Juan R. Cruz, M.D.
Legal Medicine · New York, NY
Juan R. Cruz, M.D. is a legal medicine with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1497857379, issued on Sep 2, 2006. Check the license (New York 105571-1, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Juan R. Cruz
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Legal Medicine 173000000X
- License number
- 105571-1 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 38 Post Ave, New York, NY 10034
- Phone
- (917) 558-5798
- Enumerated
- Sep 2, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Juan R. Cruz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license 105571-1Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.5 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $77.81
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 144 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,618.84 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.
Juan R. Cruz among 112 legal medicine records in New York
Juan R. Cruz, M.D. is one of 112 legal medicine records with a practice address in New York. 46% 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 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 30% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 46% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 27% of these records are
- Record last updated2007 · 81% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 173000000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Legal Medicine providers in New York
There are 112 legal medicine records in New York.
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The 8 legal medicine records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ramon Tallaj, M.D.New York, NY 100341487753497
- Angelique Anderson, M.D.New York, NY 100331437284130
- Edwin Guzman, CGCNew York, NY 100321619568375
- Eric Kandel, M.D.New York, NY 100321073824280
- Luis Vasquez, PACNew York, NY 100321760407084
- Rita Lempel, M.D.New York, NY 100221679870133
- Jerry Blaivas, M.D.New York, NY 100211124060330
- Richard Merkler, M.D.New York, NY 100191134109754
Common questions
What is Juan R. Cruz, M.D.'s NPI number?
Juan R. Cruz, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497857379, issued on Sep 2, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Juan R. Cruz, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 38 Post Ave, New York, NY, 10034. Phone: (917) 558-5798. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Juan R. Cruz, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 105571-1, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
What is Juan R. Cruz, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.5 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.