Jose Rafael Batista, MD.
Internal Medicine Physician · Ponce, PR
Jose Rafael Batista, MD. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1437195278, issued on Jun 21, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 7788, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jose Rafael Batista
- Credential
- MD.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 7788 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2431 Ave Las Americas, Ponce, PR 00717
- Phone
- (787) 840-5364
- Enumerated
- Jun 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (787) 259-4442
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060623000061); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ponce School Of Medicine, 1983
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Jose Rafael Batista 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 7788Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
1% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
3,145 Medicare Part D claims for 150 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.
Most prescribed
- Losartan Potassium183 claims
- Famotidine165 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium148 claims
- Simvastatin141 claims
- Metformin Hcl132 claims
- Gabapentin99 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.
116 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Ponce
They are 116 of the 3,338 NPPES records with a practice address in Ponce, and 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 116 in Ponce → All 1,146 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in Ponce →
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Common questions
What is Jose Rafael Batista, MD.'s NPI number?
Jose Rafael Batista, MD.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437195278, issued on Jun 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jose Rafael Batista, MD. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2431 Ave Las Americas, Ponce, PR, 00717. Phone: (787) 840-5364. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jose Rafael Batista, MD.'s license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 7788, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Jose Rafael Batista, MD. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jose Rafael Batista, MD. had 3,145 Medicare Part D claims for 150 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.