Jose A. Torres Cintron, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Ponce, PR
Jose A. Torres Cintron, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1700314671, issued on May 23, 2017. Check the license (Puerto Rico 21877, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jose A. Torres Cintron
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 21877 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Hospital Episcopal San Lucas, Ponce, PR 00716
- Phone
- (787) 844-2080
- Enumerated
- May 23, 2017
- Record last updated
- May 22, 2024
- Fax
- (787) 844-1271
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200918000275); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at Hospital Episcopal San Lucas
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Jose A. Torres Cintron 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 21877Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
87% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,948 Medicare Part D claims for 552 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 15 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium422 claims
- Famotidine323 claims
- Gabapentin311 claims
- Losartan Potassium187 claims
- Lisinopril184 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium144 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: $142.12
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. 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.
116 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Ponce
They are 116 of the 3,338 NPPES records with a practice address in Ponce, and 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.
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Common questions
What is Jose A. Torres Cintron, MD's NPI number?
Jose A. Torres Cintron, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700314671, issued on May 23, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jose A. Torres Cintron, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Hospital Episcopal San Lucas, Ponce, PR, 00716. Phone: (787) 844-2080. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jose A. Torres Cintron, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 21877, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Jose A. Torres Cintron, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jose A. Torres Cintron, MD had 5,948 Medicare Part D claims for 552 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.