Jose L. Nieves Picon, MD
General Practice Physician · Arecibo, PR
Jose L. Nieves Picon, MD is a general practice physician with a practice address in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1689605370, issued on Jul 5, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 9678, 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. Nieves Picon
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- General Practice Physician 208D00000X
- License number
- 9678 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Carr #2 KM 65.6, Arecibo, PR 00612
- Phone
- (787) 881-2953
- Enumerated
- Jul 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 2, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (787) 881-4807
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20071022000520); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at Carr #2 KM 65.6
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Jose L. Nieves Picon 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 9678Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
55% more Medicare Part D claims than the average general practice physician in 2024
4,689 Medicare Part D claims for 262 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,030 among the 8,395 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 52 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin303 claims
- Simvastatin303 claims
- Famotidine177 claims
- Metformin Hcl170 claims
- Alendronate Sodium147 claims
- Synthroid145 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: $200.94
9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 4,259 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,273.40 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. Nieves Picon among 4,170 general practice physician records in Puerto Rico
Jose L. Nieves Picon, MD is one of 4,170 general practice physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 78% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 65% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 29% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 2004 among the 1,228 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208D00000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
136 general practice physician records list a practice address in Arecibo
They are 136 of the 976 NPPES records with a practice address in Arecibo, and 4,170 general practice physician records in Puerto Rico.
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The 8 general practice physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Pedro Arias, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121356339881
- David Azzaro, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121790754596
- Ismael Bague, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121386603041
- Rolando Colon Martinez, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121841267200
- Manuel Marcano Rivera, MDArecibo, PR 006121447224746
- Jose Marrero Nieves, MDArecibo, PR 006121013978246
- Rafael Martinez, M.DArecibo, PR 006121609844331
- Martha Nieves, MDArecibo, PR 006121972565810
Common questions
What is Jose L. Nieves Picon, MD's NPI number?
Jose L. Nieves Picon, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689605370, issued on Jul 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jose L. Nieves Picon, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Carr #2 KM 65.6, Arecibo, PR, 00612. Phone: (787) 881-2953. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jose L. Nieves Picon, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 9678, 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. Nieves Picon, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jose L. Nieves Picon, MD had 4,689 Medicare Part D claims for 262 beneficiaries; the average among general practice physician prescribers was 3,030. 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.