Richard Robert Roston, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Oakland, CA
Richard Robert Roston, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Oakland, California, and NPI 1609849520, issued on Feb 10, 2006. Check the license (California A78666, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Robert Roston
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- A78666 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 275 W Macarthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94611
- Phone
- (510) 752-1000
- Enumerated
- Feb 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 13, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (415) 833-4765
- Medicaid ID
- 1008982 VT
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101209000969); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, San Francisco School Of Medicine, 1997
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Robert Roston in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A78666Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
19% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,189 Medicare Part D claims for 153 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Lorazepam83 claims
- Fluoxetine Hcl71 claims
- Escitalopram Oxalate66 claims
- Bupropion Xl65 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate53 claims
- Trazodone Hcl50 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Permanente Medical Group IncRichmond, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Robert Roston among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Richard Robert Roston, MD is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% 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 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 67% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in California
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The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Sharon Abramowitz, M.D.Oakland, CA 946111003834094
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- Kennedy Cosgrove, MDOakland, CA 946111659486561
- Leslie Fuchs, M.D.Oakland, CA 946111346271947
- Thomas Gonda, MDOakland, CA 946111033297833
- John Hiatt, MDOakland, CA 946111780693093
- Xiaoyu Huang, M.D.Oakland, CA 946111841388428
Common questions
What is Richard Robert Roston, MD's NPI number?
Richard Robert Roston, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609849520, issued on Feb 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Robert Roston, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 275 W Macarthur Blvd, Oakland, CA, 94611. Phone: (510) 752-1000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Robert Roston, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A78666, 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 Robert Roston, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Robert Roston, MD had 1,189 Medicare Part D claims for 153 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.