RichardVincentRiggsMD
Physical Medicine/Rehab • Los Angeles, CASenior Vice President-Chief Medical Officer Cedars-Sinai, Professor Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA School of Medicine
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Office
8631 W 3rd St
Ste 915E
Los Angeles, CA 90048Phone+1 310-423-3618Fax+1 310-423-0154
Education & Training
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1990 - 1992- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1989 - 1990
Homewood Hospital Center - North CampusInternal Medicine, 1988 - 1989
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityClass of 1988
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1992 - 2025
AL State Medical License 1994 - 1997
NJ State Medical License 1990 - 1993
PA State Medical License 1990 - 1992- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- American Board of Preventive Medicine Clinical Informatics
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Top Doctors:LA Area Castle Connolly, 2013
- Top Doctors:Southern California Castle Connolly, 2012
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 20 citationsRisk factors for discharge to an acute care hospital from inpatient rehabilitation among stroke patients.Pamela Roberts, Margaret A. DiVita, Richard V. Riggs, Paulette Niewczyk, Brittany Bergquist
PM & R. 2014-01-01 - 9 citationsMedical necessity: is current documentation practice and payment denial limiting access to inpatient rehabilitation?Carl V. Granger, Marsha Carlin, Pedro Diaz, Jane Dorval, Steve Forer
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2009-09-01 - 2 citationsMedicare's recovery audit contractor program: inpatient rehabilitation facilities are taking back takebacks, but enough?Carl V. Granger, Marsha Carlin, Richard V. Riggs, Pamela Roberts
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2011-05-01
Press Mentions
Cedars-Sinai Rated “High Performing” Among Nation’s Best Hospitals for MaternityDecember 6th, 2022- Coronavirus Positivity Rate Inching Downward at LA County SchoolsJanuary 19th, 2022
- California Braces for Omicron Wave Amid Grim Forecasts, Concerns for HospitalsDecember 20th, 2021
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