Benedict Cortez Villanueva, M.D.
Infectious Disease Physician · Fremont, CA
Benedict Cortez Villanueva, M.D. is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Fremont, California, and NPI 1376601690, issued on Dec 6, 2006. Check the license (California A61699, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Benedict Cortez Villanueva
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License number
- A61699 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2557 Mowry Ave Ste 12, Fremont, CA 94538
- Phone
- (510) 248-1550
- Enumerated
- Dec 6, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 23, 2023
- Fax
- (510) 793-8783
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101019000264); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2557 Mowry Ave Ste 12
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Benedict Cortez Villanueva in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A61699Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
58% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average infectious disease physician in 2024
289 Medicare Part D claims for 122 beneficiaries, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Ceftriaxone26 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium17 claims
- Daptomycin16 claims
- Cefuroxime15 claims
- Vancomycin Hcl14 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass11 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 86.9 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $134.81
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Electromed, Inc. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Washington Township Medical FoundationFremont, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Benedict Cortez Villanueva among 1,119 infectious disease physician records in California
Benedict Cortez Villanueva, M.D. is one of 1,119 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 2003 among the 735 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Infectious Disease Physician providers in California
There are 1,119 infectious disease physician records in California.
All 1,119 in California → Every provider in Fremont → Infectious Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Muni Barash, M.D.Fremont, CA 945381962428896
- Harman Chawla, M.D.Fremont, CA 945381518251701
- Jyoti GuptaFremont, CA 945381063510857
- Susan Jacobson, MDFremont, CA 945381639254303
- Dianne Martin, MDFremont, CA 945381720162969
- Jevon Tang, MDFremont, CA 945381619179504
- Scott Crabtree, MDTravis Afb, CA 945351932360526
- Mark Derasmo, MDTravis Afb, CA 945351023647419
Common questions
What is Benedict Cortez Villanueva, M.D.'s NPI number?
Benedict Cortez Villanueva, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1376601690, issued on Dec 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Benedict Cortez Villanueva, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2557 Mowry Ave Ste 12, Fremont, CA, 94538. Phone: (510) 248-1550. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Benedict Cortez Villanueva, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A61699, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Benedict Cortez Villanueva, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Benedict Cortez Villanueva, M.D. had 289 Medicare Part D claims for 122 beneficiaries; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Benedict Cortez Villanueva, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 86.9 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.