Richard Alfonso Merino, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Poway, CA
Richard Alfonso Merino, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Poway, California, and NPI 1174628317, issued on Sep 13, 2006. Check the license (California G36036, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Alfonso Merino
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- G36036 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 15721 Pomerado RD, Poway, CA 92064
- Phone
- (858) 485-6644
- Enumerated
- Sep 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 3, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (858) 485-0371
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Alfonso Merino in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G36036Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $30.69
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Sanofi Pasteur Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 Alfonso Merino among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Richard Alfonso Merino, MD is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 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, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 63% of these records are
- Record last updated2013 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
23 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Poway
They are 23 of the 1,306 NPPES records with a practice address in Poway, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Richard Alfonso Merino, MD's NPI number?
Richard Alfonso Merino, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174628317, issued on Sep 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Alfonso Merino, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 15721 Pomerado RD, Poway, CA, 92064. Phone: (858) 485-6644. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Alfonso Merino, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G36036, 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.
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.