Dr. Richard J. Conklin, MD

Dr. Conklin practices at Avera St. Luke's Hospital in Aberdeen, South Dakota, part of Avera Health.

Dr. Conklin's NPI, 1851394662, was assigned on May 24, 2005. Dr. Conklin graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1983. Dr. Conklin holds South Dakota license 2823.

Dr. Conklin's primary practice is Avera St. Luke's Hospital, at 305 S State St Post Office Box 4450, Aberdeen, SD 57401 in Brown County. The practice phone is (605) 622-5000.

Dr. Conklin's primary practice is Avera St. Luke's Hospital in Aberdeen, South Dakota, part of Avera Health. Dr. Conklin is also affiliated with Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center. The medical group on file is Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Conklin to 3 more hospitals, 2 medical groups, 1 behavioral health center, 1 physician office, 1 group practice or clinic, 1 hospice and 1 ambulatory surgery center, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Conklin practices, 10 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Hematology and oncology is Dr. Conklin's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RH0003X. Dr. Conklin is licensed in South Dakota.

CMS data shows 355,589 Medicare services from Dr. Conklin across 56 procedure codes in 2024, for 655 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $4,198,121 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 655 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Conklin in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 267 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 73% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.88, 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. Conklin's median patient age at 73, with 55% women.

In 2024, Dr. Conklin wrote 2,726 Medicare Part D claims for 393 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,280 of them, across 55 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,300,928 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,418 claims across 56 drugs.

Dr. Conklin accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Conklin as offering telehealth.

CMS Open Payments shows 62 general payments to Dr. Conklin from 24 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 89% of the total. Celgene Corporation paid the most, $152.

Dr. Conklin graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1983.