Richard Alan Compton, DO, MPH
Hospitalist Physician · La Canada, CA
Richard Alan Compton, DO, MPH is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in La Canada, California, and NPI 1215381777, issued on Apr 20, 2016. Check the license (California 20A16339, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Alan Compton
- Credential
- DO, MPH
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- 20A16339 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1109 Foothill Blvd, La Canada, CA 91011
- Phone
- (435) 851-4140
- Enumerated
- Apr 20, 2016
- Record last updated
- Sep 16, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20201118001404); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Lake Erie College Of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, 2016
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Alan Compton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 20A16339Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
29% more Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
670 Medicare Part D claims for 85 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 17 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium41 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium33 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate30 claims
- Losartan Potassium21 claims
- Lisinopril19 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium18 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: $525.86
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- High Desert Medical CorporationLancaster, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Alan Compton among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California
Richard Alan Compton, DO, MPH is one of 3,099 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in California. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 70% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 70% of these records are older, 26% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in California
There are 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Richard Alan Compton, DO, MPH's NPI number?
Richard Alan Compton, DO, MPH's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215381777, issued on Apr 20, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Alan Compton, DO, MPH located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1109 Foothill Blvd, La Canada, CA, 91011. Phone: (435) 851-4140. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Alan Compton, DO, MPH's license?
NPPES lists California license number 20A16339, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard Alan Compton, DO, MPH prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Alan Compton, DO, MPH had 670 Medicare Part D claims for 85 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.