Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr., MD, MPH
- Medicare services, 2024
- 63
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 46
- Part D claims, 2024
- 6,461
- Hospital affiliations
- 1
- Industry payments
- $39
- Practice address
- 500 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA 02125
- Practice phone
- Call (617) 287-8000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Upham's Corner Health Center - Dorchester (Columbia Rd)
FQHC - Main Site · Dorchester, Massachusetts
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Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. is an internist in Dorchester, Massachusetts
Dr. Bird practices at Upham's Corner Health Center - Dorchester (Columbia Rd) in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Dr. Bird's NPI, 1316040603, was assigned on September 5, 2006. Dr. Bird graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1989. Dr. Bird holds Massachusetts license 75492.
- NPI
- 1316040603NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 0547202533
- NPI enumeration date
- September 5, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (617) 287-8000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 63
- Medical school graduation
- 1989
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. practices at Upham's Corner Health Center - Dorchester (Columbia Rd) in Dorchester, Massachusetts
Dr. Bird's primary practice is Upham's Corner Health Center - Dorchester (Columbia Rd), at 500 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA 02125 in Suffolk County. The practice phone is (617) 287-8000.
- Upham's Corner Health Center - Dorchester (Columbia Rd)500 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA 02125 · Suffolk CountyPhone(617) 287-8000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Bird's primary practice is Upham's Corner Health Center - Dorchester (Columbia Rd) in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Dr. Bird is also affiliated with Boston Medical Center. The medical group on file is Upham's Corner Health Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bird to 1 more community health center, named with a free account. Dr. Bird's employer is on file too: a community health center (fqhc).
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr.'s practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bird practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Upham's Corner Health Center - Dorchester (Columbia Rd) | Available with a free account |
| +2 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. is one of 5,528 internists in Massachusetts
Internal medicine is Dr. Bird's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Bird is licensed in Massachusetts.
Specialties and state licenses
- Internal medicine, MassachusettsPrimary
Internists near Dr. Bird
Counts of internists 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
Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. billed Medicare for 63 services in 2024
CMS data shows 63 Medicare services from Dr. Bird across 1 procedure code in 2024, for 46 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $600 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Bird's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 492024: 6329%
Dr. Bird compared with the Massachusetts median for internists, 2024
- Dr. Bird
- Massachusetts median
- Medicare services
- 63vs 43185% below
- Medicare patients
- 46vs 19476% below
- Part D claims
- 5,979vs 40214.9 times
Medians across 5,369 internists in Massachusetts with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Bird's 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
Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. treated 46 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 68
CMS counts 46 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bird in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 24 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.31, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bird's median patient age at 63, with 44% women.
Dr. Bird's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Bird's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women2043%
- Men2657%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Bird's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Mood disorders65%
- Depression63%
- Diabetes63%
- Anxiety30%
- Arthritis26%
- PTSD24%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Bird's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 63
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women44%
- Men55%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. wrote 6,461 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Bird wrote 6,461 Medicare Part D claims for 237 patients. 85% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 5,979 of them, across 103 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $553,184 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 6,092 claims across 100 drugs.
Dr. Bird's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic5,517 claims85%
- Brand-name858 claims13%
- Other86 claims1%
Dr. Bird's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Bird's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids4%251 of 6,461 claims
- Antibiotics1%90 of 6,461 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over1%49 of 6,461 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 6,0922024: 5,9792%
Drugs named by CMS: 103 in 2024, 100 in 2023.
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 Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. takes part in Medicare
Dr. Bird accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. received $39 in industry payments from 2023 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 2 general payments to Dr. Bird from 2 drug and device companies from 2023 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. CooperSurgical, Inc. paid the most, $21.
General payments to Dr. Bird by program year, 2023 to 2025
Companies that paid Dr. Bird the most, 2023 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. graduated from Boston University School of Medicine
Dr. Bird graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1989.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr.'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) |
| 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 Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr.'s NPI number?
Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr.'s NPI number is 1316040603. It was assigned on September 5, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr.?
Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. is an internist in Dorchester, Massachusetts. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).
Where does Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. practice?
Dr. Bird practices at 500 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA 02125. Dr. Bird's primary practice is Upham's Corner Health Center - Dorchester (Columbia Rd) in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bird to 1 community health center.
What is Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr.'s office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Bird is (617) 287-8000.
What is Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr.'s medical license number?
Dr. Bird holds Massachusetts license 75492.
Which hospitals is Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. affiliated with?
Dr. Bird is affiliated with Boston Medical Center.
What medical group is Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. part of?
Dr. Bird is linked to Upham's Corner Health Center.
Does Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Bird billed Medicare for 63 services in 2024, and Dr. Bird accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. see?
CMS counts 46 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bird in 2024, with an average age of 68.
What services does Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Bird's most billed Medicare services were lab and pathology test (83036).
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Where did Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. go to medical school?
Dr. Bird graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1989.
What drugs does Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Bird's most prescribed drugs by claims were Rosuvastatin Calcium, Losartan Potassium and Amlodipine Besylate.
Has Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $39 in general payments to Dr. Bird from 2 companies from 2023 to 2025. The largest total came from CooperSurgical, Inc.
How long has Dr. Richard Cranson Bird Jr. been practicing?
Dr. Bird graduated from medical school in 1989, 37 years ago.
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