Richard Jay Karol, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Smyrna, GA
Richard Jay Karol, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Smyrna, Georgia, and NPI 1528088200, issued on Jul 19, 2006. Check the license (Georgia 028581, as entered in NPPES) on the Georgia Composite Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Jay Karol
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 028581 GA
MD.33762 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3949 S Cobb Dr SE, Smyrna, GA 30080
- Phone
- (770) 438-5222
- Enumerated
- Jul 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 18, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (770) 434-5123
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150309002411); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Connecticut School Of Medicine, 1980
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Jay Karol in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersGeorgia Composite Medical Board
Search for license 028581Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
56% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
352 Medicare Part D claims for 261 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims. 91 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen60 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro25 claims
- Naproxen Sodium24 claims
- Tramadol Hcl23 claims
- Prednisone17 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium16 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): 100 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
- Alabama Emergency Physician Partners, LLCGadsden, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Jay Karol among 1,685 emergency medicine physician records in Georgia
Richard Jay Karol, MD is one of 1,685 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Georgia. 79% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2011 among the 954 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 58% 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 Georgia 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 Georgia
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Common questions
What is Richard Jay Karol, MD's NPI number?
Richard Jay Karol, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1528088200, issued on Jul 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Jay Karol, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3949 S Cobb Dr SE, Smyrna, GA, 30080. Phone: (770) 438-5222. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Jay Karol, MD's license?
NPPES lists Georgia license number 028581, as entered by the provider. Search the Georgia Composite Medical Board at https://medicalboard.georgia.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard Jay Karol, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Jay Karol, MD had 352 Medicare Part D claims for 261 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard Jay Karol, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.