Richard L. Parks, M.D.
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Whittier, CA
Richard L. Parks, M.D. is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Whittier, California, and NPI 1295734507, issued on Jul 19, 2005. Check the license (California G47152, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard L. Parks
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- G47152 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 12486 Washington Blvd, Whittier, CA 90602
- Phone
- (562) 693-0756
- Enumerated
- Jul 19, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 7, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (562) 693-2371
- Medicaid ID
- 00G47152 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110126000701); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Wisconsin School Of Medicine, 1977
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 12486 Washington Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Richard L. Parks in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G47152Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
17% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
2,542 Medicare Part D claims for 273 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Eliquis198 claims
- Carvedilol176 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium168 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate157 claims
- Valsartan149 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate144 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: $253.37
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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 Parks MD A Prof CorpWhittier, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard L. Parks among 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records in California
Richard L. Parks, M.D. is one of 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in California. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 90% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated1977 · median 1999 among the 1,742 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in California
There are 2,574 cardiovascular disease physician records in California.
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The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Gerald Beckham, MDWhittier, CA 906021750440491
- Lily Ho, M.D.Whittier, CA 906051558561878
- Alireza Jafari, MDWhittier, CA 906051235186347
- Paresh Patel, MDWhittier, CA 906051043399561
- Nimish Patel, MDWhittier, CA 906051114119914
- Joseph Song, MDBuena Park, CA 906211851474829
- Hashem FatemiLa Palma, CA 906231346262615
- Sami Shoukair, M.D.La Palma, CA 906231851319560
Common questions
What is Richard L. Parks, M.D.'s NPI number?
Richard L. Parks, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1295734507, issued on Jul 19, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard L. Parks, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 12486 Washington Blvd, Whittier, CA, 90602. Phone: (562) 693-0756. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard L. Parks, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number G47152, 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.
How much does Richard L. Parks, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard L. Parks, M.D. had 2,542 Medicare Part D claims for 273 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard L. Parks, M.D.'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.