Richard Merkler, M.D.
Legal Medicine · New York, NY
Richard Merkler, M.D. is a legal medicine with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1134109754, issued on Jan 19, 2006. Check the license (New York 134561, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Merkler
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Legal Medicine 173000000X
- License number
- 134561 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 315 W 57TH St, New York, NY 10019
- Phone
- (212) 838-4715
- Enumerated
- Jan 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 29, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (212) 586-2182
- Medicaid ID
- 00764549 NY
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Merkler in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license 134561Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
99% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average legal medicine in 2024
30 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 2,531 among the 246 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $15.58
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. The 144 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,618.84 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 Merkler among 112 legal medicine records in New York
Richard Merkler, M.D. is one of 112 legal medicine records with a practice address in New York. 46% 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, 30% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 46% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 27% of these records are
- Record last updated2017 · 81% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 173000000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Legal Medicine providers in New York
There are 112 legal medicine records in New York.
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- Edwin Guzman, CGCNew York, NY 100321619568375
- Eric Kandel, M.D.New York, NY 100321073824280
Common questions
What is Richard Merkler, M.D.'s NPI number?
Richard Merkler, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1134109754, issued on Jan 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Merkler, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 315 W 57TH St, New York, NY, 10019. Phone: (212) 838-4715. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Merkler, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 134561, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Richard Merkler, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Merkler, M.D. had 30 Medicare Part D claims; the average among legal medicine prescribers was 2,531. 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.