Richard Sacks, M.D.
Pulmonary Disease Physician · San Diego, CA
Richard Sacks, M.D. is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1811034143, issued on Jan 30, 2007. Check the license (California A89585, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Sacks
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- A89585 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7910 Frost Street, San Diego, CA 92123
- Phone
- (858) 650-5037
- Enumerated
- Jan 30, 2007
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 7910 Frost Street
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Richard Sacks in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A89585Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
97% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
50 Medicare Part D claims for 17 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,498 among the 6,594 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 72% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Xarelto11 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $185.48
3 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, Inc.. The 4,997 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,850.73 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.
2 hospital and facility affiliations
- Chest Medicine And Critical Care Medical Group IncCoronado, CA
- Emergency And Acute Care Medical CorporationChula Vista, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians affiliations; Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
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- Babak Abrishami, D.O.Los Angeles, CA1972553576
- Thomas Addison, MDSan Francisco, CA1154494599
- Leonard Adelson, MDSherman Oaks, CA1235152455
- Yossef Aelony, MDHarbor City, CA1619178597
- Kamyar Afshar, D.O.San Diego, CA1407050669
- Muhammad Afzal, M.D.Sacramento, CA1689600553
Common questions
What is Richard Sacks, M.D.'s NPI number?
Richard Sacks, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811034143, issued on Jan 30, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Sacks, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7910 Frost Street, San Diego, CA, 92123. Phone: (858) 650-5037. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Sacks, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A89585, 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 Sacks, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Sacks, M.D. had 50 Medicare Part D claims for 17 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,498. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), loaded Aug 27, 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.
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.