Julio R. Rivera, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Grapevine, TX
Julio R. Rivera, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Grapevine, Texas, and NPI 1316980410, issued on Jun 14, 2006. Check the license (Texas L1718, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Julio R. Rivera
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- L1718 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1056 Texan Trl, Grapevine, TX 76051
- Phone
- (972) 254-9399
- Enumerated
- Jun 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 16, 2023
- Fax
- (817) 527-6610
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040629001497); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1056 Texan Trl
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Kristian Loving, PAPhysician Assistant1417661901
- Sina Matin, M.D.Surgery Physician1366481228
- Shahid Shafi, MD MPHSurgery Physician1538128889
Verify Julio R. Rivera in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L1718Check 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% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
66 Medicare Part D claims for 45 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 40 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Acetaminophen-Codeine20 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen13 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: $380.74
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medical Device Business Services, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Healthtexas Provider NetworkGrapevine, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Julio R. Rivera among 2,192 surgery physician records in Texas
Julio R. Rivera, M.D. is one of 2,192 surgery physician records with a practice address in Texas. 76% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2004 among the 1,350 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
15 surgery physician records list a practice address in Grapevine
They are 15 of the 1,104 NPPES records with a practice address in Grapevine, and 2,192 surgery physician records in Texas.
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- Melvin Elieson, MDGrapevine, TX 760511427000637
- Robert Elliott, MDGrapevine, TX 760511346276334
- Nathan Emerson, M.D.Grapevine, TX 760511568671436
- Reef Gillum, DOGrapevine, TX 760511962734764
- Sina Matin, M.D.Grapevine, TX 760511366481228
Common questions
What is Julio R. Rivera, M.D.'s NPI number?
Julio R. Rivera, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316980410, issued on Jun 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Julio R. Rivera, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1056 Texan Trl, Grapevine, TX, 76051. Phone: (972) 254-9399. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Julio R. Rivera, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L1718, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Julio R. Rivera, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Julio R. Rivera, M.D. had 66 Medicare Part D claims for 45 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.