Dr. Richard Gordon Ward , DC
Chiropractor • Vancouver, WA
1001 Broadway St Unit 200
Vancouver, WA 986603296
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NPI assigned on January 30, 2007; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 205 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 98941 — Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions: 205 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Vancouver, WA (2024, 39 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 171. Middle half: 131 to 230.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 65% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Washington (2024, 975 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 332. Middle half: 183 to 595.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 270 in 2019 to 205 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2019–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
1001 Broadway St Unit 200
Vancouver, WA 986603296
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
NPPES lists 1 additional practice-address record in Puyallup, WA. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
What Public CMS Data Show
Chiropractor: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
19 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $7,499 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $5,510 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019–2025.
NPI first issued
2007
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Ward has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Vancouver and Washington
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Vancouver, WA (2024, 39 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 171. Middle half: 131 to 230.
Fewer Medicare Part B services than 65% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Washington (2024, 975 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 332. Middle half: 183 to 595.
Medicare-allowed amount
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Vancouver, WA (2024, 39 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $6,316. Middle half: $4,872 to $8,651.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 70% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Washington (2024, 975 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $12,959. Middle half: $7,187 to $22,851.
Paid by Medicare
A higher Medicare payment amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Vancouver, WA (2024, 39 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $4,475. Middle half: $3,461 to $6,001.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 70% of clinicians listed under Chiropractor in Washington (2024, 975 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $8,958. Middle half: $4,962 to $16,171.
202 active clinicians are listed under Chiropractor with a practice address in Vancouver, WA (3,009 in Washington).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Vancouver
0% of these 202 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
22.3% of these 202 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services decreased 24% from 270 in 2019 to 205 in 2024.
- 2019: 270
- 2020: 410
- 2021: 77
- 2023: 141
- 2024: 205
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 33% from $11,138 in 2019 to $7,499 in 2024.
- 2019: $11,138
- 2020: $17,015
- 2021: $3,126
- 2023: $5,606
- 2024: $7,499
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 37% from $8,691 in 2019 to $5,510 in 2024.
- 2019: $8,691
- 2020: $12,034
- 2021: $2,321
- 2023: $4,401
- 2024: $5,510
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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98941
Chiropractic manipulative treatment, 3-4 spinal regions
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205 | 19 | $85.00 | $36.58 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2021-06-21NUCC Taxonomy Code: 111N00000X
A provider qualified by a Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.), licensed by the State and who practices chiropractic medicine -that discipline within the healing arts which deals with the nervous system and its relationship to the spinal column and its interrelationship with other body systems.
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - CHIROPRACTIC
I20081028000201
WA
9830257393
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Secondary Practice Locations
11803 101st Ave E, Suite 100
Puyallup, WA 983733473
Phone: 2534351285
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 1001 BROADWAY ST UNIT 200, VANCOUVER, WA 986603296 (Tel: 3608281574)
Registered at 2625 BUTTERFIELD RD STE 301N, OAK BROOK, IL 605231266 (Tel: 6304681824)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 11803 101ST AVE E, SUITE 100, PUYALLUP, WA 983733473 (Tel: 2534351285)
Registered at 6615 152ND STREET CT E, PUYALLUP, WA 983757186 (Tel: 2536834133)
Recorded as RICHARD WARD, D.C.
Chiropractor (license number reported to NPPES: WA CH34275)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
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Mailing Address
2625 Butterfield Rd Ste 301n
Oak Brook, IL 605231266
Phone: 6304681824