NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Richard Edward Payne, M.D.

Family Medicine Physician · Encinitas, CA

Richard Edward Payne, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Encinitas, California, and NPI 1841252707, issued on Apr 5, 2006. Check the license (California G50467, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1841252707
Name
Richard Edward Payne
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
G50467 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
477 N EL Camino Real, Encinitas, CA 92024
Phone
(760) 942-0118
Enumerated
Apr 5, 2006
Record last updated
Jul 13, 2026
Fax
(760) 557-0128
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100813000887); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of California, San Diego School Of Medicine, 1982
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 477 N EL Camino Real

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Angel Bair, NPNurse Practitioner1235218389
  2. Elizabeth Bartolomeo, ANPAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1952532095
  3. Donna Beck, PHDMarriage & Family Therapist1780015362
  4. Robert Brunst, MD PHDFamily Medicine Physician1639257546
  5. Jennifer Cates, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1972622751
  6. Mary Ann Cathey, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1013995604

Verify Richard Edward Payne in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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83% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

6,494 Medicare Part D claims for 803 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 114 claims were for opioids.

  1. Richard Payne6,494
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium711 claims
  2. Lisinopril293 claims
  3. Amlodipine Besylate279 claims
  4. Levothyroxine Sodium242 claims
  5. Hydrochlorothiazide237 claims
  6. Losartan Potassium219 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $61,278.71

72 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Astellas Pharma US 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.

  1. Richard Payne$61,279
  2. Specialty average$903

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

  1. North Coast Family Medical GroupEncinitas, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Richard Edward Payne among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California

Richard Edward Payne, M.D. is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% 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 6% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
  • Graduated1982 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 58% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

53 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Encinitas

They are 53 of the 1,874 NPPES records with a practice address in Encinitas, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Craig Duck, M.D.Encinitas, CA 920241306808613
  2. Susan Glockner, M.D.Encinitas, CA 920241184686495
  3. James Hay, M.D.Encinitas, CA 920241821050758
  4. Diane Hutchison, M.D.Encinitas, CA 920241629054234
  5. Trang Le, MDEncinitas, CA 920241528086303
  6. Gerard Lumkong, MDEncinitas, CA 920241720001977
  7. Alexis Masciana, MDEncinitas, CA 920241851382352
  8. Scott Mercer, M.D.Encinitas, CA 920241295736031

Common questions

What is Richard Edward Payne, M.D.'s NPI number?

Richard Edward Payne, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1841252707, issued on Apr 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Richard Edward Payne, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 477 N EL Camino Real, Encinitas, CA, 92024. Phone: (760) 942-0118. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Richard Edward Payne, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number G50467, 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 Edward Payne, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Richard Edward Payne, M.D. had 6,494 Medicare Part D claims for 803 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Richard Edward Payne, 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.