Richard Alvin Carter, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Washington, DC
Richard Alvin Carter, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Washington, District of Columbia, and NPI 1720247133, issued on Jun 2, 2008. Check the license (District of Columbia MD037202, as entered in NPPES) on the District of Columbia Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Alvin Carter
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- MD037202 DC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC 20060
- Phone
- (202) 865-6100
- Enumerated
- Jun 2, 2008
- Record last updated
- Jan 5, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Alvin Carter in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersDistrict of Columbia Board of Medicine
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- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
54% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
103 Medicare Part D claims for 77 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 16 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone17 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): 89.6 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: $24.33
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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 Alvin Carter among 360 emergency medicine physician records in District of Columbia
Richard Alvin Carter, MD is one of 360 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in District of Columbia. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 41% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 41% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 44% of these records are
- Record last updated2009 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a District of Columbia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
360 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Washington
They are 360 of the 45,857 NPPES records with a practice address in Washington, and 360 emergency medicine physician records in District of Columbia.
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Common questions
What is Richard Alvin Carter, MD's NPI number?
Richard Alvin Carter, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720247133, issued on Jun 2, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Alvin Carter, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, 20060. Phone: (202) 865-6100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Alvin Carter, MD's license?
NPPES lists District of Columbia license number MD037202, as entered by the provider. Search the District of Columbia Board of Medicine at https://dchealth.dc.gov/bomed. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard Alvin Carter, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Alvin Carter, MD had 103 Medicare Part D claims for 77 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard Alvin Carter, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 89.6 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.