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Dr. Richard Diana, MD

(7 Ratings)

Specializes in: Sports Medicine and Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

701 N Colony Road
Wallingford, CT 06492

(203) 265-1800

Dr. Richard Diana, MD is a sports medicine doctor in Hamden, CT specializing in sports medicine and orthopedics/orthopedic surgery.

Office Locations

2408 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, CT 06518

(203) 407-3500

(203) 407-4244

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330 Boston Post Road
Orange, CT 06477

(203) 795-4784

(203) 799-1179

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701 N Colony Road
Wallingford, CT 06492

(203) 265-1800

(203) 284-9010

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84 N Main Street
Branford, CT 06405

(203) 483-2509

(203) 483-2513

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In The News

“Richard Diana is a board certified orthopedic surgeon in Connecticut and the author of "Healthy Joints for Life."”—"Limping through life after football -- and how doctors can help", Los Angeles Times, February 2014

Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. Richard Diana, MD in 2023

Click on any procedure below to see further details on volume and pricing among Medicare patients.

Top 25%

By Volume:

joint aspiration

joint injections

knee X-ray

By Affordability:

In 2012, among providers in related specialties within Connecticut, Dr. Richard Diana, MD performed more joint aspiration, joint injections, and knee X-ray procedures for Medicare patients than 75% of them and he also had a list price for ankle MRI, hip MRI, joint MRI, knee MRI, lower extremity MRI, and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) that was lower than the list prices billed to Medicare by 75% of them. Actual amounts paid by patients can vary widely depending on a number of factors, including insurance coverage. A lower list price, however, might mean lower fees when paying without insurance.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Diana, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Hamden, CT during 2012 were rehabilitation, manual therapy, aspiration and injections.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Diana, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	147
diagnostic evaluation	44
doctor visit	413
hip imaging	16
injections	147
manual therapy	315
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	16
musculoskeletal imaging	138
rehabilitation	583
X-rays	122

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Diana, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Hamden, CT during 2013 were rehabilitation, manual therapy, aspiration and injections.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Diana, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	148
diagnostic evaluation	39
doctor visit	355
hip imaging	17
injections	148
manual therapy	191
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	17
musculoskeletal imaging	144
rehabilitation	361
X-rays	127

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD.

**Gender**
Male	87
Female	102

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	166
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	85
From 75 to 84	64
85 and over	27
Less than 65	13

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD in 2013

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	16
Chronic Kidney Disease	20
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	24
Dementia	0
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Diana, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Hamden, CT during 2014 were rehabilitation, manual therapy, aspiration and injections.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Diana, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	246
diagnostic evaluation	51
doctor visit	566
hip imaging	27
injections	246
manual therapy	387
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	27
musculoskeletal imaging	194
rehabilitation	579
X-rays	167

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD.

**Gender**
Male	109
Female	133

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	207
Black	15
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	133
From 75 to 84	70
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD in 2014

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	31
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	18
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	23
Dementia	5
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Diana, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Hamden, CT during 2015 were rehabilitation, manual therapy, aspiration and injections.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Diana, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	278
diagnostic evaluation	64
doctor visit	675
hip imaging	25
injections	278
joint surgery	12
lower extremity surgery	12
manual therapy	516
minimally invasive procedures	12
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	40
musculoskeletal imaging	231
rehabilitation	681
X-rays	191

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD.

**Gender**
Male	260
Female	298

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	494
Black	30
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	298
From 75 to 84	158
85 and over	64
Less than 65	38

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD in 2015

Hypertension	66
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	17
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	25
Dementia	0
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Diana, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Hamden, CT during 2016 were aspiration, injections, musculoskeletal imaging and X-rays.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Diana, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	413
doctor visit	757
hip imaging	30
injections	413
joint surgery	30
lower extremity surgery	30
minimally invasive procedures	30
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	43
musculoskeletal imaging	335
spinal procedures	21
X-rays	313

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD.

**Gender**
Male	147
Female	165

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	260
Black	24
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	151
From 75 to 84	86
85 and over	44
Less than 65	31

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD in 2016

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8
Diabetes	23
Dementia	7
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Diana, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Hamden, CT during 2017 were musculoskeletal imaging, aspiration, injections and X-rays.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Diana, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	367
doctor visit	740
hip imaging	35
injections	367
joint surgery	14
lower extremity surgery	14
minimally invasive procedures	14
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	35
musculoskeletal imaging	375
nerve block	27
spinal procedures	22
X-rays	362

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD.

