Jose L. Munoz Benedicto, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Carolina, PR
Jose L. Munoz Benedicto, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Carolina, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1144205816, issued on Dec 14, 2005. Check the license (Puerto Rico 10940, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jose L. Munoz Benedicto
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 10940 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6777 Calle Marg. Biascochea, Carolina, PR 00979
- Phone
- (787) 585-9875
- Enumerated
- Dec 14, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 17, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060504000024); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Jose L. Munoz Benedicto 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 10940Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
32% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
4,208 Medicare Part D claims for 399 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 25 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate182 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium171 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium156 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate154 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium137 claims
- Synthroid121 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: $51.43
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. 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.
Jose L. Munoz Benedicto among 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico
Jose L. Munoz Benedicto, MD 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 1996 among the 595 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 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).
22 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Carolina
They are 22 of the 1,535 NPPES records with a practice address in Carolina, 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
- Jessie Giron Morel, MDCarolina, PR 009791811004492
- Carmen Lebron-MaldonadoIsla Verde, PR 009791508927484
- Maria Vazquez Diaz, M.D.Carolina, PR 009791669673018
- Milton Garland Cansobre, MDTujillo Alto, PR 009781972560993
- Augusto Ayala-Caminero, MDTrujillo Alto, PR 009761558797274
- Awilda Martinez, M.D.Trujillo Alto, PR 009761801879820
- Glorimar Rodriguez Gutierrez, MDTrujillo Alto, PR 009761740847664
- Vanessa Velazquez, M.D.Carolina, PR 009821114075140
Common questions
What is Jose L. Munoz Benedicto, MD's NPI number?
Jose L. Munoz Benedicto, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144205816, issued on Dec 14, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jose L. Munoz Benedicto, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6777 Calle Marg. Biascochea, Carolina, PR, 00979. Phone: (787) 585-9875. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jose L. Munoz Benedicto, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 10940, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Jose L. Munoz Benedicto, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jose L. Munoz Benedicto, MD had 4,208 Medicare Part D claims for 399 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.