Richard M Forster, M.D.

Primary specialty

Internal Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207R00000X

License

74408 Issued in MA

Practice address

55 Lake Ave N
Department of Hospital Medicine
Worcester, MA 01655-0002

Phone

(774) 442-2173

Fax

(508) 856-6781

NPI assigned

Nov 25, 2005

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 1

Electronic endpoints 2

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MA

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

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

100 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

82.98

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: rforster22683@umassmemorial.direct-ci.com

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.

• Umass Memorial Medical Group Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Worcester, MA
  • NPI 1760445373
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Umass Memorial Medical Group, Inc.

  dba Urgent Care Express at Harrington

  • Urgent Care Clinic/Center
  • Oxford, MA
  • NPI 1982381018
  NPD
• Umass Memorial Medical Center, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Worcester, MA
  • NPI 1831151455
  NPD (past)

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

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            "city": "BOSTON",
            "state": "MA",
            "postal_code": "022410001",
            "telephone_number": "800-225-8885",
            "fax_number": "508-334-1977"
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        "last_updated": "2020-11-02",
        "certification_date": "2020-11-02",
        "status": "A"
    },
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            "affiliation": "N",
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        },
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            "affiliation": "N",
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            "state": "MA",
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}

• Isobel Fornerod-Couture
• Tracy L Forrester, MS, CCC-A
• Lynn Fors
• Ashley Forsman, SLP
• Joseph Mackeinty Forson Jr.
• Anne Marie Sophia Forth, MD
• Tiffany M Forti, M.D., M.P.H.
• Edward James Fortier, MSW INTERN
• Lauren E Fortier, NP
• Morgan Talbot Fortier

• Internal Medicine Physician in Worcester, MA
• Providers in Worcester, MA by specialty
• Internal Medicine Physician in Massachusetts

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Nov 2, 2020; 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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