Jaime Ponce-Portugal, MD
Surgery Physician · Chattanooga, TN
Jaime Ponce-Portugal, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and NPI 1245280023, issued on May 11, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 36423, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jaime Ponce-Portugal
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- 36423 TN
046635 GA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7405 Shallowford Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421
- Phone
- (706) 278-6403
- Enumerated
- May 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 19, 2024
- Fax
- (706) 278-0087
- Medicaid ID
- 00815361A GA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170928000971); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 7405 Shallowford Road
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Verify Jaime Ponce-Portugal in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 36423Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $70,864.15
117 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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.
Jaime Ponce-Portugal among 631 surgery physician records in Tennessee
Jaime Ponce-Portugal, MD is one of 631 surgery physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 77% 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 16% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 2003 among the 404 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Tennessee
There are 631 surgery physician records in Tennessee.
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The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Daniel Heithold, MDChattanooga, TN 374211588664106
- Rishabh ShahChattanooga, TN 374211134462153
- Sarah Snell, MDChattanooga, TN 374211881791598
- Thomas Moses, MDChattanooga, TN 374111548344278
- Justin Gusching, D.O.Chattanooga, TN 374081386919934
- John Smith, MDChattanooga, TN 374081306330790
- Coleman Arnold, M.D.Chattanooga, TN 374041629062260
- William Cockerham, M.D.Chattanooga, TN 374041952395915
Common questions
What is Jaime Ponce-Portugal, MD's NPI number?
Jaime Ponce-Portugal, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245280023, issued on May 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jaime Ponce-Portugal, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7405 Shallowford Road, Chattanooga, TN, 37421. Phone: (706) 278-6403. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jaime Ponce-Portugal, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 36423, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Jaime Ponce-Portugal, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.7 of 100. 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.