Carlos Rivera
Internal Medicine Physician · Ponce, PR
Carlos Rivera is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1518365063, issued on Dec 16, 2014. Check the license (Puerto Rico 18,966, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Carlos Rivera
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 18,966 PR
18966 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1910 Calle Zarina, Ponce, PR 00716
- Phone
- (787) 299-9501
- Enumerated
- Dec 16, 2014
- Record last updated
- Jul 14, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Carlos Rivera in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Puerto Rico board licenses this profession
Search for license 18,966Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
137 Medicare Part D claims for 27 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 20 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Prednisone26 claims
- Anastrozole17 claims
- Ondansetron Hcl13 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $2,819.25
126 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Carlos Rivera among 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico
Carlos Rivera is one of 1,146 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 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 2014, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 67% of these records are older, 31% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 52% of these records are
- Record last updated2022 · 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 207R00000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
116 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Ponce
They are 116 of the 3,338 NPPES records with a practice address in Ponce, and 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Evelyn Agostini Rodriguez, MDPonce, PR 007161104934041
- Elizabeth Barranco, MDPonce, PR 007161316066350
- Nelly Colon, M.D.Ponce, PR 007161700844123
- Luis Ghigliotti, M.D.Ponce, PR 007161124061205
- Ines Hernandez Rodriguez, M.D.Ponce, PR 007161629065669
- Orlando Marchena Arraut, MDPonce, PR 007161831114719
- Jorge Matos Figueroa, M.D.Ponce, PR 007161790834539
- Carolyn Otero RiveraPonce, PR 007161467413328
Common questions
What is Carlos Rivera's NPI number?
Carlos Rivera's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1518365063, issued on Dec 16, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Carlos Rivera located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1910 Calle Zarina, Ponce, PR, 00716. Phone: (787) 299-9501. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Carlos Rivera's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 18,966, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Carlos Rivera prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Carlos Rivera had 137 Medicare Part D claims for 27 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.