Thokozeni Lipato, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Richmond, VA
Thokozeni Lipato, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Richmond, Virginia, and NPI 1770570657, issued on Oct 5, 2005. Check the license (Virginia 0101254004, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Thokozeni Lipato
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 0101254004 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1250 E Marshall St, Richmond, VA 23298
- Phone
- (804) 828-9357
- Enumerated
- Oct 5, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 18, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (804) 828-7591
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20131024001250); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Alabama School Of Medicine, 2001
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Thokozeni Lipato in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101254004Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
45% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,754 Medicare Part D claims for 127 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims. 891 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl382 claims
- Hydroxyurea189 claims
- Oxbryta128 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen99 claims
- Hydromorphone Hcl82 claims
- Methadone Hcl62 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 76.2 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).
Industry payments in 2024: $155.63
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Mcv Associated PhysiciansRichmond, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Thokozeni Lipato among 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia
Thokozeni Lipato, MD is one of 3,599 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 77% 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, 91% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2003 among the 2,234 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 53% 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 Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
547 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Richmond
They are 547 of the 14,083 NPPES records with a practice address in Richmond, and 3,599 internal medicine physician records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Thokozeni Lipato, MD's NPI number?
Thokozeni Lipato, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770570657, issued on Oct 5, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Thokozeni Lipato, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1250 E Marshall St, Richmond, VA, 23298. Phone: (804) 828-9357. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Thokozeni Lipato, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101254004, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Thokozeni Lipato, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Thokozeni Lipato, MD had 1,754 Medicare Part D claims for 127 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Thokozeni Lipato, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.2 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.