Richard Lee-Ching, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Hilo, HI
Richard Lee-Ching, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Hilo, Hawaii, and NPI 1174630727, issued on Aug 23, 2006. Check the license (Hawaii 3199, as entered in NPPES) on the Hawaii Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Lee-Ching
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 3199 HI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 780 Laukapu St, Hilo, HI 96720
- Phone
- (808) 961-6922
- Enumerated
- Aug 23, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (808) 935-6640
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120222000568); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Hawaii John A. Burns School Of Medicine, 1975
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Lee-Ching in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersHawaii Medical Board
Search for license 3199Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
3,707 Medicare Part D claims for 239 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 533 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen209 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium151 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl141 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa129 claims
- Allopurinol125 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate106 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: $92.43
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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 Lee-Ching among 730 family medicine physician records in Hawaii
Richard Lee-Ching, MD is one of 730 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Hawaii. 65% 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 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 65% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 53% of these records are
- Graduated1975 · median 2006 among the 383 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 54% 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 Hawaii practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
58 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Hilo
They are 58 of the 1,758 NPPES records with a practice address in Hilo, and 730 family medicine physician records in Hawaii.
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Common questions
What is Richard Lee-Ching, MD's NPI number?
Richard Lee-Ching, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174630727, issued on Aug 23, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Lee-Ching, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 780 Laukapu St, Hilo, HI, 96720. Phone: (808) 961-6922. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Lee-Ching, MD's license?
NPPES lists Hawaii license number 3199, as entered by the provider. Search the Hawaii Medical Board at https://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/boards/medical/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard Lee-Ching, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Lee-Ching, MD had 3,707 Medicare Part D claims for 239 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.