Richard Benjamin Young, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Sacramento, CA
Richard Benjamin Young, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Sacramento, California, and NPI 1871949255, issued on May 4, 2016. Check the license (California A168109, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Benjamin Young
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- A168109 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2279 45TH St, Sacramento, CA 95817
- Phone
- (916) 734-5959
- Enumerated
- May 4, 2016
- Record last updated
- Mar 4, 2025
- Fax
- (916) 703-5265
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230915002336); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine, 2016
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Benjamin Young in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A168109Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
60% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,257 Medicare Part D claims for 240 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 37 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone310 claims
- Abiraterone Acetate275 claims
- Anastrozole172 claims
- Xtandi90 claims
- Ondansetron Hcl56 claims
- Letrozole53 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.
Bills Medicare through 3 group practices
- Permanente Medical Group IncSacramento, CA
- Regents OF The Univ OF CASacramento, CA
- Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaSacramento, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Benjamin Young among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Richard Benjamin Young, MD is one of 17,696 internal medicine 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 2016, is newer than 79% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 79% of these records are older, 19% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 61% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Richard Benjamin Young, MD's NPI number?
Richard Benjamin Young, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871949255, issued on May 4, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Benjamin Young, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2279 45TH St, Sacramento, CA, 95817. Phone: (916) 734-5959. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Benjamin Young, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A168109, 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 Benjamin Young, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Benjamin Young, MD had 1,257 Medicare Part D claims for 240 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.