Richard Zhang, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · Chicago, IL
Richard Zhang, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1588045108, issued on Jun 10, 2015. Check the license (Illinois 125066663, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Richard Zhang
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 125066663 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
- Phone
- (773) 702-9500
- Enumerated
- Jun 10, 2015
- Record last updated
- Jun 10, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (773) 702-3135
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20191120001133); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine, 2015
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Richard Zhang in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 125066663Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
48% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
334 Medicare Part D claims for 244 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 41 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Odt34 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl33 claims
- Cefdinir27 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen23 claims
- Prednisone22 claims
- Cephalexin19 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: $270.23
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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
- Wake Emergency Physicians PARaleigh, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Richard Zhang among 3,291 emergency medicine physician records in Illinois
Richard Zhang, M.D. is one of 3,291 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 80% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 61% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 61% of these records are older, 35% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2012 among the 1,867 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,310 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Chicago
They are 1,310 of the 63,379 NPPES records with a practice address in Chicago, and 3,291 emergency medicine physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is Richard Zhang, M.D.'s NPI number?
Richard Zhang, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588045108, issued on Jun 10, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Richard Zhang, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL, 60637. Phone: (773) 702-9500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Richard Zhang, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 125066663, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Richard Zhang, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Richard Zhang, M.D. had 334 Medicare Part D claims for 244 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.