Ken R. Richards
- Medicare services, 2024
- 100
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 111
- Part D claims, 2024
- 20
- Publications
- 1
- Hospital affiliations
- 1
- Practice address
- 9831 South Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60643
- Practice phone
- Call (773) 445-3500
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Advocate Medical Group Beverly Outpatient Center
Mammography / Breast Imaging Center · Chicago, Illinois
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Ken R. Richards is a general surgeon in Chicago, Illinois
Ken Richards practices at Advocate Medical Group Beverly Outpatient Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Ken Richards' NPI, 1477545937, was assigned on August 19, 2005. Ken Richards graduated from University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1996. Ken Richards holds Illinois license 036-114696.
- NPI
- 1477545937NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1557381118
- NPI enumeration date
- August 19, 2005
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (773) 445-3500
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 56
- Medical school graduation
- 1996
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Ken R. Richards practices at Advocate Medical Group Beverly Outpatient Center in Chicago, Illinois
Ken Richards' primary practice is Advocate Medical Group Beverly Outpatient Center, at 9831 South Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60643. The practice phone is (773) 445-3500.
- Advocate Medical Group Beverly Outpatient Center9831 South Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60643Phone(773) 445-3500
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Ken R. Richards is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Ken Richards' primary practice is Advocate Medical Group Beverly Outpatient Center in Chicago, Illinois. Ken Richards is also affiliated with Advocate Trinity Hospital. The medical group on file is Dreyer Medical Clinic (Advocate Medical Group). Dmand AI also links Ken Richards to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Ken Richards' employer is on file too: a breast imaging center.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Ken R. Richards' practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Ken Richards practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Advocate Medical Group Beverly Outpatient Center | Available with a free account |
| +2 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Ken R. Richards is one of 1,217 general surgeons in Illinois
Surgery is Ken Richards' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dmand AI has Ken Richards' licenses on file in 2 states: Illinois and Virginia.
Specialties and state licenses
- Surgery, IllinoisPrimary
- Specialist, Virginia
General surgeons near Ken Richards
Counts of general surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Ken R. Richards billed Medicare for 100 services in 2024
CMS data shows 100 Medicare services from Ken Richards across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 111 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $9,480 for them.
Ken Richards' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1252024: 10020%
Where Ken Richards' Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office8686%
- In a facility1414%
Ken Richards compared with the Illinois median for general surgeons, 2024
- Ken Richards
- Illinois median
- Medicare services
- 100vs 19448% below
- Medicare patients
- 111vs 14423% below
- Part D claims
- 31vs 2811% above
Medians across 1,031 general surgeons in Illinois with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Ken Richards' most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Ken R. Richards treated 111 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 71
CMS counts 111 Medicare patients who saw Ken Richards in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 53 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 50% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.37, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Ken Richards' median patient age at 71, with 61% women.
Ken Richards' Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Ken Richards' Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women8274%
- Men2926%
Chronic conditions among Ken Richards' Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis57%
- Diabetes55%
- Chronic kidney disease52%
- Cancer41%
- Heart failure37%
- Ischemic heart disease27%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Ken Richards' patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 71
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women61%
- Men39%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Ken R. Richards wrote 20 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Ken Richards wrote 20 Medicare Part D claims for 18 patients. 70% of them were for generic drugs. They cover 1 drug, with $135 in total drug cost. In 2022, CMS named 17 claims across 1 drug.
Ken Richards' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic14 claims70%
- Brand-name and other6 claims30%
Ken Richards' most prescribed drugs by claims, 2023
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2022 to 2023
- 2022
- 2023
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2022: 172023: 3182%
Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2023, 1 in 2022.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
How Ken R. Richards takes part in Medicare
Ken Richards accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Mastectomy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Ken R. Richards has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Ken Richards in 2016. Ken Richards' most frequent co-authors are Gowtham Roy Lingamaneni, MD and Soniya Naomi Pinto, MBBS.
Ken Richards' most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Ken Richards
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Ken R. Richards received $9,139 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 74 general payments to Ken Richards from 18 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 60% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $7,149.
General payments to Ken Richards by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Ken Richards by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Education$5,50060%
- Food and beverage$2,00822%
- Travel and lodging$1,63118%
Companies that paid Ken Richards the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Ken R. Richards graduated from University of Maryland School of Medicine
Ken Richards graduated from University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1996.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Ken R. Richards's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Ken R. Richards' NPI number?
Ken R. Richards' NPI number is 1477545937. It was assigned on August 19, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What does Ken R. Richards specialize in?
Ken R. Richards is a general surgeon in Chicago, Illinois. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).
Where does Ken R. Richards practice?
Ken Richards practices at 9831 South Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60643. Ken Richards' primary practice is Advocate Medical Group Beverly Outpatient Center in Chicago, Illinois. Dmand AI also links Ken Richards to 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.
What is Ken R. Richards' office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Ken Richards is (773) 445-3500.
What is Ken R. Richards' medical license number?
Ken Richards holds Illinois license 036-114696, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Ken R. Richards been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Ken Richards in Illinois and Virginia.
Which hospitals is Ken R. Richards affiliated with?
Ken Richards is affiliated with Advocate Trinity Hospital.
What medical group is Ken R. Richards part of?
Ken Richards is linked to Dreyer Medical Clinic (Advocate Medical Group). Dmand AI links Ken Richards to 1 more medical group.
Does Ken R. Richards accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Ken Richards billed Medicare for 100 services in 2024, and Ken Richards accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Ken R. Richards see?
CMS counts 111 Medicare patients who saw Ken Richards in 2024, with an average age of 71.
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What services does Ken R. Richards bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Ken Richards' most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), office visit, new patient (99204) and office visit, new patient (99203).
Where did Ken R. Richards go to medical school?
Ken Richards graduated from University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1996.
What drugs does Ken R. Richards prescribe most?
In 2023 Medicare Part D data, Ken Richards' most prescribed drugs by claims were Acetaminophen-Codeine.
Has Ken R. Richards received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $9,139 in general payments to Ken Richards from 18 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
How long has Ken R. Richards been practicing?
Ken Richards graduated from medical school in 1996, 30 years ago.
Does Ken R. Richards do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Ken Richards.
Who does Ken R. Richards publish with?
Ken Richards' most frequent co-authors are Gowtham Roy Lingamaneni, MD (1 shared paper) and Soniya Naomi Pinto, MBBS (1 shared paper).
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