Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.

Karol Annetta Richards, MD

Individual provider Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician · NPI 1639200025

Karol Annetta Richards, MD practises Internal Medicine in Hickory, North Carolina. Qualified in 1998, 28 years ago. Practices with Cumberland County Hospital System Inc, a 592-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Missouri and North Carolina.

Years since qualifying
28
Licensed in
MO, NC
In the registry since
2007
Specialties on file
3
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

915 Tate Blvd SE Ste 182
Hickory, NC 28602-4042
Phone: (828) 322-2005
Fax: (828) 322-2159
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Pin is approximate — placed at the ZIP-code centre, not the exact door.

Additional practice locations (1)

  • 1638 Owen Dr, Fayetteville, NC 28304-3424 — (910) 615-7392

Specialties & licences

Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RC0200X · Licence 2010-00392 (NC)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence 2017034866 (MO)
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician Taxonomy 207RC0200X · Licence 2017034866 (MO)

Record details

NPI number1639200025
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMarch 8, 2007
Last updated in NPPESAugust 6, 2026
Certification dateAugust 6, 2026

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyINTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1998 (28 years in practice)
Group practice Cumberland County Hospital System Inc — 592 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations2 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 patients114
Services billed 151 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

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.

Practises at

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

Colleagues at Cumberland County Hospital System Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 592 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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