Richard James Hempel, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Danville, KY
Richard James Hempel, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Danville, Kentucky, and NPI 1083684310, issued on Jan 26, 2006. Check the license (Kentucky 27115, as entered in NPPES) on the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard James Hempel
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 27115 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 640 E Lexington Ave, Danville, KY 40422
- Phone
- (859) 236-1250
- Enumerated
- Jan 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 3, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (859) 236-9776
- Medicaid ID
- 64271158 KY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20091103000141); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine, 1985
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 640 E Lexington Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Jennifer Daniel, APRNNurse Practitioner1669875241
Verify Richard James Hempel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKentucky Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 27115Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
12% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
3,959 Medicare Part D claims for 223 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 38 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium159 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate154 claims
- Omeprazole119 claims
- Lisinopril112 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate110 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium109 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): 69.9 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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Ephraim Mcdowell Regional Medical Center IncorporatedDanville, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard James Hempel among 1,968 family medicine physician records in Kentucky
Richard James Hempel, MD is one of 1,968 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Kentucky. 80% 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 14% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 14% of these records are older, 50% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated1985 · median 2006 among the 1,277 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
13 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Danville
They are 13 of the 545 NPPES records with a practice address in Danville, and 1,968 family medicine physician records in Kentucky.
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Common questions
What is Richard James Hempel, MD's NPI number?
Richard James Hempel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1083684310, issued on Jan 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard James Hempel, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 640 E Lexington Ave, Danville, KY, 40422. Phone: (859) 236-1250. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard James Hempel, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 27115, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure at https://web1.ky.gov/GenSearch/LicenseSearch.aspx?AGY=5. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard James Hempel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard James Hempel, MD had 3,959 Medicare Part D claims for 223 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard James Hempel, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 69.9 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.