Richard Below, DO
Family Medicine Physician · Westlake, OH
Richard Below, DO is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Westlake, Ohio, and NPI 1447359377, issued on Sep 21, 2006. Check the license (Ohio 34004159, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Below
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 34004159 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 25651 Detroit RD #304, Westlake, OH 44145
- Phone
- (216) 383-0100
- Enumerated
- Sep 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 26, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (216) 383-6481
- Medicaid ID
- 0798196 OH
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 25651 Detroit RD #304
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Satesh Waghray, MDFamily Medicine Physician1184723017
Verify Richard Below in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
Search for license 34004159Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
97% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
123 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate25 claims
- Donepezil Hcl24 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate24 claims
- Losartan-Hydrochlorothiazide24 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium24 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: $52.77
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
Richard Below among 5,606 family medicine physician records in Ohio
Richard Below, DO is one of 5,606 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Ohio. 80% 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 18% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 18% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 63% of these records are
- Record last updated2020 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Ohio practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
38 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Westlake
They are 38 of the 1,749 NPPES records with a practice address in Westlake, and 5,606 family medicine physician records in Ohio.
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Common questions
What is Richard Below, DO's NPI number?
Richard Below, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1447359377, issued on Sep 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Below, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 25651 Detroit RD #304, Westlake, OH, 44145. Phone: (216) 383-0100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Below, DO's license?
NPPES lists Ohio license number 34004159, as entered by the provider. Search the State Medical Board of Ohio at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard Below, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Below, DO had 123 Medicare Part D claims; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.