Dr. Richard Lowell Hengel, MD

Dr. Hengel practices at Atlanta I.D. Group in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Hengel's NPI, 1972605665, was assigned on September 2, 2006. Dr. Hengel holds Georgia license 38010.

Dr. Hengel's primary practice is Atlanta I.D. Group, at 275 Collier NW Rd, Atlanta, GA 30309 in Fulton County. The practice phone is (404) 351-8873.

Dr. Hengel's primary practice is Atlanta I.D. Group in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Hengel is also affiliated with Piedmont Atlanta. The medical group on file is Atlanta ID Group, P.C. Dmand AI also links Dr. Hengel to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Hengel practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Infectious disease is Dr. Hengel's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0200X. Dr. Hengel is licensed in Georgia.

CMS data shows 307 Medicare services from Dr. Hengel across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 136 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $28,435 for them.

CMS counts 136 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Hengel in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 64 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 18% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.51, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Hengel's median patient age at 58, with 20% women.

In 2024, Dr. Hengel wrote 516 Medicare Part D claims for 66 patients. 46% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 351 of them, across 15 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,071,415 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 326 claims across 13 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 92 out of 100 for Dr. Hengel for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Hengel accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Hengel, published from 2020 to 2022. 2022 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Hengel's most frequent co-authors are Ramesh V. Nathan, MD and Timothy E. Ritter, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 257 general payments to Dr. Hengel from 35 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 52% of the total. Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. paid the most, $2,607.