Dr. Richard Alan Bickel Jr., MD

Dr. Bickel practices at Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, part of Wellstar Health System.

Dr. Bickel's NPI, 1225011521, was assigned on November 22, 2005. Dr. Bickel holds Georgia license 88432.

Dr. Bickel's primary practice is Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center, at 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912 in Richmond County. The practice phone is (706) 721-6569.

Dr. Bickel's primary practice is Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, part of Wellstar Health System. The medical group on file is Wellstar Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bickel to 1 more medical group, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bickel practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Allergy and immunology is Dr. Bickel's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207K00000X. Dr. Bickel is licensed in Georgia.

CMS data shows 18 Medicare services from Dr. Bickel across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 42 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,109 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 42 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bickel in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 18 patients. 69% of them have high blood pressure, and 62% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.12, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bickel's median patient age at 44, with 51% women.

In 2024, Dr. Bickel wrote 95 Medicare Part D claims for 23 patients. 68% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 52 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,190 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 11 claims across 1 drug.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 94 out of 100 for Dr. Bickel for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Bickel accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Bickel, published from 2018 to 2025. Dr. Bickel's most frequent co-authors are Tyesha Monique Coleman, MD, Kathleen Ruffing May, MD and John Patrick Noel, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 54 general payments to Dr. Bickel from 14 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. paid the most, $330.