Francis Picon, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Arecibo, PR
Francis Picon, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1639289317, issued on Aug 30, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 9536, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Francis Picon
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 9536 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Urb Villa Los Santos Calle 9 M-1, Arecibo, PR 00612
- Phone
- (787) 816-0000
- Enumerated
- Aug 30, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (787) 816-0000
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101027001260); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Francis Picon 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 9536Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
19% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
2,578 Medicare Part D claims for 166 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Famotidine197 claims
- Gabapentin178 claims
- Losartan Potassium133 claims
- Metformin Hcl114 claims
- Synthroid111 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium96 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.
Francis Picon among 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico
Francis Picon, MD 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 2006, is newer than 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 1996 among the 595 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 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).
22 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Arecibo
They are 22 of the 976 NPPES records with a practice address in Arecibo, and 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Felix Colon, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121821069337
- Mirtha Miraglia, MDArecibo, PR 006121386475176
- Jose Ortega Velez, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121134209935
- Victor Perez-Gonzalez, MDArecibo, PR 006121104356468
- Manuel Polanco Martinez, MDArecibo, PR 006121184664757
- Raul Rivera, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121679672356
- Abel Rivera RomanArecibo, PR 006121841180015
- Ramon Rivera Schneider, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121962585521
Common questions
What is Francis Picon, MD's NPI number?
Francis Picon, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639289317, issued on Aug 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Francis Picon, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Urb Villa Los Santos Calle 9 M-1, Arecibo, PR, 00612. Phone: (787) 816-0000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Francis Picon, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 9536, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Francis Picon, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Francis Picon, MD had 2,578 Medicare Part D claims for 166 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.