Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Dr. Richard L Yelverton Jr., MD

Individual provider Specialist · NPI 1295834166

Dr. Richard L Yelverton Jr., MD practises General Surgery in Jackson, Mississippi. Graduated from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 1984, 42 years ago. Practices with Lakeland Surgical Clinic PLLC, a 14-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Mississippi.

Years since qualifying
42
Trained at
University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Licensed in
MS
In the registry since
2006
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

971 Lakeland Dr Ste 1460
Jackson, MS 39216-4621 Not confirmed with CMS for 15 years — call before visiting
Phone: (601) 982-3202
Fax: (601) 982-3259
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Specialties & licences

Specialist (primary) Taxonomy 174400000X · Licence 10803 (MS)

Record details

NPI number1295834166
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedSeptember 21, 2006
Last updated in NPPESAugust 24, 2011

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Also practisesTHORACIC SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1984 (42 years in practice)
Group practice Lakeland Surgical Clinic Pllc — 14 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 12 times · 75th percentile
Removal of tissue 12 times · 63rd percentile
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 14 times · 46th percentile
Colonoscopy 1–10 times
Hernia repair - groin (open) 1–10 times
Mastectomy 1–10 times
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Removal of the uterus 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients295
Services billed 534 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $1,023 29 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $500 1 payment
Travel and Lodging $480 2 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital Hospital · Jackson, MS
  • Merit Health River Oaks Hospital · Flowood, MS
  • Merit Health Women'S Hospital Hospital · Flowood, MS
  • Arden Home Health Of West Ms, Llc Home health agency · Ridgeland, MS

Colleagues at Lakeland Surgical Clinic PLLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 14 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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