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

Individual provider Vascular Surgery Physician · NPI 1558383828

Richard Tang Krug, MD practises General Surgery in Olympia, Washington. Graduated from Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1994, 32 years ago. Practices with Surgical Associates PLLC, an 8-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Washington.

Years since qualifying
32
Trained at
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Licensed in
WA
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

3610 Ensign Rd NE
Olympia, WA 98506-5025 Not confirmed with CMS for 13 years — call before visiting
Phone: (360) 493-5252
Fax: (360) 493-5257
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Specialties & licences

Vascular Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 2086S0129X · Licence MD00038172 (WA)

Record details

NPI number1558383828
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 24, 2006
Last updated in NPPESNovember 8, 2012

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Also practisesVASCULAR SURGERY
Medical schoolOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1994 (32 years in practice)
Group practice Surgical Associates Pllc — 8 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.

Mastectomy 16 times · 73rd percentile
Colonoscopy 1–10 times
Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 1–10 times
Hernia repair - groin (open) 1–10 times
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times
Varicose vein removal 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 patients310
Services billed 554 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.

Education $1,000 1 payment · educational material or training, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $591 4 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.

Colleagues at Surgical Associates PLLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 8 clinicians in the practice; 6 are shown here.

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