Richard Wayne Benefield, PA-C
Surgical Physician Assistant · Lawrenceville, GA
Richard Wayne Benefield, PA-C is a surgical physician assistant with a practice address in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and NPI 1144469552, issued on Feb 9, 2009. Check the license (Georgia 005529, as entered in NPPES) with the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Wayne Benefield
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgical Physician Assistant 363AS0400X
- License numbers
- 005529 GA
5529 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 771 Old Norcross RD Ste 390, Lawrenceville, GA 30046
- Phone
- (678) 957-0757
- Enumerated
- Feb 9, 2009
- Record last updated
- Aug 13, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090521000335); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 771 Old Norcross RD Ste 390
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Richard Wayne Benefield in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Georgia board licenses this profession
Search for license 005529Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
25% more Medicare Part D claims than the average surgical physician assistant in 2024
381 Medicare Part D claims for 183 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. 32 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Odt95 claims
- Meloxicam72 claims
- Ondansetron Hcl38 claims
- Celecoxib37 claims
- Tramadol Hcl29 claims
- Ibuprofen21 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 90.8 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $210.41
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. 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 2 group practices
- Physiotherapy Associates IncLilburn, GA
- Piedmont Orthopedics, LLCLawrenceville, GA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Wayne Benefield among 531 surgical physician assistant records in Georgia
Richard Wayne Benefield, PA-C is one of 531 surgical physician assistant records with a practice address in Georgia. 63% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 37% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 37% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 63% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2014 among the 276 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 55% 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 Georgia 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 Georgia
There are 531 surgical physician assistant records in Georgia.
All 531 in Georgia → Every provider in Lawrenceville → Surgical Physician Assistant nationwide →
The 8 surgical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Claudette Bryant, PALawrenceville, GA 300461699056945
- John Chandler, PALawrenceville, GA 300461639226178
- David Conn, PA-CLawrenceville, GA 300461164099958
- Ashley Croker, PA-CLawrenceville, GA 300461720212566
- Amy Cunha, PA-CLawrenceville, GA 300461538783725
- Richard Heimbecker, P.A.-CLawrenceville, GA 300461124157441
- Lauren Johnson, MSPA, PA-CLawrenceville, GA 300461518312891
- Rahul Kapoor, PALawrenceville, GA 300461598283475
Common questions
What is Richard Wayne Benefield, PA-C's NPI number?
Richard Wayne Benefield, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144469552, issued on Feb 9, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Wayne Benefield, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 771 Old Norcross RD Ste 390, Lawrenceville, GA, 30046. Phone: (678) 957-0757. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Wayne Benefield, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 005529, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Richard Wayne Benefield, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Wayne Benefield, PA-C had 381 Medicare Part D claims for 183 beneficiaries; the average among surgical physician assistant prescribers was 304. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard Wayne Benefield, PA-C's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 90.8 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.