Jose Cruz Rivera, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Ponce, PR
Jose Cruz Rivera, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1255396826, issued on Apr 18, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 12945, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jose Cruz Rivera
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 12945 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- O6 Calle 6, Ponce, PR 00716
- Phone
- (787) 803-7017
- Enumerated
- Apr 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 17, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040128000078); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ponce School Of Medicine, 1993
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Jose Cruz Rivera 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 12945Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
8,297 Medicare Part D claims for 341 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium633 claims
- Losartan Potassium495 claims
- Lisinopril354 claims
- Synthroid333 claims
- Famotidine332 claims
- Gabapentin323 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Med Centro IncPonce, PR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jose Cruz Rivera among 604 family medicine physician records in Puerto Rico
Jose Cruz Rivera, MD is one of 604 family 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 14% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 14% of these records are older, 43% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 39% of these records are
- Graduated1993 · median 1995 among the 234 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 62% 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 Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
30 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Ponce
They are 30 of the 3,338 NPPES records with a practice address in Ponce, and 604 family medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 604 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in Ponce → Family Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Georgina Aguirre, M.D.Ponce, PR 007161932177367
- Evelyn Almodovar Puantong, MDPonce, PR 007161619902640
- Sonia Baez Colon, M.D.Ponce, PR 007161265426415
- Margarita Collazo, MDPonce, PR 007161205827854
- Mariel Jimenez Rodriguez, MDPonce, PR 007161811476823
- Celia Lozada-Murcelo, MDPonce, PR 007161194224410
- Elizama Montalvo, M.D.Ponce, PR 007161659465680
- Elvin Pacheco, MDPonce, PR 007161992821698
Common questions
What is Jose Cruz Rivera, MD's NPI number?
Jose Cruz Rivera, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255396826, issued on Apr 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jose Cruz Rivera, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at O6 Calle 6, Ponce, PR, 00716. Phone: (787) 803-7017. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jose Cruz Rivera, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 12945, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Jose Cruz Rivera, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jose Cruz Rivera, MD had 8,297 Medicare Part D claims for 341 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.