Richard D. Lee, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Palo Alto, CA
Richard D. Lee, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Palo Alto, California, and NPI 1285625236, issued on Oct 31, 2005. Check the license (California G72042, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard D. Lee
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- G72042 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 605 Cowper St, Palo Alto, CA 94301
- Phone
- (650) 289-0110
- Enumerated
- Oct 31, 2005
- Record last updated
- Dec 10, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051004000208); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Michigan State University College Of Human Medicine, 1988
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard D. Lee in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G72042Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
64% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,259 Medicare Part D claims for 100 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 35 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium96 claims
- Losartan Potassium65 claims
- Liothyronine Sodium45 claims
- Lorazepam44 claims
- Azithromycin38 claims
- Synthroid35 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: $865.90
38 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie 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.
Richard D. Lee among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Richard D. Lee, MD is one of 17,133 family 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 94% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 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 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
85 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Palo Alto
They are 85 of the 7,617 NPPES records with a practice address in Palo Alto, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Richard D. Lee, MD's NPI number?
Richard D. Lee, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1285625236, issued on Oct 31, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard D. Lee, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 605 Cowper St, Palo Alto, CA, 94301. Phone: (650) 289-0110. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard D. Lee, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G72042, 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 D. Lee, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard D. Lee, MD had 1,259 Medicare Part D claims for 100 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.