Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Richard Loren Watson, MD, PHD

Individual provider Pulmonary Disease Physician · NPI 1841677614

Richard Loren Watson, MD, PHD is registered under Pulmonary Disease in Los Angeles, California. Graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School in 2016, 10 years ago. Practices with The Regents of the University of California, a 1,414-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
10
Trained at
Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2015
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.
PHD — Doctor of Philosophy
A research doctorate. In healthcare it usually sits alongside a clinical licence.

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Practice location Address checks out

200 Medical Plz Ste 365B
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1804
Phone: (310) 825-7921
Fax: (310) 794-6553
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Specialties & licences

Pulmonary Disease Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RP1001X · Licence A150391 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1841677614
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD , PHD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 30, 2015
Last updated in NPPESJune 28, 2022
Certification dateJune 28, 2022

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyPULMONARY DISEASE
Also practisesINTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY FEINBERG MEDICAL SCHOOL
Graduated 2016 (10 years in practice)
Group practice The Regents Of The University Of California — 1414 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations9 on file with Medicare

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 patients80
Services billed 262 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

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Food and Beverage $77 1 payment · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at The Regents of the University of California

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1414 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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