Karen Lynne Richter, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Greensboro, NC
Karen Lynne Richter, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Greensboro, North Carolina, and NPI 1942223623, issued on Jul 25, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9500434, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Lynne Richter
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- 9500434 NC
52578 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5500 W Friendly Ave, Greensboro, NC 27410
- Phone
- (336) 856-0801
- Enumerated
- Jul 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 23, 2022
- Fax
- (336) 856-2804
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040607000022); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Brody School Of Medicine At East Carolina University, 1993
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Karen Lynne Richter in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9500434Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
39% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,932 Medicare Part D claims for 250 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 92 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Losartan Potassium187 claims
- Gabapentin169 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate147 claims
- Prednisone141 claims
- Montelukast Sodium138 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium137 claims
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.
Industry payments in 2024: $1,949.31
108 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
Karen Lynne Richter among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Karen Lynne Richter, MD is one of 4,953 family medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 79% 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 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
182 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Greensboro
They are 182 of the 8,190 NPPES records with a practice address in Greensboro, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Karen Lynne Richter, MD's NPI number?
Karen Lynne Richter, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1942223623, issued on Jul 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Lynne Richter, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5500 W Friendly Ave, Greensboro, NC, 27410. Phone: (336) 856-0801. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Lynne Richter, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9500434, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Karen Lynne Richter, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karen Lynne Richter, MD had 4,932 Medicare Part D claims for 250 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.