NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Melissa Sifuentes, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · Chicago, IL

Melissa Sifuentes, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1396194569, issued on Jun 8, 2016. Check the license (Illinois 036.148177, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; 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
1396194569
Name
Melissa Sifuentes
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License numbers
036.148177 IL
125.069229 IL
86275 WI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1900 W Polk St Ste 912, Chicago, IL 60612
Phone
(312) 864-4462
Enumerated
Jun 8, 2016
Record last updated
Feb 3, 2026
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20251119002079); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Rush Medical College Of Rush University, 2016
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
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17% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

2,633 Medicare Part D claims for 251 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims. 12 claims were for opioids.

  1. Melissa Sifuentes2,633
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium154 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate125 claims
  3. Pantoprazole Sodium101 claims
  4. Losartan Potassium85 claims
  5. Metoprolol Succinate81 claims
  6. Carvedilol79 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: $121.85

1 payment: 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.

  1. Melissa Sifuentes$121.85
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Advocate Health And Hospitals CorporationChicago, IL
  2. Aurora Medical Group, Inc.New Berlin, WI

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Melissa Sifuentes among 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois

Melissa Sifuentes, M.D. is one of 7,238 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 63% of them.

  • NPI issued2016 · 63% of these records are older, 36% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
  • Graduated2016 · median 2003 among the 3,580 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 47% 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 Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

2,867 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Chicago

They are 2,867 of the 63,379 NPPES records with a practice address in Chicago, and 7,238 internal medicine physician records in Illinois.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Keith Boyd, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121174591978
  2. Lewis Coulson, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121619944931
  3. Henry Danko, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121780659524
  4. Denis Evans, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121952385841
  5. Tabassum Faruqi, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121013968536
  6. David Goldberg, MDChicago, IL 606121275588444
  7. Ionut Ilie, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121619926383
  8. Padma Kudaravalli, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121427004514

Common questions

What is Melissa Sifuentes, M.D.'s NPI number?

Melissa Sifuentes, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396194569, issued on Jun 8, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Melissa Sifuentes, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1900 W Polk St Ste 912, Chicago, IL, 60612. Phone: (312) 864-4462. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Melissa Sifuentes, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Illinois license number 036.148177, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Melissa Sifuentes, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Melissa Sifuentes, M.D. had 2,633 Medicare Part D claims for 251 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.