Merida S. Colon Caban, M.D.
Infectious Disease Physician · San Juan, PR
Merida S. Colon Caban, M.D. is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1093760894, issued on May 23, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 13939, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Merida S. Colon Caban
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License number
- 13939 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Vamc, San Juan, PR 00921
- Phone
- (787) 641-7582
- Enumerated
- May 23, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 30, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Merida S. Colon Caban 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 13939Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $196.32
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, Inc. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 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.
Merida S. Colon Caban among 120 infectious disease physician records in Puerto Rico
Merida S. Colon Caban, M.D. is one of 120 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 83% 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, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 75% of these records are
- Record last updated2016 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Infectious Disease Physician providers in Puerto Rico
There are 120 infectious disease physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 120 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in San Juan → Infectious Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jose Gutierrez-Nunez, M.D.San Juan, PR 009211053354530
- Hector Melendez-Gonzalez, MDSan Juan, PR 009211861819021
- Luis Pineiro-Cruz, MDSan Juan, PR 009211518450436
- Heriberto Rodriguez Arroyo, M.D.San Juan, PR 009211952835456
- Jorge Ruiz RomanRio Piedras, PR 009211033212378
- Sonia Saavedra Sanquirico, M.D.San Juan, PR 009211306897020
- Brenda Urbina Reyes, M.D.San Juan, PR 009211710979471
- Yashira E Veras-VazquezSan Juan, PR 009211922425834
Common questions
What is Merida S. Colon Caban, M.D.'s NPI number?
Merida S. Colon Caban, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1093760894, issued on May 23, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Merida S. Colon Caban, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Vamc, San Juan, PR, 00921. Phone: (787) 641-7582. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Merida S. Colon Caban, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 13939, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.