Joshua Thomas Rickards, PA-C

Primary specialty

Surgical Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363AS0400X

License

1716 Issued in CT

Practice address

1579 Straits Tpke Ste E
Middlebury, CT 06762-1841

Phone

(203) 598-0700

Fax

(877) 345-6922

NPI assigned

Jul 11, 2006

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CT

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Physician Assistant

Education

Other, 2005

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Orthopaedics New England, PCGroup PAC ID 9638150055, 9 clinicians

Rehabilitation Associates IncGroup PAC ID 8022905322, shared by 2 NPIs, 525 clinicians

Connecticut Orthopaedic Specialists PCGroup PAC ID 7315850039, 184 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Saint Mary'S Hospital Hospital, Waterbury, CT, CCN 070016
• Danbury Hospital Hospital, Danbury, CT, CCN 070033
• Waterbury Hospital Hospital, Waterbury, CT, CCN 070005
• Yale-New Haven Hospital Hospital, New Haven, CT, CCN 070022

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: joshua.rickards@onep-ct.direct.office.nextgen.com
• Direct secure messaging: jrickards@direct.wtbyhosp.org

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.

• Connecticut Orthopaedic Specialists, PC

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Hamden, CT
  • NPI 1235181389
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Orthopaedics New England, PC

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Middlebury, CT
  • NPI 1134260987
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Connecticut Orthopaedic Specialists, PC

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Fairfield, CT
  • NPI 1932614450

  Physician Assistant

  NPD
• Franklin Medical Group, PC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Waterbury, CT
  • NPI 1780686964
  NPD (past)
• Long River Physicians, LLC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Naugatuck, CT
  • NPI 1912241589
  NPD (past)
• Middle CT Emergency Physicians LLC

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Waterbury, CT
  • NPI 1144585357

  Physician Assistant

  NPD (past)

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

• Danbury Hospital

  • Dental Clinic/Center
  • Danbury, CT
  • NPI 1003835935

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• Danbury Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Danbury, CT
  • NPI 1548293343
  Care Compare affiliation
• Prospect Waterbury, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Waterbury, CT
  • NPI 1477902641
  Care Compare affiliation
• Saint Mary'S Hospital, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Waterbury, CT
  • NPI 1760426969
  Care Compare affiliation
• Yale New Haven Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • New Haven, CT
  • NPI 1336139500
  Care Compare affiliation
• Yale New Haven Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • New Haven, CT
  • NPI 1578778726
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "address_1": "2 BARNES INDUSTRIAL RD S",
            "city": "WALLINGFORD",
            "state": "CT",
            "postal_code": "064922486",
            "telephone_number": "203-626-0160",
            "fax_number": "203-294-6734"
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            "fax_number": "877-345-6922"
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    ],
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            "address_type": "DOM"
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        "credential": "PA-C",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
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        "enumeration_date": "2006-07-11",
        "last_updated": "2026-08-24",
        "certification_date": "2026-08-24",
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}

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• Surgical Physician Assistant in Middlebury, CT
• Providers in Middlebury, CT by specialty
• Surgical Physician Assistant in Connecticut

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