Dr. Richard William Pomerantz, MD

  • Hickory, NC
  • Pulmonologist
NPI1154321321PAC ID0143328039
Medicare services, 2024
1,779
Medicare patients, 2024
341
Part D claims, 2024
1,677
Publications
1
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
810 Fairgrove Church Rd, Hickory, NC 28602
Practice phone
Call (828) 326-3809
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Primary practice

Catawba Valley Medical Center

Hospital · Hickory, North Carolina

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Dr. Richard William Pomerantz is a pulmonologist in Hickory, North Carolina

Dr. Pomerantz practices at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, North Carolina, part of Catawba Valley Health System.

Dr. Pomerantz's NPI, 1154321321, was assigned on July 28, 2005. Dr. Pomerantz graduated from University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences in 1993. Dr. Pomerantz holds North Carolina license 2008-00665.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0143328039
NPI enumeration date
July 28, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(828) 326-3809
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
59
Medical school graduation
1993

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

Dr. Richard William Pomerantz practices at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, North Carolina

Dr. Pomerantz's primary practice is Catawba Valley Medical Center, at 810 Fairgrove Church Rd, Hickory, NC 28602 in Catawba County. The practice phone is (828) 326-3809.

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Dr. Richard William Pomerantz is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Pomerantz's primary practice is Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, North Carolina, part of Catawba Valley Health System. The medical group on file is Novant Health Indian Land Primary Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Pomerantz to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Pomerantz practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Catawba Valley Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Richard William Pomerantz is one of 410 pulmonologists in North Carolina

Pulmonary disease is Dr. Pomerantz's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dr. Pomerantz is board certified in sleep medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Pomerantz's licenses on file in 4 states: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Ohio.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Pulmonary disease, North CarolinaPrimaryLicense 28207-1106 · 2008 to 2026 · taxonomy 207RP1001X
  • South Carolina license2022 to 2025
  • Florida licenseLicense ME77899 · 1999 to 2023
  • Ohio license1994 to 2000

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists asthma, chronic lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hypersomnia, pleural effusion, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary heart disease and sleep apnea among the conditions Dr. Pomerantz treats.

Pulmonologists near Dr. Pomerantz

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Richard William Pomerantz billed Medicare for 1,779 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,779 Medicare services from Dr. Pomerantz across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 341 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $56,518 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,779
Medicare patients341
Paid by Medicare$56,518
Procedure codes15

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 1822024: 1,353643%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3932024: 392No change
Other services
2023: 02024: 34

Where Dr. Pomerantz's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office1,72597%
  • In a facility543%

Dr. Pomerantz compared with the North Carolina median for pulmonologists, 2024

  • Dr. Pomerantz
  • North Carolina median
Medicare services
1,779vs 5343.3 times
Medicare patients
341vs 23148% above
Part D claims
1,479vs 6482.3 times

Medians across 392 pulmonologists in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Pomerantz'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 William Pomerantz treated 341 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 341 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Pomerantz in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 155 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.63, 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. Pomerantz's median patient age at 69, with 54% women.

Medicare patients, 2024341
Average age74
Average risk score1.63
Also on Medicaid10%

Dr. Pomerantz's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Pomerantz's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women17551%
  • Men16649%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis53%
  4. COPD47%
  5. Ischemic heart disease43%
  6. Diabetes38%
  7. Chronic kidney disease35%
  8. Mood disorders34%

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

Dr. Pomerantz's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 69

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women54%
  • Men45%

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

Dr. Richard William Pomerantz wrote 1,677 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Pomerantz wrote 1,677 Medicare Part D claims for 303 patients. 47% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,479 of them, across 30 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $721,839 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 969 claims across 22 drugs.

