NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

J Paul Yurkanin, M.D.

Urology Physician · Tucson, AZ

J Paul Yurkanin, M.D. is a urology physician with a practice address in Tucson, Arizona, and NPI 1144409145, issued on Oct 26, 2007. Check the license (Arizona 31170, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1144409145
Name
J Paul Yurkanin
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Urology Physician 208800000X
License number
31170 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
5240 E. Knight Drive, Tucson, AZ 85712
Phone
(520) 321-4266
Enumerated
Oct 26, 2007
Record last updated
Oct 5, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(520) 321-4048
Medicaid ID
855439 AZ
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040518001450); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Georgetown University School Of Medicine, 1996
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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Verify J Paul Yurkanin in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
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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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6% more Medicare Part D claims than the average urology physician in 2024

1,419 Medicare Part D claims for 449 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,340 among the 10,782 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.

  1. J Yurkanin1,419
  2. Specialty average1,340

Most prescribed

  1. Tamsulosin Hcl666 claims
  2. Finasteride124 claims
  3. Ciprofloxacin Hcl61 claims
  4. Silodosin46 claims
  5. Levofloxacin45 claims
  6. Cephalexin42 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

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

Industry payments in 2024: $992.61

45 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. The 9,340 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,800.04 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. J Yurkanin$992.61
  2. Specialty average$3,800.04

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

J Paul Yurkanin among 277 urology physician records in Arizona

J Paul Yurkanin, M.D. is one of 277 urology physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 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 2007, is newer than 50% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 50% of these records are older, 42% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
  • Graduated1996 · median 2003 among the 192 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2011 · 43% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208800000X and a Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Urology Physician providers in Arizona

There are 277 urology physician records in Arizona.

The 8 urology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Iris Bernstein, M.D.Tucson, AZ 857121386673093
  2. Aleksandar Blubaum, MDTucson, AZ 857121023508231
  3. Anthony Chavez, MDTucson, AZ 857121104084029
  4. Alberto Corica, M.D.Tucson, AZ 857121194927376
  5. Bruce Dalkin, MDTucson, AZ 857121700086089
  6. Rafael Nunez Nateras, M.D.Tucson, AZ 857121235573742
  7. Thomas Tieu, M.D.Tucson, AZ 857121396008892
  8. Peter Burrows, M.D.Tucson, AZ 857101609876523

Common questions

What is J Paul Yurkanin, M.D.'s NPI number?

J Paul Yurkanin, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144409145, issued on Oct 26, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is J Paul Yurkanin, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5240 E. Knight Drive, Tucson, AZ, 85712. Phone: (520) 321-4266. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify J Paul Yurkanin, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Arizona license number 31170, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does J Paul Yurkanin, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, J Paul Yurkanin, M.D. had 1,419 Medicare Part D claims for 449 beneficiaries; the average among urology physician prescribers was 1,340. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is J Paul Yurkanin, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.