Richard P. Ward, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Bedford, TX
Richard P. Ward, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Bedford, Texas, and NPI 1619996071, issued on Jul 18, 2006. Check the license (Texas L3518, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard P. Ward
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- L3518 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1600 Hospital Pkwy, Bedford, TX 76022
- Phone
- (817) 848-2708
- Enumerated
- Jul 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Fax
- (817) 848-4579
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070315000466); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 1999
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard P. Ward in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L3518Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
93% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
6,119 Medicare Part D claims for 569 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. 141 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium421 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate232 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium207 claims
- Lisinopril205 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium181 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate140 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: $153.27
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. 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
- Texas Health Physicians GroupBedford, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard P. Ward among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Richard P. Ward, M.D. is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 49% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
51 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Bedford
They are 51 of the 1,100 NPPES records with a practice address in Bedford, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Richard P. Ward, M.D.'s NPI number?
Richard P. Ward, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1619996071, issued on Jul 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard P. Ward, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1600 Hospital Pkwy, Bedford, TX, 76022. Phone: (817) 848-2708. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard P. Ward, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L3518, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard P. Ward, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard P. Ward, M.D. had 6,119 Medicare Part D claims for 569 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.