Richard M. Whalen, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Norfolk, VA
Richard M. Whalen, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Norfolk, Virginia, and NPI 1003881483, issued on Feb 21, 2006. Check the license (Virginia 0101039984, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard M. Whalen
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 0101039984 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 825 Fairfax Ave, Norfolk, VA 23507
- Phone
- (757) 446-5955
- Enumerated
- Feb 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 3, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (757) 446-5196
- Medicaid IDs
- 5917806 NC
1003881483 VA - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040819001057); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Eastern Virginia Medical School, 1985
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard M. Whalen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101039984Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
83% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
614 Medicare Part D claims for 93 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 15 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium63 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate38 claims
- Omeprazole30 claims
- Lisinopril27 claims
- Metformin Hcl23 claims
- Gabapentin21 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): 95.1 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: $36.22
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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
- Evms Academic Physicians And Surgeons Health Services FoundationNorfolk, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard M. Whalen among 4,137 family medicine physician records in Virginia
Richard M. Whalen, MD is one of 4,137 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 74% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 50% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1985 · median 2004 among the 2,426 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 54% 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 Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
117 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Norfolk
They are 117 of the 5,993 NPPES records with a practice address in Norfolk, and 4,137 family medicine physician records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Richard M. Whalen, MD's NPI number?
Richard M. Whalen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003881483, issued on Feb 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard M. Whalen, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 825 Fairfax Ave, Norfolk, VA, 23507. Phone: (757) 446-5955. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard M. Whalen, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101039984, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard M. Whalen, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard M. Whalen, MD had 614 Medicare Part D claims for 93 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Richard M. Whalen, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.1 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.