Tara L. Richards, PA
Physician Assistant · Buffalo, NY
Tara L. Richards, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Buffalo, New York, and NPI 1083844302, issued on Jul 21, 2009. Check the license (New York 013298, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tara L. Richards
- Credential
- PA
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 013298 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 160 Farber Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214
- Phone
- (716) 829-2070
- Enumerated
- Jul 21, 2009
- Record last updated
- Dec 12, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (716) 829-2138
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090828000099); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tara L. Richards in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license 013298Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 84.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Excelsior Orthopaedics LLPNiagara Falls, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tara L. Richards among 15,555 physician assistant records in New York
Tara L. Richards, PA is one of 15,555 physician assistant records with a practice address in New York. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 23% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 23% of these records are older, 74% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2018 among the 8,158 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
488 physician assistant records list a practice address in Buffalo
They are 488 of the 13,287 NPPES records with a practice address in Buffalo, and 15,555 physician assistant records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Tara L. Richards, PA's NPI number?
Tara L. Richards, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1083844302, issued on Jul 21, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tara L. Richards, PA located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 160 Farber Hall, Buffalo, NY, 14214. Phone: (716) 829-2070. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tara L. Richards, PA's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 013298, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
What is Tara L. Richards, PA's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 84.5 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.