Joel Pena, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · San Antonio, TX
Joel Pena, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in San Antonio, Texas, and NPI 1588653455, issued on Oct 13, 2005. Check the license (Texas K0538, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joel Pena
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- K0538 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1207 Brooklyn Ave, San Antonio, TX 78212
- Phone
- (210) 229-9100
- Enumerated
- Oct 13, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 13, 2026
- Fax
- (210) 229-9111
- Medicaid ID
- 029547901 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080123000641); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joel Pena in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K0538Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
54% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
4,895 Medicare Part D claims for 278 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 108 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium211 claims
- Montelukast Sodium195 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium176 claims
- Lisinopril155 claims
- Metformin Hcl140 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate123 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: $18.01
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Dexcom, 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.
Joel Pena among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Joel Pena, MD is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% 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, 91% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 49% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
657 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in San Antonio
They are 657 of the 37,749 NPPES records with a practice address in San Antonio, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Joel Pena, MD's NPI number?
Joel Pena, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588653455, issued on Oct 13, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joel Pena, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1207 Brooklyn Ave, San Antonio, TX, 78212. Phone: (210) 229-9100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joel Pena, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K0538, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Joel Pena, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joel Pena, MD had 4,895 Medicare Part D claims for 278 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.