Christopher Francis Richards, MD

Primary specialty

Emergency Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207P00000X

License

MD22784 Issued in OR

Practice address

1501 NE Medical Center Dr
Bend, OR 97701-6051

Phone

(541) 382-4900

NPI assigned

Jun 13, 2005

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

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in OR

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

Emergency Medicine

Education

Un of California, Irvine, College of Medicine, 1993

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Bend Memorial Clinic PCGroup PAC ID 7214936533, 225 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

89.08 of 100Reported as group

Quality

80.14

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

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, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Bend Memorial Clinic PC

  dba Summit Health

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Bend, OR
  • NPI 1699827477

  Emergency Medicine

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Central Oregon Emergency Physicians LLC

  • Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician
  • Bend, OR
  • NPI 1376714543
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Bend Memorial Clinic PC

  dba Bend Memorial Clinic PC dba Summit Health

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Bend, OR
  • NPI 1972144913
  NPD
• Emergency Medicine Specialists LLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Oregon City, OR
  • NPI 1851434815
  NPD (past)

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

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            "city": "BEND",
            "state": "OR",
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            "telephone_number": "541-382-4900"
        },
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            "address_1": "St Charles Medical Center, Bend",
            "address_2": "2500 NE Neff Blvd",
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            "postal_code": "977016015",
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        "last_name": "RICHARDS",
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        "middle_name": "FRANCIS",
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        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2005-06-13",
        "last_updated": "2026-04-23",
        "certification_date": "2026-04-23",
        "status": "A"
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        },
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            "state": "DC",
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        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [
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            "endpoint": "crichards23232@directmsg.bmctotalcare.com",
            "affiliation": "N",
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            "city": "Bend",
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    "other_names": []
}

• Jenna Rich, LMT
• Richard L Austin Chiropractic Inc
• Richard Macdonell MD PC (MyMD)
• Alaina Richards
• Christina Marie Richards, NP- C
• Cory M Richards, M.A. CCC-A
• Erick David Richards, LMT
• Gillian Richards, DAC, LAC, EAMP
• Katie Brenna Richards, MD
• Kimberly M Richards, LPC, MS

• Emergency Medicine Physician in Bend, OR
• Providers in Bend, OR by specialty
• Emergency Medicine Physician in Oregon

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