Michael H. Richards, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Durham, NC
Michael H. Richards, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Durham, North Carolina, and NPI 1649211475, issued on Jun 10, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 200100941, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael H. Richards
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 200100941 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4205 Ben Franklin Blvd, Durham, NC 27704
- Phone
- (919) 477-6900
- Enumerated
- Jun 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 8, 2022
- Fax
- (919) 477-5081
- Medicaid ID
- 5903323 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060314000361); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Howard University College Of Medicine, 1997
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4205 Ben Franklin Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Michael H. Richards in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 200100941Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
8,049 Medicare Part D claims for 589 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 226 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium330 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate318 claims
- Omeprazole295 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium267 claims
- Losartan Potassium208 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium207 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 95.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $15.28
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Tactile Systems Technology Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Millennium Physician Group OF NC, PLLCDurham, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael H. Richards among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Michael H. Richards, M.D. is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 82% 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, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
380 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Durham
They are 380 of the 13,451 NPPES records with a practice address in Durham, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Michael H. Richards, M.D.'s NPI number?
Michael H. Richards, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1649211475, issued on Jun 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael H. Richards, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4205 Ben Franklin Blvd, Durham, NC, 27704. Phone: (919) 477-6900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael H. Richards, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 200100941, 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 Michael H. Richards, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael H. Richards, M.D. had 8,049 Medicare Part D claims for 589 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Michael H. Richards, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.6 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.