John Carlos Franco, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Chicago, IL
John Carlos Franco, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1861788994, issued on Jun 27, 2011. Check the license (Illinois 036135133, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- John Carlos Franco
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 036135133 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2535 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616
- Phone
- (312) 842-7117
- Enumerated
- Jun 27, 2011
- Record last updated
- Feb 17, 2023
- Fax
- (312) 808-3383
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140731002974); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2535 S King Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Sharony Brown, RDNRegistered Dietitian1508344862
- Sarah Cook, PA-CPhysician Assistant1417788092
- Laura Dejulia, AUDAudiologist1437426046
- Linus Ema, DOInternal Medicine Physician1891728010
Verify John Carlos Franco in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036135133Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
58% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
5,594 Medicare Part D claims for 320 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 139 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium508 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate234 claims
- Buprenorphine-Naloxone168 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate161 claims
- Baclofen147 claims
- Gabapentin134 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: $30.42
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Advocate Health And Hospitals CorporationBuffalo Grove, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
John Carlos Franco among 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois
John Carlos Franco, M.D. is one of 6,215 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 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 2011, is newer than 59% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 59% of these records are older, 39% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2006 among the 3,714 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,593 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Chicago
They are 1,593 of the 63,379 NPPES records with a practice address in Chicago, and 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is John Carlos Franco, M.D.'s NPI number?
John Carlos Franco, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861788994, issued on Jun 27, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is John Carlos Franco, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2535 S King Dr, Chicago, IL, 60616. Phone: (312) 842-7117. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify John Carlos Franco, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036135133, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does John Carlos Franco, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, John Carlos Franco, M.D. had 5,594 Medicare Part D claims for 320 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.