Christopher John Rivera, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Carlyle, IL
Christopher John Rivera, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Carlyle, Illinois, and NPI 1659372605, issued on Aug 2, 2005. Check the license (Illinois 036096480, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher John Rivera
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 036096480 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 14509 State Route 127, Carlyle, IL 62231
- Phone
- (618) 594-3613
- Enumerated
- Aug 2, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 24, 2023
- Fax
- (888) 859-4347
- Medicaid ID
- 036096480 IL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050823000112); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Illinois College Of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb), 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher John Rivera in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036096480Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
9,670 Medicare Part D claims for 502 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 113 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium546 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium545 claims
- Omeprazole351 claims
- Lisinopril306 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate265 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl218 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: $111.45
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Biosense Webster, 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 one group practice
- St Josephs Hospital Breese OF The Hospital Sisters OF The Third OrdeCarlyle, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher John Rivera among 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois
Christopher John Rivera, MD is one of 7,238 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 93% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 2003 among the 3,580 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 47% 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 Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Carlyle
They are 2 of the 54 NPPES records with a practice address in Carlyle, and 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois.
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- James Wells, D.O.Breese, IL 622301992717185
- Dorothy Zajac, MDChester, IL 622331972592210
- Alan Hagen, MDCollinsville, IL 622341114946175
- Francisco Tejada, M.D.Collinsville, IL 622341255707964
- Charles Ampadu, MDSwansea, IL 622261962545269
- Alexander Bolton, D.O.Belleville, IL 622261639581127
Common questions
What is Christopher John Rivera, MD's NPI number?
Christopher John Rivera, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659372605, issued on Aug 2, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher John Rivera, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 14509 State Route 127, Carlyle, IL, 62231. Phone: (618) 594-3613. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher John Rivera, MD's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036096480, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher John Rivera, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher John Rivera, MD had 9,670 Medicare Part D claims for 502 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.