Richard Walter Kling, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Lancaster, CA
Richard Walter Kling, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Lancaster, California, and NPI 1265453690, issued on Jul 21, 2006. Check the license (California A43123, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Walter Kling
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A43123 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 44215 15TH Street West, Lancaster, CA 93534
- Phone
- (661) 948-5723
- Enumerated
- Jul 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 19, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (661) 945-1095
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100920000305); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Loyola University Of Chicago, Stritch School Of Medicine, 1979
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 44215 15TH Street West
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Richard Walter Kling in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A43123Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
20% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
2,845 Medicare Part D claims for 257 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 33 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate168 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium139 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium139 claims
- Lisinopril112 claims
- Metformin Hcl108 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl96 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 56.6 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $21.39
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
45 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Lancaster
They are 45 of the 4,273 NPPES records with a practice address in Lancaster, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Richard Walter Kling, M.D.'s NPI number?
Richard Walter Kling, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1265453690, issued on Jul 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Walter Kling, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 44215 15TH Street West, Lancaster, CA, 93534. Phone: (661) 948-5723. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Walter Kling, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A43123, 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 Walter Kling, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Walter Kling, M.D. had 2,845 Medicare Part D claims for 257 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard Walter Kling, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 56.6 of 100. 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.