Armin Valdes
Emergency Medicine Physician · El Paso, TX
Armin Valdes is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in El Paso, Texas, and NPI 1316470909, issued on Apr 10, 2017. Check the license (Texas S8398, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Armin Valdes
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- S8398 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4800 Alberta Ave, El Paso, TX 79905
- Phone
- (915) 215-8000
- Enumerated
- Apr 10, 2017
- Record last updated
- Dec 21, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230601000705); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Armin Valdes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license S8398Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
71% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
387 Medicare Part D claims for 270 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 29 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cefdinir41 claims
- Nabumetone34 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen27 claims
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl24 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass23 claims
- Famotidine19 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Bills Medicare through 3 group practices
- Bluff Creek Emergency Medicine Associates, PAEl Paso, TX
- Cep America LLCEl Paso, TX
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center EL PasoEl Paso, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Armin Valdes among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas
Armin Valdes is one of 4,885 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 74% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 74% of these records are older, 23% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2013 among the 2,779 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
179 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in El Paso
They are 179 of the 11,091 NPPES records with a practice address in El Paso, and 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Armin Valdes's NPI number?
Armin Valdes's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316470909, issued on Apr 10, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Armin Valdes located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4800 Alberta Ave, El Paso, TX, 79905. Phone: (915) 215-8000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Armin Valdes's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number S8398, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Armin Valdes prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Armin Valdes had 387 Medicare Part D claims for 270 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.