Richard Nelson Sanders, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Denver, CO
Richard Nelson Sanders, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Denver, Colorado, and NPI 1407505803, issued on Mar 22, 2022. Check the license (Colorado DR.71519, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Nelson Sanders
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- DR.71519 CO
TL.0009065 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 950 E Harvard Ave Ste 200, Denver, CO 80210
- Phone
- (303) 649-3200
- Enumerated
- Mar 22, 2022
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2025
- Fax
- (303) 765-6201
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250718002046); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Illinois College Of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb), 2022
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Nelson Sanders in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado Medical Board
Search for license DR.71519Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
92% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
274 Medicare Part D claims for 64 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium26 claims
- Lisinopril19 claims
- Valsartan19 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium17 claims
- Omeprazole13 claims
- Losartan Potassium11 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: $239.46
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. 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.
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
- Portercare Adventist Health SystemDenver, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Nelson Sanders among 3,563 family medicine physician records in Colorado
Richard Nelson Sanders, MD is one of 3,563 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 95% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 95% of these records are older, 3% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2022 · median 2008 among the 2,077 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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 Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
457 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Denver
They are 457 of the 25,068 NPPES records with a practice address in Denver, and 3,563 family medicine physician records in Colorado.
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Common questions
What is Richard Nelson Sanders, MD's NPI number?
Richard Nelson Sanders, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1407505803, issued on Mar 22, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Nelson Sanders, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 950 E Harvard Ave Ste 200, Denver, CO, 80210. Phone: (303) 649-3200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Nelson Sanders, MD's license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number DR.71519, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado Medical Board at https://dpo.colorado.gov/Medical. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard Nelson Sanders, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Nelson Sanders, MD had 274 Medicare Part D claims for 64 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.