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Richard Alvin Carter, MD

NPI 1720247133ActiveIndividual· Emergency Medicine· Washington, DC

Emergency Medicine (MD) in Washington, District of Columbia, licensed in DC, with an NPI issued in June 2008. 241 Medicare patients in 2024, $37,666 paid; nearly all of their 103 Part D prescriptions were generic (96%). Pfizer Inc. was the largest of 2 companies reporting payments in 2025, $56.84 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1720247133
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedJun 2, 2008
Last updated in NPPESJan 5, 2009

Specialties and licenses

TaxonomyCodeLicenseState
Emergency Medicine Primary207P00000XMD037202DC

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 - Emergency Medicine (DC)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients241
Services billed393 across 15 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$37,666

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)103 · 103 30-day fills
Patients77
Total drug cost$792.73
Generic share96% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$56.84 · 3 payments from 2 companies
  • 2024$24.33 · 1 payment from 1 company

Top paying companies in 2025

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$56.84 · 3 payments

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

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