NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Jose David Rivera, M.D.

Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Arecibo, PR

Jose David Rivera, M.D. is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1225144868, issued on Aug 23, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 8871, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1225144868
Name
Jose David Rivera
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
License number
8871 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
19 Ave Jose DE Diego, Arecibo, PR 00612
Phone
(787) 880-2200
Enumerated
Aug 23, 2006
Record last updated
Jul 9, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(787) 878-0532
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20080930000477); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Puerto Rico board licenses this profession
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6.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024

19,025 Medicare Part D claims for 1,370 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Jose Rivera19,025
  2. Specialty average3,078

Most prescribed

  1. Amlodipine Besylate1,936 claims
  2. Losartan Potassium1,580 claims
  3. Rosuvastatin Calcium1,562 claims
  4. Metoprolol Succinate1,353 claims
  5. Atorvastatin Calcium1,328 claims
  6. Losartan-Hydrochlorothiazide748 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: $229.61

5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Jose Rivera$229.61
  2. Specialty average$3,819.56

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Jose David Rivera among 259 cardiovascular disease physician records in Puerto Rico

Jose David Rivera, M.D. is one of 259 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 97% 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 19% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 19% of these records are older, 34% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 97% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 84% of these records are
  • Graduated1983 · median 1991 among the 218 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2007 · 64% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

11 cardiovascular disease physician records list a practice address in Arecibo

They are 11 of the 976 NPPES records with a practice address in Arecibo, and 259 cardiovascular disease physician records in Puerto Rico.

The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Rafael Delgado Cruz, MDArecibo, PR 006121326230525
  2. Francisco Garcia-Cortes, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121023079233
  3. Joseph Maldonado, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121508937707
  4. Juan Peraza Delgado, MDArecibo, PR 006121043235658
  5. Manuel Rivera, MDArecibo, PR 006121659356954
  6. Luis Rodriguez-Mora, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121942285101
  7. Victor Salgado Bravo, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121285842153
  8. Andrea San Antonio Sierra, MDArecibo, PR 006121992359582

Common questions

What is Jose David Rivera, M.D.'s NPI number?

Jose David Rivera, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1225144868, issued on Aug 23, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Jose David Rivera, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 19 Ave Jose DE Diego, Arecibo, PR, 00612. Phone: (787) 880-2200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Jose David Rivera, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 8871, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Jose David Rivera, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Jose David Rivera, M.D. had 19,025 Medicare Part D claims for 1,370 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. 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.