Rick Waks, D.O.
Family Medicine Physician · Fort Myers, FL
Rick Waks, D.O. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Fort Myers, Florida, and NPI 1194726091, issued on Aug 2, 2005. Check the license (Florida OS8771, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rick Waks
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- OS8771 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 13691 Metro Pkwy Ste 130, Fort Myers, FL 33912
- Phone
- (239) 349-3539
- Enumerated
- Aug 2, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jan 14, 2022
- Fax
- (239) 217-7469
- Medicaid ID
- 266452600 FL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100428000611); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine, 1999
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 13691 Metro Pkwy Ste 130
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Alana Adler, NPNurse Practitioner1457906794
- Jason Spring, DOFamily Medicine Physician1114011459
Verify Rick Waks in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license OS8771Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
9,348 Medicare Part D claims for 883 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. 42 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium737 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium435 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate404 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium389 claims
- Metformin Hcl338 claims
- Lisinopril336 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: $219.00
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 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
- Millennium Physician Group LLCNokomis, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Rick Waks among 9,399 family medicine physician records in Florida
Rick Waks, D.O. is one of 9,399 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Florida. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 90% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2004 among the 5,504 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 51% 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 Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
183 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Fort Myers
They are 183 of the 7,949 NPPES records with a practice address in Fort Myers, and 9,399 family medicine physician records in Florida.
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Common questions
What is Rick Waks, D.O.'s NPI number?
Rick Waks, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1194726091, issued on Aug 2, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rick Waks, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 13691 Metro Pkwy Ste 130, Fort Myers, FL, 33912. Phone: (239) 349-3539. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rick Waks, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists Florida license number OS8771, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Rick Waks, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rick Waks, D.O. had 9,348 Medicare Part D claims for 883 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.