Shirley R. Richards, DO
Internal Medicine Physician · Temple, TX
Shirley R. Richards, DO is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Temple, Texas, and NPI 1851304414, issued on Aug 14, 2006. Check the license (Texas K2572, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shirley R. Richards
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- K2572 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1901 S 1St St, Temple, TX 76504
- Phone
- (254) 778-4811
- Enumerated
- Aug 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Fax
- (254) 743-0463
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Shirley R. Richards in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K2572Check 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: $16.95
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Cook Medical LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Shirley R. Richards among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Shirley R. Richards, DO is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% 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, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 66% of these records are
- Record last updated2022 · 49% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
197 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Temple
They are 197 of the 4,612 NPPES records with a practice address in Temple, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Clayton Abe, MDTemple, TX 765041659387843
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- Anil Desai, MDTemple, TX 765041760404172
- Daniel Finch, M.D.Temple, TX 765041649286089
- Katherine Fong, M.D.Temple, TX 765041790768554
- Rodolfo Humerez, MDTemple, TX 765041508871914
- Katherine Jew, M.D.Temple, TX 765041013977271
Common questions
What is Shirley R. Richards, DO's NPI number?
Shirley R. Richards, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851304414, issued on Aug 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shirley R. Richards, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1901 S 1St St, Temple, TX, 76504. Phone: (254) 778-4811. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shirley R. Richards, DO's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K2572, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. 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.