Ophthalmology
Down SyndromeHeadMusculoskeletal Abnormalities
Dr. Richard M. Saunders, MD
NPI1528111069PAC ID3678749116
- Medicare services, 2024
- 1,974
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 619
- Part D claims, 2024
- 7,377
- Publications
- 1
- Hospital affiliations
- 5
- Practice address
- 13 Armand Hammer Blvd, Pottstown, PA 19464
- Practice phone
- Call (215) 662-6187
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Penn Medicine-PMA
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Find Dr. Saunders' professional email, personal email and mobile number
Dmand AI checks each channel through healthcare-specific waterfall enrichment. See what is on file with a free account, with practice phones, licenses and affiliations.
Dr. Richard M. Saunders is a pulmonologist in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Dr. Saunders practices at Penn Medicine-PMA in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Saunders' NPI, 1528111069, was assigned on January 19, 2007. Dr. Saunders graduated from New York Medical College in 1982. Dr. Saunders holds Pennsylvania license MD038082E.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1528111069NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 3678749116
- NPI enumeration date
- January 19, 2007
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (215) 662-6187
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 70
- Medical school graduation
- 1982
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Richard M. Saunders practices at Penn Medicine-PMA in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Dr. Saunders' primary practice is Penn Medicine-PMA, at 13 Armand Hammer Blvd, Pottstown, PA 19464 in Montgomery County. The practice phone is (215) 662-6187.
- Penn Medicine-PMA13 Armand Hammer Blvd, Pottstown, PA 19464 · Montgomery CountyPhone(215) 662-6187
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Richard M. Saunders is affiliated with 9 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Saunders' primary practice is Penn Medicine-PMA in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Dr. Saunders is also affiliated with Pottstown Hospital. The medical group on file is NovaCare Rehabilitation. Dmand AI also links Dr. Saunders to 4 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 home health agency, 1 therapy and rehab clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Penn Medicine-PMAPrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Richard M. Saunders' practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Saunders practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Penn Medicine-PMA | Available with a free account |
| +8 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
For health IT teams
See the EHR and IT leaders at every site where Dr. Saunders practices
Dmand AI maps EHR vendors, IT decision makers and buying committees across each health system and 6.2K+ hospitals, with verified contacts in the same login.
Dr. Richard M. Saunders is one of 650 pulmonologists in Pennsylvania
Pulmonary disease is Dr. Saunders' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dr. Saunders is licensed in Pennsylvania.
Specialties and state licenses
- Pulmonary disease, PennsylvaniaPrimary
Pulmonologists near Dr. Saunders
Counts of pulmonologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
650pulmonologists in Pennsylvania
2pulmonologists in Pottstown
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Richard M. Saunders billed Medicare for 1,974 services in 2024
CMS data shows 1,974 Medicare services from Dr. Saunders across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 619 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $141,648 for them.
Medicare services, 20241,974
Medicare patients619
Paid by Medicare$141,648
Procedure codes15
Dr. Saunders' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1,2922024: 1,3646%
- Other services
- 2023: 1682024: 401139%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 2422024: 20914%
Where Dr. Saunders' Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office1,69686%
- In a facility27814%
Dr. Saunders compared with the Pennsylvania median for pulmonologists, 2024
- Dr. Saunders
- Pennsylvania median
- Medicare services
- 1,974vs 6153.2 times
- Medicare patients
- 619vs 2952.1 times
- Part D claims
- 6,854vs 62610.9 times
Medians across 656 pulmonologists in Pennsylvania with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Saunders' 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.
Need commercial claims for Dr. Saunders?
Medicare shows one payer. Book a meeting to get commercial claims data for Dr. Saunders and other pulmonologists in Pennsylvania.
Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Richard M. Saunders treated 619 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 619 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Saunders in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 282 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 11% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.66, 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. Saunders' median patient age at 67, with 49% women.
Medicare patients, 2024619
Average age74
Average risk score1.66
Also on Medicaid11%
Dr. Saunders' Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Saunders' Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women32553%
- Men29447%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Saunders' Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis49%
- COPD41%
- Ischemic heart disease39%
- Mood disorders35%
- Diabetes32%
- Chronic kidney disease31%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Saunders' patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 67
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women49%
- Men50%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Richard M. Saunders wrote 7,377 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Saunders wrote 7,377 Medicare Part D claims for 627 patients. 79% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 6,854 of them, across 108 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $952,566 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 6,684 claims across 109 drugs.
