Joed Marie Laboy Descartes, M.D.
General Practice Physician · San Juan, PR
Joed Marie Laboy Descartes, M.D. is a general practice physician with a practice address in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1912145913, issued on Jan 28, 2009. Check the license (Puerto Rico 17397, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joed Marie Laboy Descartes
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- General Practice Physician 208D00000X
- License number
- 17397 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Hospital Pavia Santurce-Emergency Room, San Juan, PR 00907
- Phone
- (787) 727-6060
- Enumerated
- Jan 28, 2009
- Record last updated
- Aug 13, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joed Marie Laboy Descartes 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 17397Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
89% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average general practice physician in 2024
334 Medicare Part D claims for 196 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,030 among the 8,395 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 21 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Azithromycin28 claims
- Methylprednisolone25 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass22 claims
- Diclofenac Potassium16 claims
- Tramadol Hcl14 claims
- Prednisone12 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: $164.63
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 4,259 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,273.40 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.
Joed Marie Laboy Descartes among 4,170 general practice physician records in Puerto Rico
Joed Marie Laboy Descartes, M.D. is one of 4,170 general practice physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 53% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 53% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 29% of these records are
- Record last updated2020 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208D00000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
622 general practice physician records list a practice address in San Juan
They are 622 of the 8,960 NPPES records with a practice address in San Juan, and 4,170 general practice physician records in Puerto Rico.
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Common questions
What is Joed Marie Laboy Descartes, M.D.'s NPI number?
Joed Marie Laboy Descartes, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1912145913, issued on Jan 28, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joed Marie Laboy Descartes, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Hospital Pavia Santurce-Emergency Room, San Juan, PR, 00907. Phone: (787) 727-6060. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joed Marie Laboy Descartes, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 17397, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Joed Marie Laboy Descartes, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joed Marie Laboy Descartes, M.D. had 334 Medicare Part D claims for 196 beneficiaries; the average among general practice physician prescribers was 3,030. 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.