Richard W. Vail, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Greenville, SC
Richard W. Vail, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Greenville, South Carolina, and NPI 1013932359, issued on Jul 13, 2006. Check the license (South Carolina 14518, as entered in NPPES) on the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard W. Vail
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 14518 SC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3611 Pelham RD, Greenville, SC 29615
- Phone
- (864) 530-3500
- Enumerated
- Jul 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 7, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (864) 560-3525
- Medicaid ID
- 145186 SC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101109000568); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Medical University Of South Carolina College Of Medicine, 1988
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3611 Pelham RD
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Verify Richard W. Vail in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 14518Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
58% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,016 Medicare Part D claims for 283 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 143 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate301 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium198 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium188 claims
- Lisinopril177 claims
- Omeprazole150 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide138 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 96.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $741.41
39 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.
One hospital affiliation
- Spartanburg Medical CenterGreenville, SC · Acute Care Hospitals2 of 5 stars
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Richard W. Vail among 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina
Richard W. Vail, M.D. is one of 1,881 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in South Carolina. 81% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2006 among the 1,119 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 46% 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 South Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
253 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Greenville
They are 253 of the 10,264 NPPES records with a practice address in Greenville, and 1,881 internal medicine physician records in South Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Richard W. Vail, M.D.'s NPI number?
Richard W. Vail, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013932359, issued on Jul 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard W. Vail, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3611 Pelham RD, Greenville, SC, 29615. Phone: (864) 530-3500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard W. Vail, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists South Carolina license number 14518, as entered by the provider. Search the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners at https://verify.llronline.com/LicLookup/Med/Med.aspx?div=22. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard W. Vail, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard W. Vail, M.D. had 5,016 Medicare Part D claims for 283 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard W. Vail, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 96.1 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.