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Dr. Richard H. Alfred, MD
NPI1972526291PAC ID9830181478
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,065
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 258
- Part D claims, 2024
- 255
- Publications
- 3
- MIPS score, 2024
- 82
- Practice address
- 1367 Washington Avenue Suite 401, Albany, NY 12206
- Practice phone
- Call (518) 438-7638
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Capital Region Ambulatory Surgery Center
Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Albany, New York
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Dr. Richard H. Alfred is an orthopedic surgeon in Albany, New York
Dr. Alfred practices at Capital Region Ambulatory Surgery Center in Albany, New York.
Dr. Alfred's NPI, 1972526291, was assigned on July 26, 2006. Dr. Alfred graduated from Albany Medical College of Union University in 1981. Dr. Alfred holds New York license 151371-2.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1972526291NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 9830181478
- NPI enumeration date
- July 26, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Practice phone
- (518) 438-7638
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 71
- Medical school graduation
- 1981
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Richard H. Alfred practices at Capital Region Ambulatory Surgery Center in Albany, New York
Dr. Alfred's primary practice is Capital Region Ambulatory Surgery Center, at 1367 Washington Avenue Suite 401, Albany, NY 12206. The practice phone is (518) 438-7638.
- Capital Region Ambulatory Surgery Center1367 Washington Avenue Suite 401, Albany, NY 12206Phone(518) 438-7638
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Richard H. Alfred is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Alfred's primary practice is Capital Region Ambulatory Surgery Center in Albany, New York. Dr. Alfred is also affiliated with Albany Medical Center. The medical group on file is Select Rehabilitation. Dmand AI also links Dr. Alfred to 3 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Capital Region Ambulatory Surgery CenterPrimary
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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Richard H. Alfred's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Alfred practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Capital Region Ambulatory Surgery Center | Available with a free account |
| +5 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Richard H. Alfred is one of 1,151 orthopedic surgeons in New York
Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Alfred's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Alfred is licensed in New York.
Specialties and state licenses
- Orthopaedic surgery, New YorkPrimary
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Dr. Richard H. Alfred billed Medicare for 1,065 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,065 Medicare services from Dr. Alfred across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 258 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $64,521 for them. Every service was in an office.
Medicare services, 20241,065
Medicare patients258
Paid by Medicare$64,521
Procedure codes14
Dr. Alfred's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 3282024: 3496%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 2422024: 29321%
- Surgery
- 2023: 2082024: 2185%
- Imaging
- 2023: 1782024: 20515%
Dr. Alfred compared with the New York median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Alfred
- New York median
- Medicare services
- 1,065vs 72647% above
- Medicare patients
- 258vs 2369% above
- Part D claims
- 207vs 732.8 times
Medians across 1,081 orthopedic surgeons in New York with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Alfred'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 H. Alfred treated 258 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73
CMS counts 258 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Alfred in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 141 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 69% have high blood pressure. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.90, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Alfred's median patient age at 59, with 49% women.
Medicare patients, 2024258
Average age73
Average risk score0.90
Also on Medicaid8%
Dr. Alfred's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Alfred's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women12448%
- Men13452%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Alfred's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol75%
- High blood pressure69%
- Arthritis68%
- Ischemic heart disease33%
- Diabetes25%
- Anxiety21%
- Cancer18%
- Mood disorders18%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Alfred's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 59
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women49%
- Men51%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Richard H. Alfred wrote 255 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Alfred wrote 255 Medicare Part D claims for 112 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 207 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,511 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 169 claims across 4 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024255
Drugs named by CMS5
Total drug cost$1,511
Part D patients112
Dr. Alfred'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. Alfred's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids27%70 of 255 claims
- Antibiotics7%19 of 255 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: 1692024: 20722%
Drugs named by CMS: 5 in 2024, 4 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 H. Alfred scored 82 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 82 out of 100 for Dr. Alfred for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. CMS counts 12 procedures of lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Alfred, more than 83% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
Dr. Alfred's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 82of 100Final score
- 56of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 85of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Alfred ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
- 83rd percentile12 procedures
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Sources: Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Richard H. Alfred has 3 publications on record
Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Alfred, published from 2020 to 2021. Dr. Alfred's most frequent co-authors are R. Maxwell Alley, MD, Mostafa Abousayed, MD and Wayne K. Gersoff, MD.
Papers3
Years published2020 to 2021
Dr. Alfred's most frequent co-authors
- R. Maxwell Alley, MD2 shared papers
- Mostafa Abousayed, MD1 shared paper
- Wayne K. Gersoff, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Alfred
Accidental FallsAnkle FracturesArthritis
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Richard H. Alfred received $2,620 in industry payments from 2016 to 2023
CMS Open Payments shows 43 general payments to Dr. Alfred from 11 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 75% of the total. Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. paid the most, $1,265.
General payments to Dr. Alfred by program year, 2016 to 2023
General payments to Dr. Alfred by kind, 2016 to 2023
$2.6Kin total
- Food and beverage$1,96375%
- Travel and lodging$42416%
- Education$2339%
Companies that paid Dr. Alfred 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 H. Alfred graduated from Albany Medical College of Union University
Dr. Alfred graduated from Albany Medical College of Union University in 1981.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Richard H. Alfred'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 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 | Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (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 Dr. Richard H. Alfred's NPI number?
Dr. Richard H. Alfred's NPI number is 1972526291. It was assigned on July 26, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Richard H. Alfred?
Dr. Richard H. Alfred is an orthopedic surgeon in Albany, New York. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).
Where does Dr. Richard H. Alfred practice?
Dr. Alfred practices at 1367 Washington Avenue Suite 401, Albany, NY 12206. Dr. Alfred's primary practice is Capital Region Ambulatory Surgery Center in Albany, New York. Dmand AI also links Dr. Alfred to 3 hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Richard H. Alfred's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Alfred is (518) 438-7638.
What is Dr. Richard H. Alfred's medical license number?
Dr. Alfred holds New York license 151371-2.
Which hospitals is Dr. Richard H. Alfred affiliated with?
Dr. Alfred is affiliated with Albany Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Alfred to 3 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Richard H. Alfred part of?
Dr. Alfred is linked to Select Rehabilitation. Dmand AI links Dr. Alfred to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Richard H. Alfred accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Alfred billed Medicare for 1,065 services in 2024.
What is Dr. Richard H. Alfred's MIPS score?
Dr. Alfred's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 82 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Richard H. Alfred see?
CMS counts 258 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Alfred in 2024, with an average age of 73.
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What services does Dr. Richard H. Alfred bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Alfred's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), injected or infused drug (J3301) and surgery: bones and joints (20610).
Where did Dr. Richard H. Alfred go to medical school?
Dr. Alfred graduated from Albany Medical College of Union University in 1981.
What drugs does Dr. Richard H. Alfred prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Alfred's most prescribed drugs by claims were Diclofenac Sodium, Tramadol HCl and Methylprednisolone.
Has Dr. Richard H. Alfred received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $2,620 in general payments to Dr. Alfred from 11 companies from 2016 to 2023. The largest total came from Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
How long has Dr. Richard H. Alfred been practicing?
Dr. Alfred graduated from medical school in 1981, 45 years ago.
Does Dr. Richard H. Alfred do research?
Dmand AI links 3 publications to Dr. Alfred, published from 2020 to 2021.
Who does Dr. Richard H. Alfred publish with?
Dr. Alfred's most frequent co-authors are R. Maxwell Alley, MD (2 shared papers), Mostafa Abousayed, MD (1 shared paper) and Wayne K. Gersoff, MD (1 shared paper).
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