Kendell Hales Ricks, DDS
Dentist · Escondido, CA
Kendell Hales Ricks, DDS is a dentist with a practice address in Escondido, California, and NPI 1124295266, issued on May 8, 2008. Check the license (California CA40717, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kendell Hales Ricks
- Credential
- DDS
- Primary taxonomy
- Dentist 122300000X
- License number
- CA40717 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8895 Lawrence Welk Dr, Escondido, CA 92026
- Phone
- (760) 749-7500
- Enumerated
- May 8, 2008
- Record last updated
- May 8, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (760) 749-0285
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kendell Hales Ricks in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license CA40717Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
22% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average dentist in 2024
67 Medicare Part D claims for 49 beneficiaries, against an average of 86 among the 51,021 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass27 claims
- Amoxicillin16 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: $219.23
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was education; the largest payer was Straumann USA LLC. The 31,974 providers of this specialty with any payment received $540.36 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.
Kendell Hales Ricks among 14,729 dentist records in California
Kendell Hales Ricks, DDS is one of 14,729 dentist records with a practice address in California. 56% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 42% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 42% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 56% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · under 1% of these records are
- Record last updated2008 · 73% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 122300000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
59 dentist records list a practice address in Escondido
They are 59 of the 3,509 NPPES records with a practice address in Escondido, and 14,729 dentist records in California.
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Common questions
What is Kendell Hales Ricks, DDS's NPI number?
Kendell Hales Ricks, DDS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1124295266, issued on May 8, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kendell Hales Ricks, DDS located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8895 Lawrence Welk Dr, Escondido, CA, 92026. Phone: (760) 749-7500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kendell Hales Ricks, DDS's license?
NPPES lists California license number CA40717, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kendell Hales Ricks, DDS prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kendell Hales Ricks, DDS had 67 Medicare Part D claims for 49 beneficiaries; the average among dentist prescribers was 86. 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.