Part D claims, 20241,677
Drugs named by CMS30
Total drug cost$721,839
Part D patients303

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

  • Generic781 claims47%
  • Brand-name877 claims52%
  • Other19 claims1%

Dr. Pomerantz'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. Pomerantz's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics4%66 of 1,677 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: 9692024: 1,47953%

Drugs named by CMS: 30 in 2024, 22 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 William Pomerantz takes part in Medicare

Dr. Pomerantz 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 William Pomerantz has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Pomerantz.

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

Dr. Richard William Pomerantz received $6,458 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 384 general payments to Dr. Pomerantz from 39 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. paid the most, $1,085.

General payments to Dr. Pomerantz by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Pomerantz by kind, 2016 to 2025

$6.5Kin total
  • Food and beverage$6,39899%
  • Education$601%

Companies that paid Dr. Pomerantz the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Richard William Pomerantz has 2 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Pomerantz, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Pomerantz

  1. 2013
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR
  2. Undated
    • Member

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Richard William Pomerantz graduated from University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences

Dr. Pomerantz graduated from University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences in 1993. Dr. Pomerantz is a member of AOA, AASM and ACCP.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
  2. Board certified in sleep medicineAmerican Board of Family Medicine
  3. Board certified in critical care medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  4. Board certified in pulmonary diseaseAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  5. Board certified in sleep medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Richard William Pomerantz accepts plans from 18 insurance carriers

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

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
  • Cigna
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • +10 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Pomerantz accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO11
  2. HMO9
  3. Medicare9
  4. EPO4
  5. POS4
  6. Medicaid2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Richard William Pomerantz'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 William Pomerantz's NPI number?

Dr. Richard William Pomerantz's NPI number is 1154321321. It was assigned on July 28, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Richard William Pomerantz?

Dr. Richard William Pomerantz is a pulmonologist in Hickory, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Pulmonary Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RP1001X).

Where does Dr. Richard William Pomerantz practice?

Dr. Pomerantz practices at 810 Fairgrove Church Rd, Hickory, NC 28602. Dr. Pomerantz's primary practice is Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, North Carolina, part of Catawba Valley Health System. Dmand AI also links Dr. Pomerantz to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Richard William Pomerantz's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Pomerantz is (828) 326-3809.

What is Dr. Richard William Pomerantz's medical license number?

Dr. Pomerantz holds North Carolina license 2008-00665, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.

Which states has Dr. Richard William Pomerantz been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Pomerantz in North Carolina (2008 to 2026), South Carolina (2022 to 2025), Florida (1999 to 2023) and Ohio (1994 to 2000).

Which hospitals is Dr. Richard William Pomerantz affiliated with?

Dr. Pomerantz practices at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, North Carolina.

What medical group is Dr. Richard William Pomerantz part of?

Dr. Pomerantz is linked to Novant Health Indian Land Primary Care. Dmand AI links Dr. Pomerantz to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Richard William Pomerantz accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Pomerantz billed Medicare for 1,779 services in 2024, and Dr. Pomerantz accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Richard William Pomerantz see?

CMS counts 341 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Pomerantz in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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Is Dr. Richard William Pomerantz board certified?

Yes. Dr. Pomerantz is board certified in sleep medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine.

What services does Dr. Richard William Pomerantz bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Pomerantz's most billed Medicare services were allergy test or treatment (95165), office visit, established patient (99214) and office visit, established patient (99215).

Where did Dr. Richard William Pomerantz go to medical school?

Dr. Pomerantz graduated from University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences in 1993.

What drugs does Dr. Richard William Pomerantz prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Pomerantz's most prescribed drugs by claims were Albuterol Sulfate Hfa, Trelegy Ellipta and Breztri Aerosphere.

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

CMS Open Payments shows $6,458 in general payments to Dr. Pomerantz from 39 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.

How long has Dr. Richard William Pomerantz been practicing?

Dr. Pomerantz graduated from medical school in 1993, 33 years ago.

Does Dr. Richard William Pomerantz do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Pomerantz.

What insurance does Dr. Richard William Pomerantz accept?

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

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