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Kevin A. Richardson, MD

NPI 1861496762ActiveIndividual· Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)· Albuquerque, NM

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) (MD) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, trained at Meharry Medical College School of Medicine (class of 1994). Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $77,068 for 130 patients in 2024, with only 43 Part D claims. Medtronic, Inc. was the largest of 6 companies reporting payments in 2025, $674.70 in all, mostly food and beverage.

Overview

NPI1861496762
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedJun 8, 2005
Last updated in NPPESJan 2, 2026
Certified by providerJan 2, 2026

Specialties and licenses

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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 - Thoracic Surgery (NM); Practitioner - Thoracic Surgery (VA)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients130
Services billed207 across 35 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$77,068

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)43 · 49 30-day fills
Patients27
Total drug cost$2,011
Generic share86% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolMeharry Medical College School of Medicine
Graduation year1994
Medicare specialtyThoracic Surgery

Medical groups

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$674.70 · 20 payments from 6 companies
  • 2024$20,852 · 53 payments from 12 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Medtronic, Inc.$237.0212
Baxter Healthcare$220.763
Lemaitre Vascular, Inc.$136.152
Abiomed$48.541
Abbott Laboratories$19.251

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Food and Beverage$674.70 · 20 payments

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

Other cardiothoracic surgeons in Albuquerque

All 18 cardiothoracic surgeons in Albuquerque · All cardiothoracic surgeons in New Mexico