Richard Lorenzo
Family Medicine Physician · Lenoir, NC
Richard Lorenzo is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Lenoir, North Carolina, and NPI 1619360906, issued on Mar 10, 2015. Check the license (North Carolina 2018-01290, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Lorenzo
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 2018-01290 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2651 Morganton Blvd SW, Lenoir, NC 28645
- Phone
- (828) 757-8950
- Enumerated
- Mar 10, 2015
- Record last updated
- Mar 18, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 757-8968
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180910001573); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Lake Erie College Of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, 2015
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Lorenzo in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2018-01290Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
9,569 Medicare Part D claims for 485 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. 152 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium482 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium397 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate317 claims
- Lisinopril284 claims
- Gabapentin246 claims
- Omeprazole243 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: $1,049.11
82 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Caldwell Memorial Hospital IncHickory, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Lorenzo among 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina
Richard Lorenzo is one of 4,953 family medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 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 2015, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 75% of these records are older, 22% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2006 among the 3,104 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 50% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
30 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Lenoir
They are 30 of the 497 NPPES records with a practice address in Lenoir, and 4,953 family medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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- John Bowen, M.D.Lenoir, NC 286451972543841
- Melissa Braunsteiner, MDLenoir, NC 286451255444998
- David Brendle, D.O.Lenoir, NC 286451295900967
- George Gould, M.D.Lenoir, NC 286451659314276
- Marc Guerra, M.D.Lenoir, NC 286451891735718
- Dennice Herman, M.D.Lenoir, NC 286451487682894
Common questions
What is Richard Lorenzo's NPI number?
Richard Lorenzo's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1619360906, issued on Mar 10, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Lorenzo located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2651 Morganton Blvd SW, Lenoir, NC, 28645. Phone: (828) 757-8950. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Lorenzo's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2018-01290, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard Lorenzo prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Lorenzo had 9,569 Medicare Part D claims for 485 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.