Richard K. Austin, PA-C
Surgical Physician Assistant · Lexington, KY
Richard K. Austin, PA-C is a surgical physician assistant with a practice address in Lexington, Kentucky, and NPI 1396796421, issued on May 13, 2006. Check the license (Kentucky PA072, as entered in NPPES) with the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard K. Austin
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgical Physician Assistant 363AS0400X
- License number
- PA072 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1720 Nicholasville RD, Lexington, KY 40503
- Phone
- (859) 277-7129
- Enumerated
- May 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 10, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (859) 277-9613
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040804000037); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1720 Nicholasville RD
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Verify Richard K. Austin in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Kentucky board licenses this profession
Search for license PA072Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgical physician assistant in 2024
29 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries, against an average of 304 among the 10,174 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clopidogrel15 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): 95.5 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: $265.34
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. The 7,578 providers of this specialty with any payment received $703.95 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
- Baptist Health Medical Group IncLexington, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard K. Austin among 117 surgical physician assistant records in Kentucky
Richard K. Austin, PA-C is one of 117 surgical physician assistant records with a practice address in Kentucky. 53% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 53% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 44% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 2010 among the 52 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 65% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AS0400X and a Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgical Physician Assistant providers in Kentucky
There are 117 surgical physician assistant records in Kentucky.
All 117 in Kentucky → Every provider in Lexington → Surgical Physician Assistant nationwide →
The 8 surgical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jamie Black, PA-CLexington, KY 405031386695419
- Laryssa Cybriwsky, PALexington, KY 405031285400770
- Catherine Dickinson, PA-C, ATCLexington, KY 405031679650618
- Loren Gross, PA-CLexington, KY 405031073497046
- Jon Lewis, PA-CLexington, KY 405031306204235
- Stephen Thoman, PALexington, KY 405031235550849
- Bryan Tompkins, PA-CLexington, KY 405031831572569
- Rachel Weaver, PA-CLexington, KY 405031083220404
Common questions
What is Richard K. Austin, PA-C's NPI number?
Richard K. Austin, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396796421, issued on May 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard K. Austin, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1720 Nicholasville RD, Lexington, KY, 40503. Phone: (859) 277-7129. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard K. Austin, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number PA072, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Richard K. Austin, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard K. Austin, PA-C had 29 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries; the average among surgical physician assistant prescribers was 304. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard K. Austin, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.5 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.