Christopher Richards, DO

Primary specialty

Internal Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207R00000X

License

2024-03590 Issued in NC

Practice address

810 Fairgrove Church Rd
Hickory, NC 28602-9617

Phone

(828) 326-3000

NPI assigned

Mar 19, 2022

Last updated

Jul 11, 2025By 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 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NC

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

Internal Medicine

Education

West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, 2022

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Catawba Valley Medical CenterGroup PAC ID 0547178907, 105 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Catawba Valley Medical Center Hospital, Hickory, NC, CCN 340143
• North Carolina Baptist Hospital Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC, CCN 340047

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Osteopathy

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: crichards886375@direct.unc.nchie.net

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.

• Catawba Valley Medical Center

  dba CVMC Maternity Services

  • Obstetrics Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1285929554
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Catawba Valley Medical Center

  • Health Educator
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1518524818
  NPD
• Catawba Valley Medical Center

  dba Catawba Valley Hospitalists

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1639123979
  NPD

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

• Catawba Valley Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1164495255
  Care Compare affiliation
• North Carolina Baptist Hospital

  • Psychiatric Hospital Unit
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1063480531
  Care Compare affiliation
• North Carolina Baptist Hospital

  • Rehabilitation Hospital Unit
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1114995677
  Care Compare affiliation
• North Carolina Baptist Hospital

  dba Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1144211301
  Care Compare affiliation
• North Carolina Baptist Hospital

  dba Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1609162098

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• North Carolina Baptist Hospital

  dba Winston East Pediatrics

  • Pediatric Adolescent Medicine Physician
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1912179219

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
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            "address_1": "810 FAIRGROVE CHURCH RD",
            "city": "HICKORY",
            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "286029617"
        },
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        }
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        "credential": "DO",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2022-03-19",
        "last_updated": "2025-07-11",
        "certification_date": "2025-07-11",
        "status": "A"
    },
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            "desc": "Internal Medicine",
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            "license": "2024-03590",
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        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Audrey Deloris Rice, ANP-C
• Amy R. Rich, PA-C
• Richard J. Salomon, M.D. (Hickory Dermatology)
• Richard M. Garlitz, DDS, PA
• Michael E Richard Jr., CRNA
• Karol Annetta Richards, MD
• Meghan Eileen Richards, PA-C
• Corey John Richardson, LCASA
• Erin Holmes Richardson, CRNA
• Gaa Odetta Richardson, M.D.

• Internal Medicine Physician in Hickory, NC
• Providers in Hickory, NC by specialty
• Internal Medicine Physician in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 11, 2025; 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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