Jose Alberto Cortes, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · New York, NY
Jose Alberto Cortes, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1710077409, issued on Oct 13, 2006. Check the license (New York 188575, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jose Alberto Cortes
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 188575 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 81 Irving PL Ste 1-F, New York, NY 10003
- Phone
- (212) 260-7474
- Enumerated
- Oct 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 17, 2024
- Fax
- (212) 260-7447
- Medicaid ID
- 01500903 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080417000121); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Puerto Rico School Of Medicine, 1988
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Jose Alberto Cortes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 188575Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
9,704 Medicare Part D claims for 621 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium554 claims
- Losartan Potassium357 claims
- Metformin Hcl354 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium294 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate270 claims
- Biktarvy262 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: $3,418.96
167 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was ViiV Healthcare Company. 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Williamsburgh Internal Medicine P.C.Brooklyn, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jose Alberto Cortes among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
Jose Alberto Cortes, M.D. is one of 12,067 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 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 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 61% 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
2,434 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in New York
They are 2,434 of the 98,468 NPPES records with a practice address in New York, and 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Jose Alberto Cortes, M.D.'s NPI number?
Jose Alberto Cortes, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1710077409, issued on Oct 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jose Alberto Cortes, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 81 Irving PL Ste 1-F, New York, NY, 10003. Phone: (212) 260-7474. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jose Alberto Cortes, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 188575, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Jose Alberto Cortes, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jose Alberto Cortes, M.D. had 9,704 Medicare Part D claims for 621 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.