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Patients in East Meadow and around Nassau County see Dr. Richard W. Johnson, a neurosurgeon, at New York University.
Practice details
- Specialty
- Neurosurgeon
- Credentials
- MD
- Practice
- New York University
- Address
- 1530 Front St, East Meadow, NY 11554
- Phone
- (516) 324-7500
- Other locations
- 9777 Queens Blvd, Rego Park, NY 11374
- Medical school
- Georgetown University School of Medicine (1988)
- Hospital affiliations
- NYU Langone Hospitals
- Medicare assignment
- Accepts
- Telehealth
- Available
- NPI number
- 1356495782
- NY license no.
- 180402
Medical school: Georgetown University School of Medicine, class of 1988.
You'll find Dr. Johnson at 1530 Front St, East Meadow, NY 11554. Call (516) 324-7500 to schedule. He also has a listed practice location at 9777 Queens Blvd, Rego Park, NY 11374. 6134 clinicians bill Medicare through New York University, so it is a large group practice rather than a solo office. For Medicare patients: Dr. Johnson accepts assignment. Video (telehealth) appointments are listed as an option.
On the hospital side, Dr. Johnson holds an affiliation with NYU Langone Hospitals.
Your review of Dr. Johnson — wait times, how well things were explained, how you were treated — helps other patients decide.
Medicare, Medicaid and hospitals
- Medicare patients (2024)
- 288 people with traditional Medicare, average age 73
- Most common services billed to Medicare
- Fusion of additional segment of spine
- Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves, each additional segment
- Fusion of spine in lower back
- Procedures on Medicare Care Compare
- Spinal fusion 186 procedures
- Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 85 procedures
- Removal of tissue 1–10 procedures
- Medicare quality score (MIPS 2024)
- 91 out of 100 — reported through the group practice
- New York Medicaid
- Enrolled fee-for-service provider since 2025. Medicaid managed-care plans keep their own networks, so check with your plan.
- Hospital pages
- NYU Langone Hospitals
Medicare figures cover people with traditional (fee-for-service) Medicare only; services billed for fewer than 11 patients are not published.
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Frequently Asked Questions
With New York University, at 1530 Front St, East Meadow, NY 11554.
Call the office at (516) 324-7500.
Yes — Dr. Johnson accepts Medicare assignment, taking the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
NYU Langone Hospitals.
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