Jorge D. Rivera Vargas, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · San Juan, PR
Jorge D. Rivera Vargas, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1457449902, issued on Oct 10, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 008084, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jorge D. Rivera Vargas
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 008084 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Carr 21 # 3T 4B, San Juan, PR 00921
- Phone
- (787) 781-1636
- Enumerated
- Oct 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 25, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (787) 781-1636
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Jorge D. Rivera Vargas 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 008084Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,030 Medicare Part D claims for 240 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium160 claims
- Losartan Potassium139 claims
- Metformin Hcl118 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium111 claims
- Simvastatin109 claims
- Diclofenac Sodium99 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: $109.76
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boehringer Ingelheim 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.
Jorge D. Rivera Vargas among 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico
Jorge D. Rivera Vargas, 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 2006, is newer than 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 52% of these records are
- Record last updated2015 · 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).
322 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in San Juan
They are 322 of the 8,960 NPPES records with a practice address in San Juan, and 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Juan Jose Bayron, M.D.San Juan, PR 009211932104015
- Francisco Bellaflores, MDRio Piedras, PR 009211689653222
- Hidelisa Borges-Aponte, MDSan Juan, PR 009211659329266
- Luzimar Conaway, MDSan Juan, PR 009211952394728
- Maria Correa, MDSan Juan, PR 009211215907381
- Hector Leon-Figueroa, MDRio Piedras, PR 009211225020704
- Milagros Marrero, MDSan Juan, PR 009211730169244
- Juan Montes Ruiz, MDSan Juan, PR 009211952391732
Common questions
What is Jorge D. Rivera Vargas, M.D.'s NPI number?
Jorge D. Rivera Vargas, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457449902, issued on Oct 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jorge D. Rivera Vargas, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Carr 21 # 3T 4B, San Juan, PR, 00921. Phone: (787) 781-1636. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jorge D. Rivera Vargas, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 008084, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Jorge D. Rivera Vargas, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jorge D. Rivera Vargas, M.D. had 3,030 Medicare Part D claims for 240 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.