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Richelle Carrie Takemoto, MD

NPI 1043478050ActiveIndividual· Orthopaedic Surgery· Pittsburgh, PA

Orthopaedic Surgery (MD) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, trained at Temple University School of Medicine (class of 2006). 126 Medicare patients in 2024, $48,628 paid; all of their 572 Part D prescriptions were generic. Stryker Corporation was the largest of 6 companies reporting payments in 2025, $616.50 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1043478050
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedMay 27, 2008
Last updated in NPPESJan 18, 2013

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Orthopaedic Surgery Primary207X00000XMD446402PA

About license numbers in NPPES

Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Orthopedic Surgery (NY)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients126
Services billed559 across 41 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$48,628

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)572 · 695 30-day fills
Patients168
Total drug cost$4,114
Generic share100% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolTemple University School of Medicine
Graduation year2006
Medicare specialtyOrthopedic Surgery

Medical groups

Hospital affiliations

Other facilities

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$616.50 · 23 payments from 6 companies
  • 2024$3,001 · 18 payments from 6 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Stryker Corporation$205.176
Baxter Healthcare$163.1712
Lifenet Health$111.241
Orthalign Inc$90.061
Depuy Synthes Sales Inc.$30.472

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$616.50 · 23 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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