 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.65 (0.29 to 3) · 958 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.57 (0.04 to 1.1) · 5,502 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.5 · 252 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.617 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.759 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.1 · 289 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 18.8 · 407 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.7 · 225 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -24.5 · 340 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 17 · 247 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.9 · 263 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.6 (4.1 to 7.5) · 469 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 11.3 (9.1 to 14) · 469 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 4.8 · 221 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits | 9.6 · 145 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 18.2 · 95 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.7 (11.1 to 16.8) · 3,595 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (486 patients answered, 28% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 4 |
| Room was "always" clean | 65% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 80% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 82% |
| Staff "always" explained | 62% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 89% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 87% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 81% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 88% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 79% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 76% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 78% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 51% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 76% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 45% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$41,091
Medicare paid this office $41,091 for 137 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 91 | $24,830 | $170 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 30 | $4,726 | $88 |
| Emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe using an endoscope | 17 | $1,948 | $115 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 23 | $1,721 | $69 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 21 | $709 | $34 |
Who their Medicare patients are
137 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Under 65 16% · 85 and older 10% · Women 39% · Also on Medicaid 18% · Health risk score 2.16. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical critical care (intensivists) clinician is at 2.58.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Heart failure 57% · Coronary heart disease 45% · Atrial fibrillation 45% · Chronic kidney disease 41% · Diabetes 38% · Depression 31% · Stroke 26% · COPD 23% · Dementia 17% · Cancer 15%.
The office billed $194,401, Medicare allowed $51,991 and paid $41,091; for 328 services of 23 kinds.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Year by year
| 2024 | 137 | 328 | 72 | 2.16 | $194,401 | $41,091 |
| 2023 | 150 | 454 | 72 | 2.27 | $281,065 | $60,188 |
| 2022 | 135 | 524 | 72 | 2.54 | $288,847 | $68,925 |
| 2021 | 181 | 565 | 73 | 2.62 | $319,007 | $78,748 |
| 2020 | 102 | 359 | 70 | 3.40 | $218,916 | $54,378 |
| 2019 | 97 | 116 | 68 | 2.72 | $124,380 | $12,230 |
| 2018 | 21 | 26 | 70 | 2.47 | $27,124 | $2,945 |
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2023: 6 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 111 | $40,711 | $180 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 47 | $7,678 | $91 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 27 | $2,048 | $66 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 23 | $1,705 | $71 |
| External shock to heart to regulate heart beat | 13 | $1,312 | $94 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 25 | $971 | $37 |
2022: 7 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 108 | $43,705 | $180 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 62 | $12,135 | $93 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 39 | $4,317 | $88 |
| Emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe using an endoscope | 17 | $1,970 | $116 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 22 | $1,582 | $72 |
| Irrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells using an endoscope | 12 | $1,506 | $116 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 21 | $787 | $37 |
2021: 6 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 144 | $56,564 | $185 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 52 | $10,935 | $94 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 42 | $3,945 | $88 |
| Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older) | 31 | $2,521 | $72 |
| Emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe using an endoscope | 11 | $1,334 | $121 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 33 | $1,252 | $38 |
2020: 3 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 86 | $40,545 | $192 |
| Critical care, each additional 30 minutes | 41 | $9,212 | $97 |
| Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin | 13 | $491 | $38 |
2019: 2 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 53 | $7,198 | $136 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 34 | $2,933 | $86 |
2018: 1 service
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 15 | $2,228 | $149 |
Medicaid work
$6,998 in 2021
Medicaid paid $6,998 for 71 billed services this clinician did in 2021, up to 12 people in a month for one service.
Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.
| Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes | 71 | $6,998 |
| 2021 | 71 | 1 | 12 | $6,998 |
| 2020 | 55 | 2 | 17 | $5,072 |
| 2019 | 159 | 4 | 28 | $2,953 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2020
| Critical care, evaluation and management of the critically ill or critically injured patient; first 30-74 minutes | 38 | $4,184 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 17 | $887 |
2019
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 69 | $1,500 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 39 | $753 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 39 | $700 |
| Service(s) provided between 10:00 PM and 8:00 AM at 24-hour facility, in addition to basic service | 12 | $0 |
Money from drug and device companies
$912 in 2025
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | $700 | $912 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | None | $24 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| FUJIFILM SonoSite | Sonosite Mt | $700 | 1 payment
|
| Becton Dickinson and | Hemosphere | $187 | 1 payment
|
| Haemonetics | Teg6s Hemostasis System | $25 | 1 payment
|
See all 3 published payments
| Becton Dickinson and | Meals · 2025-11-07 | Hemosphere | $187 |
| FUJIFILM SonoSite | Consulting · 2025-05-12 | Sonosite Mt | $700 |
| Haemonetics | Meals · 2025-02-07 | Teg6s Hemostasis System | $25 |
See earlier years (2024)
2024: $24
| Janssen Pharmaceuticals | Xarelto | $24 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1467871806
- Licence
- CA A155839, WA MD60819770California A155839: Current · expires 2028-05-31Washington MD.MD.60819770: Active
- Trained
- University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, 2014
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207RC0200X (207RC0200X); Federal specialty code 207P00000X (207P00000X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
- Mailing address
- 1414 E Harrison St Apt I, Seattle, WA, 98112
- NPI first listed
- 2014-04-14
- NPI last updated
- 2021-01-11
- NPI record certified
- 2021-01-11
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 325 9th Ave, Seattle, WA, 98104 · 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305