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

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1649499443

Richard Scott Nelson, DO is registered under Colorectal Surgery (Proctology) in Grants Pass, Oregon. Graduated from University of Kansas School of Med (KC/WICH/SAL) in 2002, 24 years ago. Practices with Asante Physician Partners, a 225-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Oregon.

Years since qualifying
24
Trained at
University of Kansas School of Med (KC/WICH/SAL)
Licensed in
OR
In the registry since
2007
What do these letters mean?
DO — Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
A fully licensed physician, trained like an MD with additional musculoskeletal training. Equivalent practice rights in all 50 states.

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Practice location Address checks out

520 SW Ramsey Ave Ste 204
Grants Pass, OR 97527-5535 Not confirmed with CMS for 17 years — call before visiting
Phone: (541) 479-8308
Fax: (541) 474-0447
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Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence DO29287 (OR)

Record details

NPI number1649499443
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials DO
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 24, 2007
Last updated in NPPESOctober 14, 2009

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyCOLORECTAL SURGERY (PROCTOLOGY)
Also practisesGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MED (KC/WICH/SAL)
Graduated 2002 (24 years in practice)
Group practice Asante Physician Partners — 225 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.

Colonoscopy 192 times · 93rd percentile
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 29 times · 55th percentile
Skin biopsy 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 patients478
Services billed 1,144 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.

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 $4,000 2 payments · educational material or training, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $1,326 4 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $212 5 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. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Asante Physician Partners

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 225 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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