Richard Colville Smith, MD
Infectious Disease Physician · Vista, CA
Richard Colville Smith, MD is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Vista, California, and NPI 1518979228, issued on Aug 12, 2006. Check the license (California A82752, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Colville Smith
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License number
- A82752 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 122 Escondido Avenue, Vista, CA 92084
- Phone
- (760) 806-9263
- Enumerated
- Aug 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (760) 806-9264
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050610000342); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest infectious disease physician records → All 1,119 in California → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 122 Escondido Avenue
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Ted Gay, MDInfectious Disease Physician1043382104
Verify Richard Colville Smith in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A82752Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average infectious disease physician in 2024
38 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of 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: $64.60
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Shionogi Inc. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 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.
Richard Colville Smith among 1,119 infectious disease physician records in California
Richard Colville Smith, MD is one of 1,119 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in California. 79% 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 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2003 among the 735 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Infectious Disease Physician providers in California
There are 1,119 infectious disease physician records in California.
All 1,119 in California → Every provider in Vista → Infectious Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ted Gay, MDVista, CA 920841043382104
- Steve Kuriyama, MDVista, CA 920841962412981
- Jennifer Dan, M.D., PH.D.La Jolla, CA 920931225343601
- Mary Lewinski, M.D., PH.D.La Jolla, CA 920931659535094
- Lily Ostrer, MDSan Diego, CA 920931821592155
- Katherine Trintchouk, MDSantee, CA 920711396748646
- Samuel Bozzette, MD, PHDSan Diego, CA 921011992893929
- Joseph Caperna, M.D.San Diego, CA 921011720141153
Common questions
What is Richard Colville Smith, MD's NPI number?
Richard Colville Smith, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518979228, issued on Aug 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Colville Smith, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 122 Escondido Avenue, Vista, CA, 92084. Phone: (760) 806-9263. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Colville Smith, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A82752, 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 Colville Smith, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Colville Smith, MD had 38 Medicare Part D claims; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. 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.