Judith Melendez
Internal Medicine Physician · San Juan, PR
Judith Melendez is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1437243508, issued on Oct 3, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 16531, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Judith Melendez
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 16531 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 305 Torre Del Metropolitano, San Juan, PR 00921
- Phone
- (787) 241-7881
- Enumerated
- Oct 3, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 20, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (787) 723-1736
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070614000630); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ponce School Of Medicine, 2003
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Judith Melendez 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 16531Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
51% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
1,555 Medicare Part D claims for 210 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.
Most prescribed
- Losartan Potassium76 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium68 claims
- Famotidine65 claims
- Gabapentin58 claims
- Metformin Hcl52 claims
- Simvastatin46 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: $62.00
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk 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.
Judith Melendez among 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico
Judith Melendez 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 2006, is newer than 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 1996 among the 595 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 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).
322 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in San Juan
They are 322 of the 8,960 NPPES records with a practice address in San Juan, 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
- Juan Jose Bayron, M.D.San Juan, PR 009211932104015
- Francisco Bellaflores, MDRio Piedras, PR 009211689653222
- Hidelisa Borges-Aponte, MDSan Juan, PR 009211659329266
- Luzimar Conaway, MDSan Juan, PR 009211952394728
- Maria Correa, MDSan Juan, PR 009211215907381
- Hector Leon-Figueroa, MDRio Piedras, PR 009211225020704
- Milagros Marrero, MDSan Juan, PR 009211730169244
- Juan Montes Ruiz, MDSan Juan, PR 009211952391732
Common questions
What is Judith Melendez's NPI number?
Judith Melendez's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437243508, issued on Oct 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Judith Melendez located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 305 Torre Del Metropolitano, San Juan, PR, 00921. Phone: (787) 241-7881. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Judith Melendez's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 16531, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Judith Melendez prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Judith Melendez had 1,555 Medicare Part D claims for 210 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.