Caroline Joann Vargas, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Salt Lake City, UT
Caroline Joann Vargas, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Salt Lake City, Utah, and NPI 1669654885, issued on Nov 29, 2007. Check the license (Utah 14202031-1205, as entered in NPPES) on the Utah Medical Licensing Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Caroline Joann Vargas
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 14202031-1205 UT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 324 E 10TH Ave Ste 100, Salt Lake City, UT 84103
- Phone
- (801) 408-7500
- Enumerated
- Nov 29, 2007
- Record last updated
- Dec 1, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200414003378); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, Irvine, California College Of Medicine, 1991
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 324 E 10TH Ave Ste 100
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Caroline Joann Vargas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersUtah Medical Licensing Board
Search for license 14202031-1205Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
61% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,109 Medicare Part D claims for 239 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims. 42 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium272 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate266 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium187 claims
- Metformin Hcl153 claims
- Losartan Potassium144 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium134 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: $337.04
16 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Dr Mona Shah Professional CorporationSan Pedro, CA
- Ihc Health Services IncSalt Lake City, UT
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Caroline Joann Vargas among 664 internal medicine physician records in Utah
Caroline Joann Vargas, MD is one of 664 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Utah. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 40% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 40% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 53% of these records are
- Graduated1991 · median 2007 among the 354 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 56% 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 Utah practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
329 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Salt Lake City
They are 329 of the 21,563 NPPES records with a practice address in Salt Lake City, and 664 internal medicine physician records in Utah.
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Common questions
What is Caroline Joann Vargas, MD's NPI number?
Caroline Joann Vargas, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1669654885, issued on Nov 29, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Caroline Joann Vargas, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 324 E 10TH Ave Ste 100, Salt Lake City, UT, 84103. Phone: (801) 408-7500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Caroline Joann Vargas, MD's license?
NPPES lists Utah license number 14202031-1205, as entered by the provider. Search the Utah Medical Licensing Board at https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Caroline Joann Vargas, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Caroline Joann Vargas, MD had 5,109 Medicare Part D claims for 239 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.