Richard T. Shimizu, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Springfield, MO
Richard T. Shimizu, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Springfield, Missouri, and NPI 1164466645, issued on Jun 15, 2006. Check the license (Missouri 115271, as entered in NPPES) on the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard T. Shimizu
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 115271 MO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1001 E Primrose St, Springfield, MO 65807
- Phone
- (417) 875-3000
- Enumerated
- Jun 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 5, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (417) 875-3051
- Medicaid ID
- 203834403 MO
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050817000087); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Virginia School Of Medicine, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard T. Shimizu in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMissouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts
Search for license 115271Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
7,619 Medicare Part D claims for 453 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 147 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium783 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate444 claims
- Lisinopril427 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate274 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium237 claims
- Metformin Hcl216 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: $1,247.47
63 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Lester E Cox Medical CentersSpringfield, MO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard T. Shimizu among 2,604 internal medicine physician records in Missouri
Richard T. Shimizu, MD is one of 2,604 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Missouri. 77% 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 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 55% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2006 among the 1,443 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Missouri practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
135 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Springfield
They are 135 of the 6,403 NPPES records with a practice address in Springfield, and 2,604 internal medicine physician records in Missouri.
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Common questions
What is Richard T. Shimizu, MD's NPI number?
Richard T. Shimizu, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164466645, issued on Jun 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard T. Shimizu, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1001 E Primrose St, Springfield, MO, 65807. Phone: (417) 875-3000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard T. Shimizu, MD's license?
NPPES lists Missouri license number 115271, as entered by the provider. Search the Missouri Board of Registration for the Healing Arts at https://www.fsmb.org/contact-a-state-medical-board/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard T. Shimizu, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard T. Shimizu, MD had 7,619 Medicare Part D claims for 453 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard T. Shimizu, MD'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.