Registry data as of Aug 27, 2026

Richard Herber, M.D.

Family Medicine Physician · Mount Airy, NC

Richard Herber, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Mount Airy, North Carolina, and NPI 1023083599, issued on Feb 20, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 39614, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordas of Aug 27, 2026
1023083599
Name
Richard Herber
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License numbers
39614 NC
35325 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1016 S South St, Mount Airy, NC 27030
Phone
(336) 783-8900
Enumerated
Feb 20, 2006
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1016 S South St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Bryn AndersonPhysician Assistant1922638394
  2. Elizabeth Bond, MDSurgery Physician1619396082
  3. Ashley Bryant, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1689399776
  4. Carl Buchholz, MDSurgery Physician1629631908
  5. Robert Corbin, M.D.Surgery Physician1841291614
  6. Nikki Frye, FNP-CNurse Practitioner1801754494

Verify Richard Herber in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
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85% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

6,556 Medicare Part D claims for 499 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. 66 claims were for opioids.

  1. Richard Herber6,556
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Levothyroxine Sodium243 claims
  2. Atorvastatin Calcium229 claims
  3. Losartan Potassium201 claims
  4. Gabapentin187 claims
  5. Pantoprazole Sodium172 claims
  6. Omeprazole160 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 Medicare quality score for 2023: 93.2 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score83.2
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $432.08

25 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Richard Herber$432.08
  2. Specialty average$902.55

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

  1. Northern Hospital OF Surry CountyMount Airy, NC

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

16 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Mount Airy

They are 16 of the 434 NPPES records with a practice address in Mount Airy, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.

Other family medicine physician records in North Carolina

  1. Alvin Abaqueta, M.D.Charlotte, NC1235102187
  2. Atif Abbasi, M.DGreenville, NC1972958973
  3. Jennifer Abbott, MDAsheville, NC1144312604
  4. Linda Abbott, FNPEdenton, NC1306839832
  5. Thomas Abbott, MDWinston Salem, NC1659359875
  6. Mark Abel, M.D.Rocky Mount, NC1225180961
  7. Alain Michael Abellada, M.D.Fort Bragg, NC1649582685
  8. David Abernethy, MDHudson, NC1790785798
  9. Aya Abou-Jaoude, MDAsheville, NC1568222131
  10. Seymore Abrons, M.D.Wilmington, NC1942205307

Common questions

What is Richard Herber, M.D.'s NPI number?

Richard Herber, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023083599, issued on Feb 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Richard Herber, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1016 S South St, Mount Airy, NC, 27030. Phone: (336) 783-8900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Richard Herber, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number 39614, 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 Herber, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Richard Herber, M.D. had 6,556 Medicare Part D claims for 499 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Richard Herber, M.D.'s Medicare quality score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.2 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), loaded Aug 27, 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) 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 27, 2026.