Richard Frothingham, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Durham, NC
Richard Frothingham, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Durham, North Carolina, and NPI 1912088493, issued on Oct 18, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 39424, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Frothingham
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 39424 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Erwin RD, Durham, NC 27710
- Phone
- (919) 684-8111
- Enumerated
- Oct 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 6, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (919) 620-4921
- Medicaid ID
- 7934060 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090820000427); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Duke University School Of Medicine, 1981
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Frothingham in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 39424Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
83% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
536 Medicare Part D claims for 33 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 64% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Biktarvy132 claims
- Dovato88 claims
- Tivicay40 claims
- Juluca38 claims
- Lamivudine Hbv35 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium26 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: $89.14
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was ViiV Healthcare Company. 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
- Duke Health Integrated Practice IncDurham, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Frothingham among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Richard Frothingham, M.D. is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 82% 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 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1981 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 48% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
380 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Durham
They are 380 of the 13,451 NPPES records with a practice address in Durham, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Richard Frothingham, M.D.'s NPI number?
Richard Frothingham, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1912088493, issued on Oct 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Frothingham, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Erwin RD, Durham, NC, 27710. Phone: (919) 684-8111. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Frothingham, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 39424, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard Frothingham, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Frothingham, M.D. had 536 Medicare Part D claims for 33 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.