Dr. Richard Michael Polder, MD

  • Findlay, OH
  • General surgeon
NPI1972504348PAC ID0648315226
Medicare services, 2024
142
Medicare patients, 2024
105
Part D claims, 2024
119
MIPS score, 2024
72
Hospital affiliations
3
Practice address
300 W Wallace St, Findlay, OH 45840
Practice phone
Call (419) 423-4500
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Primary practice

Specialty Physicians of Blanchard Valley

Findlay, Ohio

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Dr. Richard Michael Polder is a general surgeon in Findlay, Ohio

Dr. Polder practices at Specialty Physicians of Blanchard Valley in Findlay, Ohio.

Dr. Polder's NPI, 1972504348, was assigned on August 9, 2005. Dr. Polder graduated from Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1979. Dr. Polder holds Ohio license 55168.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0648315226
NPI enumeration date
August 9, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(419) 423-4500
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
73
Medical school graduation
1979

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

Dr. Richard Michael Polder practices at Specialty Physicians of Blanchard Valley in Findlay, Ohio

Dr. Polder's primary practice is Specialty Physicians of Blanchard Valley, at 300 W Wallace St, Findlay, OH 45840 in Hancock County. The practice phone is (419) 423-4500.

  • Specialty Physicians of Blanchard Valley
    300 W Wallace St, Findlay, OH 45840 · Hancock CountyPhone(419) 423-4500

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Richard Michael Polder is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Polder's primary practice is Specialty Physicians of Blanchard Valley in Findlay, Ohio. Dr. Polder is also affiliated with Blanchard Valley Hospital. The medical group on file is Blanchard Valley Medical Practices. Dmand AI also links Dr. Polder to 2 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

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

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Polder practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Specialty Physicians of Blanchard ValleyAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Richard Michael Polder is one of 1,056 general surgeons in Ohio

Surgery is Dr. Polder's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Polder is licensed in Ohio.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, OhioPrimaryLicense 55168 · taxonomy 208600000X

General surgeons near Dr. Polder

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Dr. Richard Michael Polder billed Medicare for 142 services in 2024

CMS data shows 142 Medicare services from Dr. Polder across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 105 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $9,497 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024142
Medicare patients105
Paid by Medicare$9,497
Procedure codes6

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1822024: 12929%
Imaging
2023: 02024: 13

Dr. Polder compared with the Ohio median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Polder
  • Ohio median
Medicare services
142vs 16815% below
Medicare patients
105vs 12717% below
Part D claims
66vs 4643% above

Medians across 1,031 general surgeons in Ohio with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Polder'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 Michael Polder treated 105 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 105 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Polder in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 44 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 14% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.54, 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. Polder's median patient age at 64, with 52% women.

Medicare patients, 2024105
Average age72
Average risk score2.54
Also on Medicaid14%

Dr. Polder's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Polder's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women6158%
  • Men4442%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis52%
  4. Diabetes44%
  5. Chronic kidney disease43%
  6. Ischemic heart disease32%
  7. Cancer30%
  8. Mood disorders30%

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

Dr. Polder's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 64

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women52%
  • Men47%

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

Dr. Richard Michael Polder wrote 119 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Polder wrote 119 Medicare Part D claims for 80 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 66 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $331 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 96 claims across 3 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024119
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$331
Part D patients80

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

  • Generic116 claims97%
  • Brand-name and other3 claims3%

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

  • Opioids61%73 of 119 claims
  • Antibiotics24%29 of 119 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: 962024: 6631%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 3 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

Dr. Richard Michael Polder scored 72 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 72 out of 100 for Dr. Polder for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Polder accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Polder's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 72of 100Final score
  • 52.4of 100Quality
  • 84of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 66of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Mastectomy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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)

Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); 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 Michael Polder received $2,111 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 29 general payments to Dr. Polder from 14 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 64% of the total. Medtronic USA, Inc. paid the most, $900.

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

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

$2.1Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,35264%
  • Travel and lodging$76036%

Companies that paid Dr. Polder 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 Michael Polder graduated from Ohio State University College of Medicine

Dr. Polder graduated from Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1979.

  1. Medical schoolOhio State University College of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Richard Michael Polder'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation 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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Richard Michael Polder's NPI number?

Dr. Richard Michael Polder's NPI number is 1972504348. It was assigned on August 9, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Richard Michael Polder?

Dr. Richard Michael Polder is a general surgeon in Findlay, Ohio. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Richard Michael Polder practice?

Dr. Polder practices at 300 W Wallace St, Findlay, OH 45840. Dr. Polder's primary practice is Specialty Physicians of Blanchard Valley in Findlay, Ohio. Dmand AI also links Dr. Polder to 2 hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Richard Michael Polder's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Polder is (419) 423-4500.

What is Dr. Richard Michael Polder's medical license number?

Dr. Polder holds Ohio license 55168.

Which hospitals is Dr. Richard Michael Polder affiliated with?

Dr. Polder is affiliated with Blanchard Valley Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Polder to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Richard Michael Polder part of?

Dr. Polder is linked to Blanchard Valley Medical Practices. Dmand AI links Dr. Polder to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Richard Michael Polder accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Polder billed Medicare for 142 services in 2024, and Dr. Polder accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Richard Michael Polder's MIPS score?

Dr. Polder's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 72 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Richard Michael Polder see?

CMS counts 105 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Polder in 2024, with an average age of 72.

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What services does Dr. Richard Michael Polder bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Polder's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), office visit, established patient (99212) and office visit, new patient (99203).

Where did Dr. Richard Michael Polder go to medical school?

Dr. Polder graduated from Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1979.

What drugs does Dr. Richard Michael Polder prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Polder's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.

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

CMS Open Payments shows $2,111 in general payments to Dr. Polder from 14 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Medtronic USA, Inc.

How long has Dr. Richard Michael Polder been practicing?

Dr. Polder graduated from medical school in 1979, 47 years ago.

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