Richard Joshua Herold, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · San Diego, CA
Richard Joshua Herold, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1548606205, issued on May 21, 2013. Check the license (California C163559, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Joshua Herold
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- C163559 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA 92134
- Phone
- (701) 361-6307
- Enumerated
- May 21, 2013
- Record last updated
- Aug 9, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20191220001117); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Dakota School Of Medicine, 2013
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Joshua Herold in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C163559Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
213 Medicare Part D claims for 144 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 33 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Odt34 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen27 claims
- Cephalexin23 claims
- Ibuprofen17 claims
- Prednisone14 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: $251.89
9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Temecula Valley Emergency Medical AssociatesMurrieta, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Joshua Herold among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California
Richard Joshua Herold, M.D. is one of 7,751 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 66% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 66% of these records are older, 31% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Emergency Medicine Physician providers in California
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Common questions
What is Richard Joshua Herold, M.D.'s NPI number?
Richard Joshua Herold, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548606205, issued on May 21, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Joshua Herold, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, 92134. Phone: (701) 361-6307. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Joshua Herold, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number C163559, 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 Joshua Herold, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Joshua Herold, M.D. had 213 Medicare Part D claims for 144 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.