Claro F. Diaz, MD
Interventional Cardiology Physician · Memphis, TN
Claro F. Diaz, MD is an interventional cardiology physician with a practice address in Memphis, Tennessee, and NPI 1659371235, issued on Jul 26, 2005. Check the license (Tennessee 26491, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Claro F. Diaz
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Interventional Cardiology Physician 207RI0011X
- License numbers
- 26491 TN
16976 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3950 New Covington Pike Ste 220, Memphis, TN 38128
- Phone
- (901) 763-0200
- Enumerated
- Jul 26, 2005
- Record last updated
- May 17, 2024
- Fax
- (901) 516-5370
- Medicaid IDs
- 00115171 MS
1519961 TN
127859001 AR - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100506000431); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In New Orleans, 1988
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 3950 New Covington Pike Ste 220
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Abdul-Rahman Abdel-Karim, M.D.Interventional Cardiology Physician1093014441
- Sheila Ayers, APRNNurse Practitioner1154657468
- Eduardo Basco, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1750381430
- Alison Berger, F.N.P.Family Nurse Practitioner1245648716
- April Boyd, ACNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1881633436
- Sarah Braha, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1639709314
Verify Claro F. Diaz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 26491Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
57% more Medicare Part D claims than the average interventional cardiology physician in 2024
4,981 Medicare Part D claims for 722 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,179 among the 6,605 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clopidogrel706 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium328 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate322 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate299 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate267 claims
- Eliquis264 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $4,192.66
54 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, Inc. The 6,394 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,062.29 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
- Specialty Physician Group LLCMemphis, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Interventional Cardiology Physician providers in Tennessee
There are 215 interventional cardiology physician records in Tennessee.
Other interventional cardiology physician records in Tennessee
- Abdul-Rahman Abdel-Karim, M.D.Memphis, TN1093014441
- Ahmad Abu-Halimah, M.D.Nashville, TN1013958776
- James AckerLoudon, TN1063910529
- Kylie Adamek, MDNashville, TN1972966786
- Milton Addington, MDGermantown, TN1790752566
- Syed Agha, MDCleveland, TN1164420741
- Adeeb Ahmed, MDMurfreesboro, TN1245217603
- Joseph Akamah, MDNashville, TN1598822967
- Yasir Akhtar, M.D.Powell, TN1013001098
- Steven Akins, MDGermantown, TN1720088297
Common questions
What is Claro F. Diaz, MD's NPI number?
Claro F. Diaz, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659371235, issued on Jul 26, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Claro F. Diaz, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3950 New Covington Pike Ste 220, Memphis, TN, 38128. Phone: (901) 763-0200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Claro F. Diaz, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 26491, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Claro F. Diaz, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Claro F. Diaz, MD had 4,981 Medicare Part D claims for 722 beneficiaries; the average among interventional cardiology physician prescribers was 3,179. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Claro F. Diaz, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.