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

Richard Blake Curd, MD

Individual provider Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician · NPI 1376576470

Richard Blake Curd, MD practises Hand Surgery in Tea, South Dakota. Graduated from University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Medicine in 1991, 35 years ago. Practices with Orthopedic Institute PC, a 58-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in South Dakota.

Years since qualifying
35
Trained at
University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Medicine
Licensed in
SD
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

2120 Live Stronger St
Tea, SD 57064-8331
Phone: (605) 331-5890
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Pin is approximate — placed at the ZIP-code centre, not the exact door.

Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207XS0106X · Licence 4941 (SD)

Record details

NPI number1376576470
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 9, 2006
Last updated in NPPESApril 22, 2026
Certification dateApril 22, 2026

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyHAND SURGERY
Also practisesORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, KANSAS CITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1991 (35 years in practice)
Group practice Orthopedic Institute Pc — 58 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations4 on file with Medicare

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.

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 60 times · 90th percentile
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 1–10 times
Removal of nail tissue 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 patients446
Services billed 4,752 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

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 Orthopedic Institute PC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 58 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.