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2026 NPPES data Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician NPI 1073513446 M.D.
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Richard Faro, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 5,070 in Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.

Federal data, no proprietary rating. We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
73
Medicare Part D claims · 27 beneficiaries · Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician avg: 128
MIPS score
91.8/100
▲ 8 pts above national avg 83.5 · Exceptional
Industry payments
$1.3K
16 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
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Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

What the federal data shows

Richard Faro, M.D. reported a CMS MIPS final score of 91.8/100 - above the 83.5 national average - and filed 73 Medicare Part D claims in 2023.

91.8/100
MIPS score · +8 vs avg
73
Part D claims, 2023
Likely
board-certified (heuristic)
≥61st
pct among measured MIPS (lower-bound band)

Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.

Federal trust snapshot

What official records show about Richard Faro, M.D.

Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.

  • Verified

    NPI registry status

    Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1073513446), first enumerated 07/28/2005.

    Source: CMS NPPES

  • Reported

    Medicare Part D participation

    Filed 73 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.

    Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF

  • Reported

    CMS quality reporting (MIPS)

    Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 91.8/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.

    Source: CMS Quality Payment Program

  • Reported

    Board certification signal

    Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.

    Source: NUCC taxonomy + CMS participation heuristic

  • Reported

    Hospital affiliations

    1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.

    Source: CMS Care Compare

  • Reported

    Industry payment transparency

    $1.3K in reported industry payments (16 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.

    Source: CMS Open Payments

  • State context

    State board disciplinary context

    Florida statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Richard Faro, M.D.'s individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.

    Source: FLDOH annual report 2023

  • Not in federal data

    Individual sanction lookup

    PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.

    Source: State medical board / FSMB

This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.

CMS NPPES provider registry desk

NPI 1073513446 · Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician

NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MID · MIPS-ABOVE · RX-TRACE · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-FINISH

  • NPI-10 1073513446
  • ENUM-LEGACY 2005
  • TAX-MID 5K Thoracic Surgery
  • MIPS-ABOVE 91.8/100
  • RX-TRACE 73
  • BOOK-THIN 407 in Florida
  • PHOTO-FINISH Charles Edwards · ±0.1

MIPS final-score neighbourhood

Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity

MIPS pts

What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).

Source CMS Quality Payment Program (MIPS) As of 2023

Richard Faro, M.D.'s MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician

CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.

92 ≥ 61st percentile 61% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands

0–10: 8,684 measured providers (2%). Below this entry. 10–20: 3,008 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 20–30: 3,069 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 2,746 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 2,928 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,882 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 60–70: 13,906 measured providers (3%). Below this entry. 70–80: 94,570 measured providers (21%). Below this entry. 80–90: 129,887 measured providers (29%). Below this entry. 90+: 189,403 measured providers (42%). This entry sits in this band. This provider 0 100 every measured MIPS clinician, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.

Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023

Where Richard Faro, M.D. sits

This provider among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician peers

Across the 795 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Richard Faro, M.D. writes more Part D claims than 60% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 62% - placing this provider in the high-volume, high-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.

Lower volume · High qualityHigh volume · High qualityLower volume · Lower qualityHigh volume · Lower quality0255075100023.647.370.994.5Part D claim volume, percentile in specialtyMIPS quality, percentilePoint, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 10 · MIPS quality, percentile: 82Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 57 · MIPS quality, percentile: 65Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 2 · MIPS quality, percentile: 35Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 90 · MIPS quality, percentile: 45Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 97 · MIPS quality, percentile: 25Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 73 · MIPS quality, percentile: 20Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 67 · MIPS quality, percentile: 17Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 80 · MIPS quality, percentile: 50Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 40 · MIPS quality, percentile: 88Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 85 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 45 · MIPS quality, percentile: 30Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 15 · MIPS quality, percentile: 90Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 40 · MIPS quality, percentile: 30Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 43 · MIPS quality, percentile: 73Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 100 · MIPS quality, percentile: 37Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 22 · MIPS quality, percentile: 5Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 35 · MIPS quality, percentile: 18Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 55 · MIPS quality, percentile: 28Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 83 · MIPS quality, percentile: 38Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 72 · MIPS quality, percentile: 60Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 2 · MIPS quality, percentile: 27Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 12 · MIPS quality, percentile: 53Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 37 · MIPS quality, percentile: 22Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 93 · MIPS quality, percentile: 90Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 60 · MIPS quality, percentile: 23Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 60 · MIPS quality, percentile: 85Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 58 · MIPS quality, percentile: 78Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 22 · MIPS quality, percentile: 40Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 88 · MIPS quality, percentile: 52Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 2 · MIPS quality, percentile: 83Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 50 · MIPS quality, percentile: 80Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 63 · MIPS quality, percentile: 2Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 48 · MIPS quality, percentile: 42Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 0 · MIPS quality, percentile: 47Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 77 · MIPS quality, percentile: 47Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 75 · MIPS quality, percentile: 63Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 37 · MIPS quality, percentile: 10Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 45 · MIPS quality, percentile: 90Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 92 · MIPS quality, percentile: 0Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 77 · MIPS quality, percentile: 3Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 2 · MIPS quality, percentile: 8Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 70 · MIPS quality, percentile: 73Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 27 · MIPS quality, percentile: 90Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 12 · MIPS quality, percentile: 13Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 28 · MIPS quality, percentile: 73Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 95 · MIPS quality, percentile: 90Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 50 · MIPS quality, percentile: 60Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 87 · MIPS quality, percentile: 90Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 28 · MIPS quality, percentile: 15Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 65 · MIPS quality, percentile: 43Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 2 · MIPS quality, percentile: 70Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 15 · MIPS quality, percentile: 58Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 82 · MIPS quality, percentile: 67Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 50 · MIPS quality, percentile: 68Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 32 · MIPS quality, percentile: 7Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 98 · MIPS quality, percentile: 12Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 32 · MIPS quality, percentile: 87Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 18 · MIPS quality, percentile: 57Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 25 · MIPS quality, percentile: 33Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 20 · MIPS quality, percentile: 90Richard Faro, M.D., Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 60 · MIPS quality, percentile: 62
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile

Each dot is one thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Richard Faro, M.D.. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.

