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

Individual provider Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician · NPI 1073744439

Melissa S Richards, MD practises Obstetrics/Gynecology in Rochester, Minnesota. Graduated from University of North Dakota School of Medicine in 2009, 17 years ago. Practices with Olmsted Medical Center, a 325-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Minnesota.

Years since qualifying
17
Trained at
University of North Dakota School of Medicine
Licensed in
MN
In the registry since
2009
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

1650 4th St SE
Rochester, MN 55904-4717
Phone: (507) 529-6600
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Specialties & licences

Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207V00000X · Licence 53164 (MN)

Record details

NPI number1073744439
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedAugust 4, 2009
Last updated in NPPESAugust 13, 2024
Certification dateAugust 13, 2024

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyOBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2009 (17 years in practice)
Group practice Olmsted Medical Center — 325 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.

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 patients18
Services billed 35 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age68

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.

Travel and Lodging $2,697 9 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Education $1,500 1 payment · educational material or training, not a fee
Food and Beverage $875 7 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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.

Colleagues at Olmsted Medical Center

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 325 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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