NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Geraldine Vaz

Internal Medicine Physician · Jamaica, NY

Geraldine Vaz is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Jamaica, New York, and NPI 1982766697, issued on Dec 16, 2006. Check the license (New York 216857, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1982766697
Name
Geraldine Vaz
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
216857 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
8900 Van Wyck Expy, Jamaica, NY 11418
Phone
(718) 206-7001
Enumerated
Dec 16, 2006
Record last updated
Jan 17, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicaid ID
02199580 NY
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20110519000085); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine, 1993
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 8900 Van Wyck Expy

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Feba AbrahamNeonatal Nurse Practitioner1033354220
  2. Arnold Abramov, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1366899908
  3. Jose Acefe, M.D.Neurological Surgery Physician1447596473
  4. Adelowo AdebiyiAnesthesiology Physician1568533750
  5. Vipin Agarwalla, M.D.Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Physician1396845822
  6. Sadia Ahmed, DPMStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1588413751

Verify Geraldine Vaz in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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1% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

3,210 Medicare Part D claims for 266 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.

  1. Geraldine Vaz3,210
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium356 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate257 claims
  3. Carvedilol170 claims
  4. Metformin Hcl145 claims
  5. Lisinopril133 claims
  6. Januvia97 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): 100 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score91.2
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%92.8
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%79.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Prominis Medical Services PCGlendale, NY

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Geraldine Vaz among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York

Geraldine Vaz is one of 12,067 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 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 8% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 53% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
  • Graduated1993 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2013 · 61% 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

175 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Jamaica

They are 175 of the 4,958 NPPES records with a practice address in Jamaica, and 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Qaiser Abbas, MDRichmond Hill, NY 114181053371955
  2. Leticia Carabuena, MDJamaica, NY 114181235194267
  3. Sannee Del Rosario, M.D.Jamaica, NY 114181982718680
  4. Batool Hussaini, M.D.Richmond Hill, NY 114181790727584
  5. Nausheer Khan, MDJamaica, NY 114181134166135
  6. Ravinder Nagpaul, M.D.Jamaica, NY 114181477651552
  7. Francesco Passarelli, M.D.Richmond Hill, NY 114181699885913
  8. Nilesh Patel, MDJamaica, NY 114181033179080

Common questions

What is Geraldine Vaz's NPI number?

Geraldine Vaz's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982766697, issued on Dec 16, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Geraldine Vaz located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 8900 Van Wyck Expy, Jamaica, NY, 11418. Phone: (718) 206-7001. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Geraldine Vaz's license?

NPPES lists New York license number 216857, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Geraldine Vaz prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Geraldine Vaz had 3,210 Medicare Part D claims for 266 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Geraldine Vaz's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.