✓
Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)

Richard Faro, M.D. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).

What does the federal data show about Richard Faro, M.D.?

High performer (top quartile)

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 07/28/2005

NPI 1073513446

Primary specialty

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician

Mid-sized

5,070 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

73 43% vs specialty avg

2023 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 128

MIPS final score

91.8/100 8.3 pts vs avg

Exceptional band

vs 83.5 national avg

Specialty distribution in Florida

How Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician compares to other specialties among Florida providers

Florida providers
Behavior Technician16.1%Mental Health Counselor4.8%Family Nurse Practitioner4.5%Pharmacist4.2%Student in an Organized Heal…3.8%Physical Therapist3.1%Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothor…0.1%
Largest specialties in Florida (% of in-state providers)

Medicare quality performance, MIPS

Richard Faro, M.D.'s 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician national average

High performer (top quartile)
MIPS Final Score
91.8/100
vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
0%100%National avg84%91.8%
MIPS final score (Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician) - 91.8/100 vs national avg 83.5
How MIPS and board certification work

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.

Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).

Practice Address

3370 BURNS RD
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
(561) 626-9801

Provider Details

NPI 1073513446
Specialty Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician
Credentials M.D.
Gender Male
NPI Issued 07/28/2005

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.

91.8323
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
77.1496
Quality
98
Promoting Interoperability

Reporting: Individual

Hospital and facility affiliations

Facilities where Richard Faro, M.D. bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.

Center For Bone And Joint Surgery OF The Palm Beaches, P.A.
Delray Beach, FL

Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).

Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data

The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Richard Faro, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Total received

$1.3K

Largest payer

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Most common payment type

Food and Beverage

Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.

License & disciplinary context - Florida FLDOH 2023 annual report

Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~75K Florida medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Richard Faro, M.D.. To verify Richard Faro, M.D.'s current license status, search the FLDOH public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.

480
Total board actions, Florida 2023
Across 467 cases
6.40
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Florida statewide rate
monetary fine
Most common action type
138 cases

FLDOH publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Florida disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2023.

73
Total Claims
$813
Total Drug Cost
27
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
123
Total Day Supply
2,690
Brand Drug Cost
$0
Generic Drug Cost
$813

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
73.0 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
1.53
Gender Split
52% female / 48% male

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2023. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

Drug Claims
Clopidogrel
Clopidogrel Bisulfate
12

* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.

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Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician Overview

How Richard Faro, M.D. fits within the Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician landscape nationally.

5,070
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician Providers in US
52
States with Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician
128
Avg Claims per Provider

Richard Faro, M.D.'s 73 claims are below the specialty average of 128.

Nationwide Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year

Two federal-record peer sets for Faro, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.

Similar MIPS final score

Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (91.8 here).

Charles Edwards 91.9 NC Todd Crawford 91.9 KS Matthew Danter 91.9 KS Emmanuel Daon 91.9 KS

Same NPPES enumeration year (2005)

Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.

Mahesh Ramchandani Houston, TX Steven Eisenberg Houston, TX Philip Bongiorno Topeka, KS Mark Tedder Nashville, TN

Nearby Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician Providers in Florida

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Florida, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Faro.

One of 407 Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers enrolled in Florida, 5 are shown here.

Dr. Ryan Abbaszadeh
MD
Jacksonville, FL
Dr. Naaman Abdullah
M.D.
Aventura, FL
Dr. Charles Ablan
M.D.
Brooksville, FL
Dr. Kevin Accola
M.D.
Orlando, FL
Dr. Mark Adkins
MD
Kissimmee, FL

Compare Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Richard Faro, M.D.'s specialty? ▼
Richard Faro, M.D. specializes in Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician and practices in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Credentials: M.D..
How much does Richard Faro, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2023, Richard Faro, M.D. wrote 73 Medicare Part D claims totaling $813 in drug costs for 27 beneficiaries.
What is Richard Faro, M.D.'s Medicare quality score? ▼
Richard Faro, M.D. has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 91.8/100 (Quality: 77.1). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Richard Faro, M.D. located? ▼
Richard Faro, M.D. is located at 3370 BURNS RD, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, 33410. Phone: (561) 626-9801.
What is Richard Faro, M.D.'s NPI number? ▼
Richard Faro, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073513446, issued on 07/28/2005.
How many Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 5,070 Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers across 52 states in the US. The average Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician provider writes 128 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Richard Faro, M.D. prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2023 Medicare Part D data, Richard Faro, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Clopidogrel. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Richard Faro, M.D. accept Medicare? ▼
Richard Faro, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 73 Part D claims and 27 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Richard Faro, M.D.'s credentials? ▼
Richard Faro, M.D.'s NPI is 1073513446 with credentials M.D.. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.

Data Sources

View source datasets and methodology notes
Provider Directory
CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
Specialty Classification
NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2023). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
Quality Performance
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
Limitations
Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.

See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.

Data as of April 2026 (NPPES) / 2023 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.