Francisco N. Alvarado Melendez, M.D.
Infectious Disease Physician · Caguas, PR
Francisco N. Alvarado Melendez, M.D. is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Caguas, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1437199593, issued on Jun 7, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 14625, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Francisco N. Alvarado Melendez
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License number
- 14625 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- St 172 Exit 21 Turabo Gardens, Caguas, PR 00725
- Phone
- (787) 744-1577
- Enumerated
- Jun 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 25, 2024
- Fax
- (866) 832-5298
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070605000034); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest infectious disease physician records → All 120 in Puerto Rico → Look up another NPI →
Verify Francisco N. Alvarado Melendez 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 14625Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
76% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average infectious disease physician in 2024
164 Medicare Part D claims for 50 beneficiaries, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 47% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Genvoya28 claims
- Juluca14 claims
- Acyclovir12 claims
- Mavyret11 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: $19,074.84
26 payments; by number, the most common kind was compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program; the largest payer was Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 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.
Francisco N. Alvarado Melendez among 120 infectious disease physician records in Puerto Rico
Francisco N. Alvarado Melendez, M.D. is one of 120 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 83% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 75% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2004 among the 90 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Infectious Disease Physician providers in Puerto Rico
There are 120 infectious disease physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 120 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in Caguas → Infectious Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ruth Feliciano-Bacenet, MDCaguas, PR 007251851509343
- Gisela Maldonado Morales, M.D.Caguas, PR 007251467491787
- Diana Otero-Castro, MDCaguas, PR 007251033327523
- Sergio Perez-Acosta, MDCaguas, PR 007251346423720
- Rafael Quinones, M.D.Ponce, PR 007301427068022
- Dariel Irizarry De Jesus, M.D.Ponce, PR 007171477901841
- Nilda Zapata-Molina, MDPonce, PR 007171205882289
- Rosana Amador-Miranda, M.D.Ponce, PR 007161790806297
Common questions
What is Francisco N. Alvarado Melendez, M.D.'s NPI number?
Francisco N. Alvarado Melendez, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437199593, issued on Jun 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Francisco N. Alvarado Melendez, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at St 172 Exit 21 Turabo Gardens, Caguas, PR, 00725. Phone: (787) 744-1577. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Francisco N. Alvarado Melendez, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 14625, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Francisco N. Alvarado Melendez, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Francisco N. Alvarado Melendez, M.D. had 164 Medicare Part D claims for 50 beneficiaries; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. 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.