Richard J. Apple, MD
Pain Medicine Physician · Brooklyn, NY
Richard J. Apple, MD is a pain medicine physician with a practice address in Brooklyn, New York, and NPI 1336131739, issued on Aug 22, 2005. Check the license (New York 178131, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard J. Apple
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0000X
- License number
- 178131 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 22 Harbor Dr, Brooklyn, NY 11234
- Phone
- (316) 553-0505
- Enumerated
- Aug 22, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 9, 2023
- Fax
- (718) 256-6367
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150909002280); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine, 1987
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Verify Richard J. Apple in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 178131Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pain medicine physician in 2024
133 Medicare Part D claims for 35 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,095 among the 944 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Celecoxib30 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium26 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium Er17 claims
- Naproxen Sodium17 claims
- Gabapentin14 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: $51.14
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. The 769 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,397.95 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
- Brighton Medical Care NY PLLCBrooklyn, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Richard J. Apple, MD's NPI number?
Richard J. Apple, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1336131739, issued on Aug 22, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard J. Apple, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 22 Harbor Dr, Brooklyn, NY, 11234. Phone: (316) 553-0505. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard J. Apple, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 178131, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard J. Apple, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard J. Apple, MD had 133 Medicare Part D claims for 35 beneficiaries; the average among pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,095. 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.