Richard A Close, M.D.

Primary specialty

Neurological Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 207T00000X

License

MD014713E Issued in PA

Practice address

601 Spruce St
West Reading, PA 19611-1443

Phone

(610) 375-4567

Fax

(610) 685-8801

NPI assigned

Apr 26, 2006

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 9

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in PA

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

Practice roles

Locations

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

• Reading Hospital

  • Radiation Oncology Physician
  • West Reading, PA
  • NPI 1992387518

  PA

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Tower Health Medical Group

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Birdsboro, PA
  • NPI 1609291350

  PA

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Reading Hospital

  • Community/Retail Pharmacy
  • Limerick, PA
  • NPI 1487468914
  NPD
• Reading Hospital

  • Occupational Medicine Physician
  • West Reading, PA
  • NPI 1780742593
  NPD
• Reading Professional Services

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • West Reading, PA
  • NPI 1205842424
  NPD
• Tower Health Medical Group

  • Surgery Physician
  • Wyomissing, PA
  • NPI 1831954353
  NPD
• Pottstown Hospital, LLC

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Pottstown, PA
  • NPI 1093225369
  NPD (past)

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

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            "issuer": null,
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            "code": "01",
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            "issuer": "CAPITAL B;UE CROSS",
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        {
            "code": "01",
            "desc": "Other (non-Medicare)",
            "issuer": "MEDICARE RAILROAD",
            "identifier": "140001335",
            "state": "PA"
        },
        {
            "code": "01",
            "desc": "Other (non-Medicare)",
            "issuer": "AETNA HMO",
            "identifier": "3281544",
            "state": "PA"
        },
        {
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• Jennifer S. Clark, M.D.
• Scott Paul Clausen
• William Michael Clifton
• Jessica Clipp, PA
• Matthew Coates, MD
• James A Coffey, M.D.
• Laura A Coleman, PTA
• Abigail Collett, DO
• Louis Arthur Colozzi Jr., MD

• Neurological Surgery Physician in West Reading, PA
• Providers in West Reading, PA by specialty
• Neurological Surgery Physician in Pennsylvania

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 6, 2013; 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.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.