Christopher Francis Richards, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Bend, OR
Christopher Francis Richards, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Bend, Oregon, and NPI 1528062056, issued on Jun 13, 2005. Check the license (Oregon MD22784, as entered in NPPES) on the Oregon Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Francis Richards
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- MD22784 OR
MD600005554 DC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1501 NE Medical Center Dr, Bend, OR 97701
- Phone
- (541) 382-4900
- Enumerated
- Jun 13, 2005
- Record last updated
- Apr 23, 2026
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050721000435); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Un Of California, Irvine, College Of Medicine, 1993
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher Francis Richards in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersOregon Medical Board
Search for license MD22784Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
81% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
43 Medicare Part D claims for 30 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Bend Memorial Clinic PCBend, OR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Francis Richards among 1,079 emergency medicine physician records in Oregon
Christopher Francis Richards, MD is one of 1,079 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Oregon. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 97% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2013 among the 557 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Oregon practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Oregon
There are 1,079 emergency medicine physician records in Oregon.
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The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jennifer Burtner, MDBend, OR 977011518903558
- Joyce Carnes, MDBend, OR 977011942213756
- Susan Decker, MDBend, OR 977011659488914
- Gregory Harp, MDBend, OR 977011215908777
- David Ingraham, MDBend, OR 977011902892631
- Frances McCabe, M.D.Bend, OR 977011447249669
- Cameron Mitchell, MDBend, OR 977011891733176
- Eric Ory, M.DBend, OR 977011083657621
Common questions
What is Christopher Francis Richards, MD's NPI number?
Christopher Francis Richards, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528062056, issued on Jun 13, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Francis Richards, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1501 NE Medical Center Dr, Bend, OR, 97701. Phone: (541) 382-4900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Francis Richards, MD's license?
NPPES lists Oregon license number MD22784, as entered by the provider. Search the Oregon Medical Board at https://www.oregon.gov/OMB/Pages/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher Francis Richards, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Francis Richards, MD had 43 Medicare Part D claims for 30 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.