Florence Vergara Paragas, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Chesapeake, VA
Florence Vergara Paragas, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Chesapeake, Virginia, and NPI 1700916053, issued on Mar 6, 2007. Check the license (Virginia 0101240853, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Florence Vergara Paragas
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 0101240853 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1200 South Military Hwy, Chesapeake, VA 23320
- Phone
- (757) 424-5778
- Enumerated
- Mar 6, 2007
- Record last updated
- Feb 22, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (757) 523-1699
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070815000478); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Florence Vergara Paragas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101240853Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
31% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,634 Medicare Part D claims for 300 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 16 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium322 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate279 claims
- Losartan-Hydrochlorothiazide164 claims
- Losartan Potassium161 claims
- Metformin Hcl124 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium118 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 28 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,661.11
68 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Primary Care Physicians OF Hampton Roads PCChesapeake, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Florence Vergara Paragas among 4,137 family medicine physician records in Virginia
Florence Vergara Paragas, MD is one of 4,137 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 74% 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 50% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 50% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1986 · median 2004 among the 2,426 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 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 207Q00000X and a Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
114 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Chesapeake
They are 114 of the 3,728 NPPES records with a practice address in Chesapeake, and 4,137 family medicine physician records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Florence Vergara Paragas, MD's NPI number?
Florence Vergara Paragas, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700916053, issued on Mar 6, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Florence Vergara Paragas, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1200 South Military Hwy, Chesapeake, VA, 23320. Phone: (757) 424-5778. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Florence Vergara Paragas, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101240853, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Florence Vergara Paragas, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Florence Vergara Paragas, MD had 4,634 Medicare Part D claims for 300 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Florence Vergara Paragas, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 28 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.