Sara Michelle Richards, MD

Primary specialty

Pediatric Anesthesiology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207LP3000X

License

A135105 Issued in CA

Practice address

3020 Childrens Way
San Diego, CA 92123-4223

Phone

(858) 576-1700

NPI assigned

Mar 27, 2013

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA

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

Specialty

Anesthesiology

Education

Loma Linda University School of Medicine, 2023

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Regents of the University of CaliforniaGroup PAC ID 3577476761, 2,047 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr Hospital, San Diego, CA, CCN 050025

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

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.

• Regents of the University of California

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1356444897
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Permanente Medical Group Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Santa Clara, CA
  • NPI 1073606299

  Anesthesiology

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Southern California Permanente Medical Group

  • Health Maintenance Organization
  • Baldwin Park, CA
  • NPI 1770515280
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Rady Children'S Hospital San Diego

  • Pediatrics Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1669617197
  Medicare reassignment
• Permanente Medical Group Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Richmond, CA
  • NPI 1235226531

  Anesthesiology

  NPD
• Permanente Medical Group, Inc

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • San Jose, CA
  • NPI 1497971584
  NPD
• Regents of the University of California

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1558463927
  NPD
• Southern California Permanente Medical Group

  • Health Maintenance Organization
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1225060742
  NPD
• Southern California Permanente Medical Group

  • Health Maintenance Organization
  • Santa Clarita, CA
  • NPI 1316409410
  NPD

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

• Regents of the University of California

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1184722779
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Kristine Marie Richards
• Lindsey Richards
• Lisa Richards, NP
• Mariah Richards
• Maureen Elizabeth Richards, MFT
• Steven C. Richards, MD
• Taylor James Richards
• Alienor Richardson, AU.D.
• Andrea Elise Richardson
• Betty Jean Richardson, R.PH.

• Pediatric Anesthesiology Physician in San Diego, CA
• Providers in San Diego, CA by specialty
• Pediatric Anesthesiology Physician in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Feb 24, 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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