Richard Harvey Blum, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Wilkes Barre, PA
Richard Harvey Blum, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1437173580, issued on Jul 26, 2006. Check the license (Pennsylvania 17389E, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Harvey Blum
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 17389E PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 545 N. River Street, Wilkes Barre, PA 18702
- Phone
- (570) 826-0526
- Enumerated
- Jul 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 21, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (570) 824-0688
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070612000223); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Temple University School Of Medicine, 1974
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Harvey Blum in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license 17389ECheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
8,719 Medicare Part D claims for 519 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 120 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium589 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate516 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide356 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium345 claims
- Ezetimibe274 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate274 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: $934.13
41 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Drs Blum And Desai LLCWilkes-Barre, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Harvey Blum among 7,300 internal medicine physician records in Pennsylvania
Richard Harvey Blum, M.D. is one of 7,300 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 78% 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 64% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1974 · median 2008 among the 4,208 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
58 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Wilkes Barre
They are 58 of the 2,654 NPPES records with a practice address in Wilkes Barre, and 7,300 internal medicine physician records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Richard Harvey Blum, M.D.'s NPI number?
Richard Harvey Blum, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437173580, issued on Jul 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Harvey Blum, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 545 N. River Street, Wilkes Barre, PA, 18702. Phone: (570) 826-0526. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Harvey Blum, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number 17389E, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard Harvey Blum, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Harvey Blum, M.D. had 8,719 Medicare Part D claims for 519 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.