Dr. Richard Frothingham, MD

  • Durham, NC
  • Internist
NPI1912088493PAC ID1850445198
Medicare services, 2024
47
Medicare patients, 2024
14
Part D claims, 2024
536
Publications
17
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705
Practice phone
Call (919) 684-8111
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Primary practice

Duke University Hospital

Hospital · Durham, North Carolina

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Dr. Richard Frothingham is an internist in Durham, North Carolina

Dr. Frothingham practices at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, part of Duke University.

Dr. Frothingham's NPI, 1912088493, was assigned on October 18, 2006. Dr. Frothingham graduated from Duke University School Of Medicine in 1981. Dr. Frothingham's North Carolina license number on file is 39424.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1850445198
NPI enumeration date
October 18, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(919) 684-8111
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
71
Medical school graduation
1981

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Richard Frothingham practices at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina

Dr. Frothingham's primary practice is Duke University Hospital, at 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705 in Durham County. The practice phone is (919) 684-8111.

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Dr. Richard Frothingham is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Frothingham's primary practice is Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, part of Duke University. The medical group on file is Duke Health Integrated Practice. Dmand AI also links Dr. Frothingham to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Richard Frothingham's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Duke University HospitalAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Richard Frothingham is one of 3,705 internists in North Carolina

Internal medicine is Dr. Frothingham's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Frothingham is board certified in infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Frothingham's licenses on file in 2 states: North Carolina and South Carolina.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Internal medicine, North CarolinaPrimaryLicense 39424 · 1990 to 2025 · taxonomy 207R00000X
  • South Carolina license1986 to 1990

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists cold sores or genital herpes and hiv/aids among the conditions Dr. Frothingham treats.

Internists near Dr. Frothingham

Counts of internists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

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Dr. Richard Frothingham billed Medicare for 47 services in 2024

CMS data shows 47 Medicare services from Dr. Frothingham across 2 procedure codes in 2024, for 14 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,706 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 202447
Medicare patients14
Paid by Medicare$1,706
Procedure codes2

Dr. Frothingham's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Other services
2023: 112024: 24118%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 182024: 2328%

Dr. Frothingham compared with the North Carolina median for internists, 2024

  • Dr. Frothingham
  • North Carolina median
Medicare services
47vs 52191% below
Medicare patients
14vs 18592% below
Part D claims
482vs 27277% above

Medians across 3,695 internists in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Frothingham's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Richard Frothingham treated 14 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 14 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Frothingham in 2024. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 2.25, 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. Frothingham's median patient age at 69, with 21% women.

Medicare patients, 202414
Average age72
Average risk score2.25

Chronic conditions among Dr. Frothingham's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Frothingham's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 69

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women21%
  • Men76%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Richard Frothingham wrote 536 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Frothingham wrote 536 Medicare Part D claims for 33 patients. 36% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 482 of them, across 14 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,267,731 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 474 claims across 13 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024536
Drugs named by CMS14
Total drug cost$1.3M
Part D patients33

Dr. Frothingham's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic194 claims36%
  • Brand-name342 claims64%

Dr. Frothingham'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.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 4742024: 4822%

Drugs named by CMS: 14 in 2024, 13 in 2023.

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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 Frothingham takes part in Medicare

Dr. Frothingham 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 Frothingham has 17 publications on record

Dmand AI links 17 papers to Dr. Frothingham, published from 2002 to 2015. 2007 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Lung and Mice, Inbred C57BL. Dr. Frothingham has published most often in J Infect Dis. Dr. Frothingham's most frequent co-authors are James Mallory Musser, MD, PhD, Neel Rajnikant Gandhi, MD and Jason Eric Stout, MD.

Papers17
Years published2002 to 2015

Dr. Frothingham's papers by year, 2002 to 2015

Topics Dr. Frothingham writes about most

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Lung
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Minisatellite Repeats
  • Mycobacterium bovis
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • BCG Vaccine
  • Disease Models, Animal

Dr. Frothingham's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Frothingham

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Richard Frothingham received $479 in industry payments from 2017 to 2024

CMS Open Payments shows 6 general payments to Dr. Frothingham from 1 drug or device company from 2017 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. ViiV Healthcare Company paid the most, $479.

General payments to Dr. Frothingham by program year, 2017 to 2024

Companies that paid Dr. Frothingham the most, 2017 to 2024

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Richard Frothingham has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Frothingham, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Frothingham

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Richard Frothingham graduated from Duke University School Of Medicine

Dr. Frothingham graduated from Duke University School Of Medicine in 1981.

  1. Medical schoolDuke University School Of Medicine
  2. Board certified in infectious diseaseAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  4. Board certified in pediatricsAmerican Board of Pediatrics

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Richard Frothingham accepts plans from 18 insurance carriers

Dr. Frothingham is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Elevance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
  • Cigna
  • HCSC
  • Aspirus Health Plan
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Plan types Dr. Frothingham accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO11
  2. Medicare10
  3. HMO9
  4. POS5
  5. EPO4
  6. Medicaid2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Richard Frothingham's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Richard Frothingham's NPI number?

Dr. Richard Frothingham's NPI number is 1912088493. It was assigned on October 18, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Richard Frothingham?

Dr. Richard Frothingham is an internist in Durham, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).

Where does Dr. Richard Frothingham practice?

Dr. Frothingham practices at 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705. Dr. Frothingham's primary practice is Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, part of Duke University. Dmand AI also links Dr. Frothingham to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Richard Frothingham's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Frothingham is (919) 684-8111.

What is Dr. Richard Frothingham's medical license number?

Dr. Frothingham's North Carolina license number on file is 39424, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Richard Frothingham been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Frothingham in North Carolina (1990 to 2025) and South Carolina (1986 to 1990).

Which hospitals is Dr. Richard Frothingham affiliated with?

Dr. Frothingham practices at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina.

What medical group is Dr. Richard Frothingham part of?

Dr. Frothingham is linked to Duke Health Integrated Practice.

Does Dr. Richard Frothingham accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Frothingham billed Medicare for 47 services in 2024, and Dr. Frothingham accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Richard Frothingham see?

CMS counts 14 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Frothingham in 2024, with an average age of 72.

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Is Dr. Richard Frothingham board certified?

Yes. Dr. Frothingham is board certified in infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Richard Frothingham bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Frothingham's most billed Medicare services were medicare service (G2211) and office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Richard Frothingham go to medical school?

Dr. Frothingham graduated from Duke University School Of Medicine in 1981.

What drugs does Dr. Richard Frothingham prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Frothingham's most prescribed drugs by claims were Biktarvy, Dovato and Tivicay.

Has Dr. Richard Frothingham received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $479 in general payments to Dr. Frothingham from 1 company from 2017 to 2024. The largest total came from ViiV Healthcare Company.

How long has Dr. Richard Frothingham been practicing?

Dr. Frothingham graduated from medical school in 1981, 45 years ago.

Does Dr. Richard Frothingham do research?

Dmand AI links 17 publications to Dr. Frothingham, published from 2002 to 2015.

Who does Dr. Richard Frothingham publish with?

Dr. Frothingham's most frequent co-authors are James Mallory Musser, MD, PhD (2 shared papers), Neel Rajnikant Gandhi, MD (1 shared paper) and Jason Eric Stout, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Richard Frothingham accept?

Dr. Frothingham is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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