Dr. Richard Edward Charles, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 3,979
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 647
- Part D claims, 2024
- 11,627
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Industry payments
- $313
- Practice address
- 1091 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14209
- Practice phone
- Call (716) 692-3302
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
General Physician
Buffalo, New York
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Dr. Richard Edward Charles is an internist in Buffalo, New York
Dr. Charles practices at General Physician in Buffalo, New York.
Dr. Charles' NPI, 1588629216, was assigned on April 18, 2006. Dr. Charles graduated from University at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1996. Dr. Charles holds New York license 213322.
- NPI
- 1588629216NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 3274678750
- NPI enumeration date
- April 18, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (716) 692-3302
- 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 Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Richard Edward Charles practices at General Physician in Buffalo, New York
Dr. Charles' primary practice is General Physician, at 1091 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14209 in Erie County. The practice phone is (716) 692-3302.
- General Physician1091 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14209 · Erie CountyPhone(716) 692-3302
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Richard Edward Charles is affiliated with 9 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Charles' primary practice is General Physician in Buffalo, New York. Dr. Charles is also affiliated with Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute. The medical group on file is General Physician. Dmand AI also links Dr. Charles to 1 more hospital, 3 home health agencies, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 skilled nursing facility and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Richard Edward Charles' practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Charles practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| General Physician | Available with a free account |
| +8 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Richard Edward Charles is one of 9,643 internists in New York
Internal medicine is Dr. Charles' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Charles is licensed in New York.
Specialties and state licenses
- Internal medicine, New YorkPrimary
Internists near Dr. Charles
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 Edward Charles billed Medicare for 3,979 services in 2024
CMS data shows 3,979 Medicare services from Dr. Charles across 27 procedure codes in 2024, for 647 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $183,667 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Charles' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Other services
- 2023: 8042024: 1,10738%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,2292024: 1,10510%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 8662024: 8284%
- Surgery
- 2023: 712024: 636796%
- Lab and pathology
- 2023: 3462024: 27820%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 272024: 257%
Dr. Charles compared with the New York median for internists, 2024
- Dr. Charles
- New York median
- Medicare services
- 3,979vs 4269.3 times
- Medicare patients
- 647vs 1584.1 times
- Part D claims
- 10,574vs 62217.0 times
Medians across 9,428 internists in New York with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Charles' 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 Edward Charles treated 647 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 647 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Charles in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 262 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.72, 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. Charles' median patient age at 60, with 57% women.
Dr. Charles' Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Charles' Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women36356%
- Men28444%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Charles' Medicare patients, 2024
- Chronic kidney disease75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis46%
- Heart failure40%
- Mood disorders33%
- Depression32%
- Anxiety30%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Charles' patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 60
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women57%
- Men42%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Richard Edward Charles wrote 11,627 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Charles wrote 11,627 Medicare Part D claims for 2,386 patients. 81% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 10,574 of them, across 148 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,650,560 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 11,344 claims across 151 drugs.
Dr. Charles' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic9,453 claims81%
- Brand-name1,991 claims17%
- Other183 claims2%
Dr. Charles' 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. Charles' Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids0%25 of 11,627 claims
- Antibiotics3%335 of 11,627 claims
- Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over0%19 of 11,627 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: 11,3442024: 10,5747%
Drugs named by CMS: 148 in 2024, 151 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
Dr. Richard Edward Charles offers telehealth to Medicare patients
Dr. Charles accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Charles as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Removal or shaving of skin growth: 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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Dr. Richard Edward Charles received $313 in industry payments from 2016 to 2023
CMS Open Payments shows 6 general payments to Dr. Charles from 4 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $182.
General payments to Dr. Charles by program year, 2016 to 2023
General payments to Dr. Charles by kind, 2016 to 2023
- Food and beverage$30397%
- Education$103%
Companies that paid Dr. Charles the most, 2016 to 2023
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Richard Edward Charles graduated from University at Buffalo School of Medicine
Dr. Charles graduated from University at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1996.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Richard Edward Charles'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 | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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) |
| 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 Edward Charles' NPI number?
Dr. Richard Edward Charles' NPI number is 1588629216. It was assigned on April 18, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Richard Edward Charles?
Dr. Richard Edward Charles is an internist in Buffalo, New York. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).
Where does Dr. Richard Edward Charles practice?
Dr. Charles practices at 1091 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14209. Dr. Charles' primary practice is General Physician in Buffalo, New York. Dmand AI also links Dr. Charles to 1 hospital, 3 home health agencies, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 skilled nursing facility and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Richard Edward Charles' office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Charles is (716) 692-3302.
What is Dr. Richard Edward Charles' medical license number?
Dr. Charles holds New York license 213322.
Which hospitals is Dr. Richard Edward Charles affiliated with?
Dr. Charles is affiliated with Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute. Dmand AI links Dr. Charles to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Richard Edward Charles part of?
Dr. Charles is linked to General Physician. Dmand AI links Dr. Charles to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Richard Edward Charles accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Charles billed Medicare for 3,979 services in 2024, and Dr. Charles accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Richard Edward Charles offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Charles as offering telehealth services.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Richard Edward Charles see?
CMS counts 647 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Charles in 2024, with an average age of 75.
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What services does Dr. Richard Edward Charles bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Charles' most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415) and medicare service (G2211).
Where did Dr. Richard Edward Charles go to medical school?
Dr. Charles graduated from University at Buffalo School of Medicine in 1996.
What drugs does Dr. Richard Edward Charles prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Charles' most prescribed drugs by claims were Rosuvastatin Calcium, Atorvastatin Calcium and Amlodipine Besylate.
Has Dr. Richard Edward Charles received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $313 in general payments to Dr. Charles from 4 companies from 2016 to 2023. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.
How long has Dr. Richard Edward Charles been practicing?
Dr. Charles graduated from medical school in 1996, 30 years ago.
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