Edwin Rivera, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Medical Physician Assistant · San Diego, CA
Edwin Rivera, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1861474033, issued on Nov 15, 2005. Check the license (California PA14420, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Edwin Rivera
- Credential
- PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- PA14420 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4647 Zion Ave, San Diego, CA 92120
- Phone
- (619) 528-2595
- Enumerated
- Nov 15, 2005
- Record last updated
- Nov 29, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050127000233); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Edwin Rivera in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license PA14420Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
51% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average medical physician assistant in 2024
566 Medicare Part D claims for 163 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Succinate124 claims
- Pradaxa91 claims
- Amiodarone Hcl88 claims
- Carvedilol57 claims
- Sotalol45 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium31 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: $17.85
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 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
- Southern California Permanente Medical GroupSan Marcos, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Edwin Rivera among 3,376 medical physician assistant records in California
Edwin Rivera, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT is one of 3,376 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 69% 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, 98% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 40% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2012 among the 1,347 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Edwin Rivera, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's NPI number?
Edwin Rivera, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861474033, issued on Nov 15, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Edwin Rivera, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4647 Zion Ave, San Diego, CA, 92120. Phone: (619) 528-2595. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Edwin Rivera, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT's license?
NPPES lists California license number PA14420, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Edwin Rivera, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Edwin Rivera, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT had 566 Medicare Part D claims for 163 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. 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.