Richard Alan Rison, M.D.
Neurology Physician · Whittier, CA
Richard Alan Rison, M.D. is a neurology physician with a practice address in Whittier, California, and NPI 1497730709, issued on Dec 8, 2005. Check the license (California A61369, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Alan Rison
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Neurology Physician 2084N0400X
- License number
- A61369 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 12291 Washington Blvd, Whittier, CA 90606
- Phone
- (562) 698-6296
- Enumerated
- Dec 8, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- Fax
- (562) 693-6752
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100729000841); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Albert Einstein College Of Medicine Of Yeshiva University, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Alan Rison in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A61369Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
78% more Medicare Part D claims than the average neurology physician in 2024
2,434 Medicare Part D claims for 400 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,370 among the 15,005 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Donepezil Hcl190 claims
- Levetiracetam183 claims
- Carbidopa-Levodopa174 claims
- Gabapentin122 claims
- Primidone105 claims
- Lacosamide69 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 9.3 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $3,491.16
149 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Ucb, Inc. The 10,858 providers of this specialty with any payment received $8,318.07 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
- Brian A Beck MD A Medical Corp Etal Ptr Leonard A Gale MD Medical CorpWhittier, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Alan Rison among 2,339 neurology physician records in California
Richard Alan Rison, M.D. is one of 2,339 neurology 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 96% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2006 among the 1,628 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084N0400X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Neurology Physician providers in California
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- Paul Helfgott, M.D.Whittier, CA 906061316922107
- Henry Lin, M.D.Whittier, CA 906061720104383
- Jenny Saket, D.O.Whittier, CA 906061790923266
- Chan Kim, MDWhittier, CA 906051336221969
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Common questions
What is Richard Alan Rison, M.D.'s NPI number?
Richard Alan Rison, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497730709, issued on Dec 8, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Alan Rison, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 12291 Washington Blvd, Whittier, CA, 90606. Phone: (562) 698-6296. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Alan Rison, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A61369, 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 Alan Rison, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Alan Rison, M.D. had 2,434 Medicare Part D claims for 400 beneficiaries; the average among neurology physician prescribers was 1,370. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard Alan Rison, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 9.3 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.