Francis Comunas, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Albuquerque, NM
Francis Comunas, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and NPI 1295829661, issued on Oct 3, 2006. Check the license (New Mexico 92200, as entered in NPPES) on the New Mexico Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Francis Comunas
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 92200 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 8300 Constitution Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110
- Phone
- (505) 291-2200
- Enumerated
- Oct 3, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 24, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (505) 291-2233
- Medicaid ID
- E6573 NM
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100127000905); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of New Mexico School Of Medicine, 1989
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Francis Comunas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Mexico Medical Board
Search for license 92200Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
44% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
4,564 Medicare Part D claims for 562 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 153 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium317 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium267 claims
- Lisinopril264 claims
- Gabapentin209 claims
- Losartan Potassium168 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide155 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 83.8 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $184.81
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abiomed. 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
- Presbyterian Healthcare ServicesClovis, NM
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
431 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Albuquerque
They are 431 of the 24,162 NPPES records with a practice address in Albuquerque, and 770 internal medicine physician records in New Mexico.
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Common questions
What is Francis Comunas, MD's NPI number?
Francis Comunas, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1295829661, issued on Oct 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Francis Comunas, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8300 Constitution Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87110. Phone: (505) 291-2200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Francis Comunas, MD's license?
NPPES lists New Mexico license number 92200, as entered by the provider. Search the New Mexico Medical Board at https://www.nmmb.state.nm.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Francis Comunas, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Francis Comunas, MD had 4,564 Medicare Part D claims for 562 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Francis Comunas, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 83.8 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.