Richard S. Obedian, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Hicksville, NY
Richard S. Obedian, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Hicksville, New York, and NPI 1659394690, issued on Jul 25, 2006. Check the license (New York 200521, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard S. Obedian
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- 200521 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 81 North Broadway, Hicksville, NY 11801
- Phone
- (516) 933-4350
- Enumerated
- Jul 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 13, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (516) 933-4352
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040129000446); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Columbia University College Of Physicians And Surgeons, 1993
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Verify Richard S. Obedian in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 200521Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
1,187 Medicare Part D claims for 333 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims. 253 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin256 claims
- Meloxicam190 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium86 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen70 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl69 claims
- Methylprednisolone62 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $4,682.14
35 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Precision Spine, Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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
- Richard S. Obedian MD PLLCHicksville, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in New York
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- J. David Abraham, MDAlbany, NY1285601005
- Armand Abulencia, MDHuntington, NY1093733545
- Imad Abushahin, MDMiddletown, NY1275013609
- John Acampa, M.D.Bay Shore, NY1982606257
- Albert Accettola, MDStaten Island, NY1972584696
- George Ackerman, M.D.Garden City, NY1720393259
- Paul Ackerman, MDBrooklyn, NY1306899786
Common questions
What is Richard S. Obedian, MD's NPI number?
Richard S. Obedian, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659394690, issued on Jul 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard S. Obedian, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 81 North Broadway, Hicksville, NY, 11801. Phone: (516) 933-4350. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard S. Obedian, MD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 200521, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard S. Obedian, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard S. Obedian, MD had 1,187 Medicare Part D claims for 333 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard S. Obedian, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.