Dr. Robert Dirom Richards Jr., MD

Dr. Richards practices at Centra Lynchburg Medical Center Nationwide - Surgery Center in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Dr. Richards' NPI, 1821063884, was assigned on February 22, 2006. Dr. Richards graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine in 1985. Dr. Richards holds Virginia license 0101039899.

Dr. Richards' primary practice is Centra Lynchburg Medical Center Nationwide - Surgery Center, at 121 Nationwide Dr, Lynchburg, VA 24502. The practice phone is (434) 384-7704.

Dr. Richards' primary practice is Centra Lynchburg Medical Center Nationwide - Surgery Center in Lynchburg, Virginia. Dr. Richards is also affiliated with Centra Lynchburg General Hospital. The medical group on file is Gastroenterology Associates of Central Virginia. Dmand AI also links Dr. Richards to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Richards practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Richards' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Richards is licensed in Virginia.

CMS data shows 1,166 Medicare services from Dr. Richards across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 916 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $293,923 for them.

CMS counts 916 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Richards in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 460 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 72% have high blood pressure. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.97, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Richards' median patient age at 73, with 53% women.

In 2024, Dr. Richards wrote 1,126 Medicare Part D claims for 426 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 926 of them, across 20 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $838,040 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,031 claims across 25 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 93 out of 100 for Dr. Richards for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Richards accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 76 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Richards, more than 71% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Richards, published from 2016 to 2022. The most frequent topics are Food Hypersensitivity. Dr. Richards' most frequent co-authors are Scott P. Commins, MD, PhD, Lee Spindler Engel, MD and Sarah Kelly McGill, MD, MS.

CMS Open Payments shows 313 general payments to Dr. Richards from 30 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $1,562.

Dr. Richards graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine in 1985.