Richard J Novak, MD
Anesthesiology · Palo Alto
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · Associated Anesthesiologists Medical Group A Professional Corp · 3 clinicians in this group
Plan participation
Not verified
We could not verify current plan participation for this doctor. This does not mean they are out of network. Call Dr. Novak’s office at (650) 323-0617 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.
California Medical Board record
Licence G45299 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1981 · expires 2027-06-30 · University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Original Medicare doctor bills
$5,815
Medicare paid this office $5,815 for 45 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Anesthesia for exam of colon using an endoscope | 12 | $1,384 | $115 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on large bowel using an endoscope | 11 | $1,217 | $111 |
Who their Medicare patients are
45 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Women 49% · Also on Medicaid 0% · Health risk score 0.73. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical anesthesiology clinician is at 1.54.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 58%.
The office billed $53,550, Medicare allowed $6,887 and paid $5,815; for 46 services of 9 kinds.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Year by year
| 2024 | 45 | 46 | 73 | 0.73 | $53,550 | $5,815 |
| 2023 | 24 | 25 | 73 | 0.55 | $35,850 | $3,760 |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | 74 | 0.84 | $85,407 | $6,901 |
| 2021 | 44 | 44 | 72 | 0.71 | $88,825 | $6,723 |
| 2020 | 41 | 43 | 75 | 0.76 | $87,492 | $7,643 |
| 2019 | 38 | 38 | 74 | 0.92 | $86,694 | $6,947 |
| 2018 | 41 | 43 | 74 | 0.60 | $111,751 | $8,850 |
| 2017 | 64 | 70 | 74 | 0.91 | $156,025 | $12,572 |
| 2016 | 92 | 99 | 72 | 0.90 | $208,286 | $17,658 |
| 2015 | 86 | 89 | 72 | 0.94 | $111,125 | $16,403 |
| 2014 | 93 | 104 | 74 | 0.80 | $77,685 | $21,284 |
| 2013 | 81 | 100 | 71 | 0.82 | $54,305 | $18,533 |
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2021: 1 service
| Anesthesia for procedure on small and large bowel using an endoscope | 12 | $1,767 | $147 |
2017: 1 service
| Anesthesia for other procedure or exam of knee joint using an endoscope | 11 | $1,738 | $158 |
2016: 4 services
| Anesthesia for other procedure on top of arm bone and shoulder joint | 11 | $2,718 | $247 |
| Anesthesia for procedure on lower intestine using an endoscope | 17 | $2,675 | $157 |
| Anesthesia for procedure on eyelid | 13 | $2,191 | $169 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure or exam of knee joint using an endoscope | 11 | $1,693 | $154 |
2015: 2 services
| Anesthesia for other procedure or exam of knee joint using an endoscope | 14 | $2,091 | $149 |
| Anesthesia for procedure on eyelid | 11 | $1,920 | $175 |
2014: 3 services
| Anesthesia for procedure on eyelid | 18 | $3,130 | $174 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on top of arm bone and shoulder joint | 12 | $2,879 | $240 |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on nose and sinuses | 11 | $2,723 | $227 |
2013: 1 service
| Anesthesia for other procedure or exam of knee joint using an endoscope | 11 | $1,717 | $156 |
Money from drug and device companies
$122 in 2025
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | None | $122 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $130 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | None | $167 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | None | $124 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | None | $89 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals | Journavx | $122 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals | Meals · 2025-07-10 | Journavx | $122 |
See earlier years (2023, 2022, 2020, 2019)
2023: $130
| Fisher & Paykel Healthcare | Fisher & Paykel Healthcare | $130 | 1 payment
|
2022: $167
| Masimo | Sedline | $167 | 1 payment
|
2020: $124
| AcelRx Pharmaceuticals | Dsuvia | $124 | 1 payment
|
2019: $89
| Avanos Medical | On-Q* Pump and Accessories | $89 | 1 payment
|
Professional record
- NPI
- 1821056904
- Licence
- CA G45299California G45299: Current · expires 2027-06-30
- Trained
- University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, 1980
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Medicaid ID
- CA 00G452990
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207L00000X (207L00000X)
- Mailing address
- 701 Welch Rd, Suite 216, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
- NPI first listed
- 2006-05-01
- NPI last updated
- 2026-07-13
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.