NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Urology Physician NPI 1134199748 MD
Verify on CMS → Richard Altman, MD
Urology Physician in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 13,606 in Urology Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
Federal data, no proprietary rating.
We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
2K
Medicare Part D claims · 455 beneficiaries · Urology Physician avg: 1K
Generic prescribing
92%
generic claims · 8% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
Industry payments
$59.64
3 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Richard Altman, MD filed 1,855 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as a Urology Physician in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, prescribing 92% generic.
- 2K
- Part D claims, 2024
- 92%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥83rd
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Richard Altman, MD
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1134199748), first enumerated 01/25/2006.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 1,855 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
2 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliations on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- Reported
Industry payment transparency
$59.64 in reported industry payments (3 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.
Source: CMS Open Payments
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Massachusetts statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Richard Altman, MD's individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: BORIM annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
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CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1134199748 · Urology Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MID · RX-MID · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1134199748
- ENUM-LEGACY 2006
- TAX-MID 14K Urology Physician
- RX-MID 1,855
- BOOK-THIN 347 in Massachusetts
- PHOTO-ENUM George Miquel · 2006
Richard Altman, MD's Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
1,855 ≥ 83rd percentile 83% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Richard Altman, MD practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + 2 hospital affiliations - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Richard Altman, MD?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Urology Physician
Medicare Part D claims
1,855 37% vs specialty avg
Specialty distribution in Massachusetts
How Urology Physician compares to other specialties among Massachusetts providers
Board certification
Not published by CMS
CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field in NPPES. PlainDoctor does not have a reliable per-specialty certification rate to show for Urology Physician. Verify directly:
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1134199748 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Urology Physician |
| Credentials | MD |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 01/25/2006 |
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Richard Altman, MD bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Lgh Medical Group, Inc.
Chelmsford, MA
The Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Tewksbury, MA
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data
The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Richard Altman, MD. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$60
Largest payer
DENTSPLY IH AB
Most common payment type
Food and Beverage
Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.
License & disciplinary context - Massachusetts BORIM 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~38K Massachusetts medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Richard Altman, MD. To verify Richard Altman, MD's current license status, search the BORIM public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
80
Total board actions, Massachusetts 2023
Across 78 cases
2.11
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Massachusetts statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
29 cases
BORIM publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Massachusetts disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Generic-heavy
Richard Altman, MD - brand share 8.0%
Urology Physician average
8% brand-name claims vs 92% generic, on 1,855 2024 Medicare Part D claims.
The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
1,855
Total Claims
$304K
Total Drug Cost
455
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 3,877.033
- Total Day Supply
- 110,840
- Brand vs Generic
- 8% brand / 92% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $253K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $51K
- Antibiotic Claims
- 198
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 75.6 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.46
- Gender Split
- 19% female / 81% male
- Age Distribution
- <65: 27, 65-74: 174, 75-84: 180, 85+: 74
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Richard Altman, MD prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Tamsulosin Hcl
Tamsulosin Hcl
608 claims
- Finasteride
Finasteride
375 claims
- Oxybutynin Chlorid… 133
Oxybutynin Chloride Er
133 claims
- Methenamine Hippur… 127
Methenamine Hippurate
127 claims
- Myrbetriq 80
Myrbetriq
80 claims
- Levofloxacin 68
Levofloxacin
68 claims
- Potassium Citrate Er 50
Potassium Citrate Er
50 claims
- Cephalexin 49
Cephalexin
49 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Tamsulosin Hcl | 608 |
| Finasteride | 375 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride Er Oxybutynin Chloride | 133 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 127 |
| Myrbetriq Mirabegron | 80 |
| Levofloxacin | 68 |
| Potassium Citrate Er Potassium Citrate | 50 |
| Cephalexin | 49 |
| Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro Nitrofurantoin Monohyd/M-Cryst | 41 |
| Alfuzosin Hcl Er Alfuzosin Hcl | 40 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
Urology Physician Overview
How Richard Altman, MD fits within the Urology Physician landscape nationally.
13,606
Urology Physician Providers in US
54
States with Urology Physician
1,354
Avg Claims per Provider
Richard Altman, MD's 1,855 claims are above the specialty average of 1,354.
Nationwide Urology Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Altman, both outside Massachusetts so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2006)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Urology Physician Providers in Massachusetts
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Massachusetts, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Altman.
One of 347 Urology Physician providers enrolled in Massachusetts, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Joseph Adolph
MD
Marlboro, MA
Dr. Abdulsalam Albalawi
MD
Chestnut Hill, MA
Dr. Richard Alexander
M.D.
Greenfield, MA
Dr. Farshid Alizadeh
MD
Brighton, MA
Dr. Christopher Allard
MD
Boston, MA
Compare Urology Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Richard Altman, MD's specialty? ▼
Richard Altman, MD specializes in Urology Physician and practices in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Credentials: MD.
How much does Richard Altman, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Richard Altman, MD wrote 1,855 Medicare Part D claims totaling $304K in drug costs for 455 beneficiaries.
Where is Richard Altman, MD located? ▼
Richard Altman, MD is located at 31 VILLAGE SQ, Chelmsford, MA, 01824. Phone: (978) 256-9507.
What is Richard Altman, MD's NPI number? ▼
Richard Altman, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1134199748, issued on 01/25/2006.
Does Richard Altman, MD prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Richard Altman, MD's prescribing is 8% brand-name and 92% generic drugs by claim count, with $253K in brand drug costs.
How many Urology Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 13,606 Urology Physician providers across 54 states in the US. The average Urology Physician provider writes 1,354 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Richard Altman, MD prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Richard Altman, MD's most frequently prescribed drugs include Tamsulosin Hcl, Finasteride, Oxybutynin Chloride Er. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Richard Altman, MD accept Medicare? ▼
Richard Altman, MD appears in CMS Medicare data with 1,855 Part D claims and 455 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Richard Altman, MD's credentials? ▼
Richard Altman, MD's NPI is 1134199748 with credentials MD. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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