NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Carolina Mendez

Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse · Phoenix, AZ

Carolina Mendez is a critical care medicine registered nurse with a practice address in Phoenix, Arizona, and NPI 1366907503, issued on Feb 1, 2019. Check the license (Arizona RN144659, as entered in NPPES) with the Arizona board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1366907503
Name
Carolina Mendez
Primary taxonomy
Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse 163WC0200X
License number
RN144659 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1111 E Mcdowell RD, Phoenix, AZ 85006
Phone
(602) 839-2000
Enumerated
Feb 1, 2019
Record last updated
Feb 1, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20210416001319); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1111 E Mcdowell RD

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Hamed Abbaszadegan, MDInternal Medicine Physician1407083579
  2. Elissa Abbruscato, MDInternal Medicine Physician1356603021
  3. Mohamed Abdelhabib, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1184287161
  4. Anurag Adhikari, M.D.Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1861137952
  5. Nathanael Adjei, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1134651896
  6. Nimit Agarwal, MDInternal Medicine Physician1811155245

Verify Carolina Mendez in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Arizona board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average critical care medicine registered nurse in 2024

26 Medicare Part D claims for 11 beneficiaries, against an average of 582 among the 45 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Carolina Mendez26
  2. Specialty average582

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): 93.4 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score94.6
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%62.1
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%96.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $147.30

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. The 91 providers of this specialty with any payment received $827.18 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Carolina Mendez$147.30
  2. Specialty average$827.18

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Banner - University Hospital Based Physicians LLCPhoenix, AZ
  2. District Medical Group IncPhoenix, AZ

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Carolina Mendez among 145 critical care medicine registered nurse records in Arizona

Carolina Mendez is one of 145 critical care medicine registered nurse records with a practice address in Arizona. 6% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 29% of them.

  • NPI issued2019 · 29% of these records are older, 68% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 6% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 6% of these records are
  • Record last updated2019 · 39% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 163WC0200X and a Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Critical Care Medicine Registered Nurse providers in Arizona

There are 145 critical care medicine registered nurse records in Arizona.

The 8 critical care medicine registered nurse records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Xitlali Arias OrtizPhoenix, AZ 850061164199246
  2. Golda Dennis, RNPhoenix, AZ 850061376402552
  3. Heather Przybyl, DNP, RN, ACCNS-AGPhoenix, AZ 850061265110332
  4. April WrightPhoenix, AZ 850061063293199
  5. Juan Pallares-SalazarPhoenix, AZ 850081396468443
  6. Maria HobbsPhoenix, AZ 850121245912575
  7. Adam Miller, MSN RNPhoenix, AZ 850121841871654
  8. Jacob MorrisonPhoenix, AZ 850121609607936

Common questions

What is Carolina Mendez's NPI number?

Carolina Mendez's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1366907503, issued on Feb 1, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Carolina Mendez located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1111 E Mcdowell RD, Phoenix, AZ, 85006. Phone: (602) 839-2000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Carolina Mendez's license?

NPPES lists Arizona license number RN144659, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Carolina Mendez prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Carolina Mendez had 26 Medicare Part D claims for 11 beneficiaries; the average among critical care medicine registered nurse prescribers was 582. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Carolina Mendez's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 93.4 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.