Francis Walter Malaj, PA-C
Medical Physician Assistant · Grants, NM
Francis Walter Malaj, PA-C is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Grants, New Mexico, and NPI 1558967257, issued on Dec 8, 2020. Check the license (New Mexico PA2020-0101, as entered in NPPES) with the New Mexico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Francis Walter Malaj
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- PA2020-0101 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1423 E Roosevelt Ave, Grants, NM 87020
- Phone
- (505) 287-6500
- Enumerated
- Dec 8, 2020
- Record last updated
- Dec 8, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20201210001239); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1423 E Roosevelt Ave
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Verify Francis Walter Malaj in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New Mexico board licenses this profession
Search for license PA2020-0101Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average medical physician assistant in 2024
3,162 Medicare Part D claims for 290 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 75 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Lisinopril167 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate154 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium153 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium123 claims
- Metformin Hcl111 claims
- Losartan Potassium100 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: $53.10
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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
- Cibola General Hospital CorporationGrants, NM
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Francis Walter Malaj among 274 medical physician assistant records in New Mexico
Francis Walter Malaj, PA-C is one of 274 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in New Mexico. 66% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 85% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 85% of these records are older, 12% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 66% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 54% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2011 among the 148 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 53% 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 New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2 medical physician assistant records list a practice address in Grants
They are 2 of the 183 NPPES records with a practice address in Grants, and 274 medical physician assistant records in New Mexico.
All 274 in New Mexico → Every provider in Grants → Medical Physician Assistant nationwide →
The 8 medical physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- James CrumGrants, NM 870201326711250
- Shari Hiatt, PAJemez Pueblo, NM 870241447222930
- Ryan Grange, P.AEdgewood, NM 870151295194629
- Lisa Torres, PAEdgewood, NM 870151760887376
- Felicia Aragon, PA-CLos Lunas, NM 870311033515846
- Catherine Delaney, PA-CLos Lunas, NM 870311689735466
- Rodrigo Perez-Resendiz, PA-CLos Lunas, NM 870311194367862
- Clarinda Garcia, PA-CPueblo Of Acoma, NM 870341669427852
Common questions
What is Francis Walter Malaj, PA-C's NPI number?
Francis Walter Malaj, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1558967257, issued on Dec 8, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Francis Walter Malaj, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1423 E Roosevelt Ave, Grants, NM, 87020. Phone: (505) 287-6500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Francis Walter Malaj, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists New Mexico license number PA2020-0101, as entered by the provider. Search the New Mexico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Francis Walter Malaj, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Francis Walter Malaj, PA-C had 3,162 Medicare Part D claims for 290 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.