Rick Gehlert, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Albuquerque, NM
Rick Gehlert, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and NPI 1316952864, issued on Jul 30, 2006. Check the license (New Mexico 98-270, as entered in NPPES) on the New Mexico Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rick Gehlert
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- 98-270 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2ND Ambulatory Care Ctr, Albuquerque, NM 87131
- Phone
- (505) 272-1623
- Enumerated
- Jul 30, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 3, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20071001000315); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Maryland School Of Medicine, 1992
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Rick Gehlert in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Mexico Medical Board
Search for license 98-270Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $7,469.54
16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Tyber Medical, LLC. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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 2 group practices
- St Vincent HospitalSanta Fe, NM
- Unm Medical Group IncAlbuquerque, NM
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Rick Gehlert among 141 orthopaedic surgery physician records in New Mexico
Rick Gehlert, MD is one of 141 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in New Mexico. 68% 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, 43% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 68% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 2003 among the 79 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in New Mexico
There are 141 orthopaedic surgery physician records in New Mexico.
All 141 in New Mexico → Every provider in Albuquerque → Orthopaedic Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- David Chafey, M.D.Albuquerque, NM 871311326272584
- William CurtisAlbuquerque, NM 871311154959252
- Paul Echols, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871311508872185
- Carl Gilmore, M.D.Albuquerque, NM 871311003012493
- Samer Kakish, FRCS(TR & ORTH), MSCAlbuquerque, NM 871311053796391
- Isaac Kim, M.D.Albuquerque, NM 871311609045764
- Gordon Lee, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871311144676941
- Joanne Abby Marasigan, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871311750709457
Common questions
What is Rick Gehlert, MD's NPI number?
Rick Gehlert, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316952864, issued on Jul 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rick Gehlert, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2ND Ambulatory Care Ctr, Albuquerque, NM, 87131. Phone: (505) 272-1623. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rick Gehlert, MD's license?
NPPES lists New Mexico license number 98-270, as entered by the provider. Search the New Mexico Medical Board at https://www.nmmb.state.nm.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
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.