Karol Annetta Richards, MD
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician · Hickory, NC
Karol Annetta Richards, MD is a critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician with a practice address in Hickory, North Carolina, and NPI 1639200025, issued on Mar 8, 2007. Check the license (North Carolina 2010-00392, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karol Annetta Richards
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician 207RC0200X
- License numbers
- 2010-00392 NC
2017034866 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 915 Tate Blvd SE Ste 182, Hickory, NC 28602
- Phone
- (828) 322-2005
- Enumerated
- Mar 8, 2007
- Record last updated
- Aug 6, 2026
- Fax
- (828) 322-2159
- Medicaid ID
- 1639200025 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100517000522); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records → All 172 in North Carolina → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 915 Tate Blvd SE Ste 182
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Michelle EllisNurse Practitioner1093679524
- Lakshmi Kallur, M.D.Pulmonary Disease Physician1073992343
Verify Karol Annetta Richards in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2010-00392Check 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: $24.86
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, Inc. The 2,708 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,958.68 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 2 group practices
- Cumberland County Hospital System IncFayetteville, NC
- Dlp Frye Hospitalists LLCHickory, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karol Annetta Richards among 172 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records in North Carolina
Karol Annetta Richards, MD is one of 172 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 91% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 34% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 34% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 91% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 84% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2007 among the 144 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 23% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0200X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 172 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records in North Carolina.
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The 8 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Kenneth Gallup, MDElkin, NC 286211306828538
- Patty Ohrum-Bergmueller, MDNew Bern, NC 285601639164957
- Deebah Uddin, M.D.New Bern, NC 285601063891901
- Stacy Chow, MDCamp Lejeune, NC 285471790222636
- Guy De Gent, M.D.Whiteville, NC 284721558323139
- Khalid Bashir, MDAsheville, NC 288051811923261
- Daniel Feinstein, M.D.Pinehurst, NC 283741922060045
- Russell Miller, M.D.Pinehurst, NC 283741386791184
Common questions
What is Karol Annetta Richards, MD's NPI number?
Karol Annetta Richards, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639200025, issued on Mar 8, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karol Annetta Richards, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 915 Tate Blvd SE Ste 182, Hickory, NC, 28602. Phone: (828) 322-2005. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karol Annetta Richards, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2010-00392, 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.
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.