Eduardo Jose Colon Melendez
Internal Medicine Physician · Ponce, PR
Eduardo Jose Colon Melendez is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1023678760, issued on Jun 14, 2019. Check the license (Puerto Rico 21910, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Eduardo Jose Colon Melendez
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- 21910 PR
34088 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 917 Ave Tito Castro, Ponce, PR 00716
- Phone
- (787) 844-9101
- Enumerated
- Jun 14, 2019
- Record last updated
- Jul 11, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230220000575); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Eduardo Jose Colon Melendez 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 21910Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
13% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
2,749 Medicare Part D claims for 691 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium191 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate101 claims
- Lisinopril84 claims
- Synthroid83 claims
- Famotidine82 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium80 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: $1,391.90
26 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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.
Eduardo Jose Colon Melendez among 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico
Eduardo Jose Colon Melendez 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 2019, is newer than 78% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 78% of these records are older, 17% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 1996 among the 595 with a school on file
- 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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- Evelyn Agostini Rodriguez, MDPonce, PR 007161104934041
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- 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 Eduardo Jose Colon Melendez's NPI number?
Eduardo Jose Colon Melendez's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023678760, issued on Jun 14, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Eduardo Jose Colon Melendez located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 917 Ave Tito Castro, Ponce, PR, 00716. Phone: (787) 844-9101. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Eduardo Jose Colon Melendez's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 21910, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Eduardo Jose Colon Melendez prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Eduardo Jose Colon Melendez had 2,749 Medicare Part D claims for 691 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.