What is David Richards's specialty?

David Richards (NPI 1770719064) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Gastroenterology in Houston, TX.

Where does David Richards practice?

David Richards practices in Houston, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1770719064.

How much does Medicare pay David Richards?

David Richards (NPI 1770719064) received approximately $61K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 399 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1770719064

David RichardsMD

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GastroenterologyHouston, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

570

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

623

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$47K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 1,103 Gastroenterology providers in TX — above median (cohort median 699).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$736

Distinct drugs

Brand share

0.0%

Top prescribed drugs

Omeprazole58 claims

Pantoprazole Sodium29 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

84.3

Quality

70.8

Cost

67.6

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.39%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$218

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$218

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$218

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where David Richards's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 47 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc Clinical Laboratory · Houston, TX	49	223
Chun Lin Interventional Cardiology · San Francisco, CA	46	331
HEDRICK, THOMAS	39	469
Su Chang Cardiology · Houston, TX	39	262
David Katz Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	38	224
David Light Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	38	297
Nam Yu Diagnostic Radiology · Los Angeles, CA	37	195
Rajesh Amin Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	36	215
John Haddad Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	35	249
Dipan Shah Cardiology · Houston, TX	33	182
John Labis Diagnostic Radiology · Houston, TX	32	183
Jerry Estep Cardiology · Houston, TX	28	401

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

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