Jaime Alberto Rivera Cartagena, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Orocovis, PR
Jaime Alberto Rivera Cartagena, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Orocovis, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1952306789, issued on Jun 17, 2005. Check the license (Puerto Rico 6526, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jaime Alberto Rivera Cartagena
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 6526 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 24 Calle Pedro Arroyo, Orocovis, PR 00720
- Phone
- (787) 867-7503
- Enumerated
- Jun 17, 2005
- Record last updated
- Feb 18, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20081024000252); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Jaime Alberto Rivera Cartagena 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 6526Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
8,217 Medicare Part D claims for 560 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. 14 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Simvastatin645 claims
- Synthroid431 claims
- Metformin Hcl428 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium425 claims
- Lisinopril400 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate396 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: $78.08
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 Alberto Rivera Cartagena among 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico
Jaime Alberto Rivera Cartagena, M.D. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated1978 · median 1996 among the 595 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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).
1 internal medicine physician record lists a practice address in Orocovis
They are 1 of the 93 NPPES records with a practice address in Orocovis, and 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 1,146 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in Orocovis → Internal Medicine Physician nationwide →
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Common questions
What is Jaime Alberto Rivera Cartagena, M.D.'s NPI number?
Jaime Alberto Rivera Cartagena, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1952306789, issued on Jun 17, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jaime Alberto Rivera Cartagena, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 24 Calle Pedro Arroyo, Orocovis, PR, 00720. Phone: (787) 867-7503. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jaime Alberto Rivera Cartagena, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 6526, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Jaime Alberto Rivera Cartagena, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jaime Alberto Rivera Cartagena, M.D. had 8,217 Medicare Part D claims for 560 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.