Richard J. Vargo, DMD, MBA

Primary specialty

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology DentistryTaxonomy code 1223P0106X

License

2018015359 Issued in MO

Practice address

1225 S Grand Blvd
Saint Louis, MO 63104-1016

Phone

(314) 617-2500

NPI assigned

Sep 15, 2015

Last updated

Feb 23, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Electronic endpoints 2

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MO

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: No
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Oral Surgery

Education

Other, 2015

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

SSM Health Care GroupGroup PAC ID 0143608372, 929 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Hospital, Saint Louis, MO, CCN 260105

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

84.94 of 100Reported as group

Quality

68.52

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

72.22

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Master of Business Administration

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: richard.vargo.p1@direct.affiniahealthcare.nextgenshare.com
• Direct secure messaging: rvargo383186@direct-ehr-ssmhc.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• SSM Health Care Group

  dba SLUCare Physician Group

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Saint Louis, MO
  • NPI 1306589544
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• SSM Health Care Group

  dba SLUCare Physician Group

  • Dermatopathology Physician
  • Saint Louis, MO
  • NPI 1932844495
  NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• SSM-Sluh Inc

  dba SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Saint Louis, MO
  • NPI 1942685920
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Jaisy J Varges, DNP,APRN, ANP
• Anitha P Varghese, PA
• Anson Varghese, DO
• Jordan John Varghese
• Lyn Eve Vargo, PHD, RN, NNP-BC/
• Victoria Lynn Vargo, M.S.,CCC-SLP
• Varicose Vein Center of St Louis, Inc (The Vein Center & CosMed)
• Chintalapati Varma, M.D.,F.R.C.S.,F.A.C.
• Sreelatha C. Varma, M.D.
• Aimee Layla Varnado, MD

• Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Dentistry in Saint Louis, MO
• Providers in Saint Louis, MO by specialty
• Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Dentistry in Missouri

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Feb 23, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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