**Gender**
Male	154
Female	167

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	277
Black	21
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	11
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	168
From 75 to 84	97
85 and over	38
Less than 65	18

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD in 2017

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	52
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	30
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	23
Dementia	6
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Diana, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Hamden, CT during 2018 were aspiration, injections, musculoskeletal imaging and X-rays.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Diana, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	307
doctor visit	686
hip imaging	30
injections	307
joint surgery	28
lower extremity surgery	28
minimally invasive procedures	28
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	45
musculoskeletal imaging	290
nerve block	29
spinal procedures	11
X-rays	256

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD.

**Gender**
Male	139
Female	142

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	232
Black	19
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	14
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	142
From 75 to 84	81
85 and over	35
Less than 65	23

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD in 2018

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	24
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	24
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	26
Dementia	7
Cancer	6

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Diana, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Hamden, CT during 2019 were musculoskeletal imaging, X-rays, aspiration and injections.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Diana, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	195
doctor visit	479
hip imaging	28
injections	195
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	28
musculoskeletal imaging	227
X-rays	199

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD.

**Gender**
Male	89
Female	115

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	158
Black	21
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	108
From 75 to 84	63
85 and over	16
Less than 65	17

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD in 2019

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	27
Dementia	0
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Diana, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Hamden, CT during 2020 were musculoskeletal imaging, X-rays, aspiration and injections.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Diana, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	170
doctor visit	429
hip imaging	20
injections	170
joint surgery	12
lower extremity surgery	12
minimally invasive procedures	12
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	20
musculoskeletal imaging	218
X-rays	198

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD.

**Gender**
Male	106
Female	98

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	168
Black	17
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	105
From 75 to 84	60
85 and over	19
Less than 65	20

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD in 2020

Hypertension	63
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	22
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	7
Diabetes	27
Dementia	0
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Diana, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Hamden, CT during 2021 were aspiration, injections, musculoskeletal imaging and X-rays.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Diana, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	246
doctor visit	550
hip imaging	22
injections	246
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	38
musculoskeletal imaging	241
spinal procedures	12
X-rays	215

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD.

**Gender**
Male	94
Female	145

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	187
Black	19
Hispanic	14
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	113
From 75 to 84	79
85 and over	29
Less than 65	18

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD in 2021

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	69
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	22
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	29
Dementia	6
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard Diana, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Hamden, CT during 2022 were aspiration, injections, musculoskeletal imaging and X-rays.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Diana, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	241
doctor visit	544
hip imaging	23
injections	241
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	35
musculoskeletal imaging	185
X-rays	150

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD.

**Gender**
Male	112
Female	136

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	197
Black	19
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	16
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	92
From 75 to 84	99
85 and over	32
Less than 65	25

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD in 2022

Hypertension	72
High Cholesterol	74
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	21
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	12
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	15
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	21
Dementia	0
Cancer	20

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard Diana, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Richard Diana, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Hamden, CT were rehabilitation, manual therapy, aspiration and injections.

aspiration	250
diagnostic evaluation	49
doctor visit	563
hip imaging	24
injections	250
joint surgery	19
lower extremity surgery	19
manual therapy	352
minimally invasive procedures	19
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	31
musculoskeletal imaging	234
nerve block	28
rehabilitation	551
spinal procedures	16
X-rays	209

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD.

**Gender**
Male	117
Female	136

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	16
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	213
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	1
Other	3

**Age**
75 to 84	77
85 and over	27
Less than 65	18
65 to 74	126

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard Diana, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Richard Diana, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and diabetes.

Hypertension	61
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	24
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	7
Osteoporosis	6
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8
Diabetes	22
Atrial Fibrillation	8
Dementia	2
Cancer	10

Education & Training

He has a state license in Connecticut.

Licensed In: Connecticut

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Richard Diana, MD has a good overall rating with an average of 2.57 out of 5 stars based on 7 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Richard Diana, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Hamden, CT.

2.57

Overall Rating

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Richard Diana, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Vericel Corporation	$71 MACI _ PEAK Study $71
Smith+Nephew, Inc.	$45 Regeneten $45
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.	$28 PEAK $28

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$144

Biography

Dr. Richard Diana's medical specialty is orthopedics/orthopedic surgery and sports medicine. Patient reviews placed him at an average of 2.5 stars (out of 5). He is a graduate of Yale School of Medicine.