Part D claims, 20247,377
Drugs named by CMS108
Total drug cost$952,566
Part D patients627
Dr. Saunders' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic5,826 claims79%
- Brand-name1,539 claims21%
- Other12 claims0%
Dr. Saunders' 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. Saunders' Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids1%48 of 7,377 claims
- Antibiotics7%537 of 7,377 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: 6,6842024: 6,8543%
Drugs named by CMS: 108 in 2024, 109 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 M. Saunders offers telehealth to Medicare patients
Dr. Saunders accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Saunders as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
For MedTech and pharma teams
Find pulmonologists like Dr. Saunders by procedure volume and prescribing
Filter 7.4M+ HCPs by Medicare procedures, Part D drugs and Open Payments history, then reach them with verified contacts in one login.
Dr. Richard M. Saunders has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Saunders.
Papers1
Recent publications by Dr. Saunders
See who Dr. Saunders researches with
Physician Network Discovery turns co-authorship, shared hospitals and shared groups into a map of who Dr. Saunders works with, so you can find a warm path to the right pulmonologists.
Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Richard M. Saunders received $9,155 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024
CMS Open Payments shows 545 general payments to Dr. Saunders from 46 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. paid the most, $1,254.
General payments to Dr. Saunders by program year, 2016 to 2024
General payments to Dr. Saunders by kind, 2016 to 2024
$9.2Kin total
- Food and beverage$9,139100%
- Education$160%
Companies that paid Dr. Saunders the most, 2016 to 2024
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Richard M. Saunders graduated from New York Medical College
Dr. Saunders graduated from New York Medical College in 1982.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Richard M. Saunders'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) |
| 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 |
Data last refreshed October 2026Report an inaccuracyRemove my information
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Dr. Richard M. Saunders
Spotted something out of date? Email hello@dmand.ai and we will check the record. Contact details live in the free trial.
What is Dr. Richard M. Saunders' NPI number?
Dr. Richard M. Saunders' NPI number is 1528111069. It was assigned on January 19, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Richard M. Saunders?
Dr. Richard M. Saunders is a pulmonologist in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Pulmonary Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RP1001X).
Where does Dr. Richard M. Saunders practice?
Dr. Saunders practices at 13 Armand Hammer Blvd, Pottstown, PA 19464. Dr. Saunders' primary practice is Penn Medicine-PMA in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Dmand AI also links Dr. Saunders to 4 hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 home health agency, 1 therapy and rehab clinic and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Richard M. Saunders' office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Saunders is (215) 662-6187.
What is Dr. Richard M. Saunders' medical license number?
Dr. Saunders holds Pennsylvania license MD038082E.
Which hospitals is Dr. Richard M. Saunders affiliated with?
Dr. Saunders is affiliated with Pottstown Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Saunders to 4 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Richard M. Saunders part of?
Dr. Saunders is linked to NovaCare Rehabilitation. Dmand AI links Dr. Saunders to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Richard M. Saunders accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Saunders billed Medicare for 1,974 services in 2024, and Dr. Saunders accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Richard M. Saunders offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Saunders as offering telehealth services.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Richard M. Saunders see?
CMS counts 619 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Saunders in 2024, with an average age of 74.
Show 6 more questionsShow fewer questions
What services does Dr. Richard M. Saunders bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Saunders' most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), office visit, established patient (99214) and medicare service (G2211).
Where did Dr. Richard M. Saunders go to medical school?
Dr. Saunders graduated from New York Medical College in 1982.
What drugs does Dr. Richard M. Saunders prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Saunders' most prescribed drugs by claims were Albuterol Sulfate Hfa, Prednisone and Amlodipine Besylate.
Has Dr. Richard M. Saunders received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $9,155 in general payments to Dr. Saunders from 46 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.
How long has Dr. Richard M. Saunders been practicing?
Dr. Saunders graduated from medical school in 1982, 44 years ago.
Does Dr. Richard M. Saunders do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Saunders.
Selling to pulmonary disease practices?
See pulmonologists in Pennsylvania by site of care and group
Find the practices, groups and hospitals they work with, and the right people to contact at each.
- 30 days free
- Self-serve
- No credit card