Dara Thomas Richards, MD
Pediatrics Physician · Bridgeport, CT
Dara Thomas Richards, MD is a pediatrics physician with a practice address in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and NPI 1083722433, issued on Aug 27, 2006. Check the license (Connecticut 036532, as entered in NPPES) on the Connecticut Medical Examining Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dara Thomas Richards
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pediatrics Physician 208000000X
- License number
- 036532 CT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 968 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06605
- Phone
- (203) 330-6000
- Enumerated
- Aug 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 27, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (203) 339-7190
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060922000514); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Yale University School Of Medicine, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Dara Thomas Richards in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersConnecticut Medical Examining Board
Search for license 036532Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $45.30
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. The 21,580 providers of this specialty with any payment received $842.05 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- South-West Community Health Center IncBridgeport, CT
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Dara Thomas Richards among 1,043 pediatrics physician records in Connecticut
Dara Thomas Richards, MD is one of 1,043 pediatrics physician records with a practice address in Connecticut. 32% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 32% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 9% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2012 among the 92 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208000000X and a Connecticut practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
35 pediatrics physician records list a practice address in Bridgeport
They are 35 of the 2,980 NPPES records with a practice address in Bridgeport, and 1,043 pediatrics physician records in Connecticut.
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Common questions
What is Dara Thomas Richards, MD's NPI number?
Dara Thomas Richards, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1083722433, issued on Aug 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dara Thomas Richards, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 968 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport, CT, 06605. Phone: (203) 330-6000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dara Thomas Richards, MD's license?
NPPES lists Connecticut license number 036532, as entered by the provider. Search the Connecticut Medical Examining Board at https://www.elicense.ct.gov/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
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.