Minami Watanabe, MD, MPH
Surgery Physician · Allentown, PA
Minami Watanabe, MD, MPH is a surgery physician with a practice address in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1225706534, issued on Sep 1, 2021. Check the license (Pennsylvania MT223568, as entered in NPPES) on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Minami Watanabe
- Credential
- MD, MPH
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- MT223568 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1250 S Cedar Crest Blvd, Allentown, PA 18103
- Phone
- (610) 402-8000
- Enumerated
- Sep 1, 2021
- Record last updated
- Nov 22, 2023
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Minami Watanabe in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)
Search for license MT223568Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
80% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
30 Medicare Part D claims for 16 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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: $348.25
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. 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.
Minami Watanabe among 1,867 surgery physician records in Pennsylvania
Minami Watanabe, MD, MPH is one of 1,867 surgery physician records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 83% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 83% of these records are older, 13% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 50% of these records are
- Record last updated2023 · 56% 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 Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
80 surgery physician records list a practice address in Allentown
They are 80 of the 5,904 NPPES records with a practice address in Allentown, and 1,867 surgery physician records in Pennsylvania.
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Common questions
What is Minami Watanabe, MD, MPH's NPI number?
Minami Watanabe, MD, MPH's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1225706534, issued on Sep 1, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Minami Watanabe, MD, MPH located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1250 S Cedar Crest Blvd, Allentown, PA, 18103. Phone: (610) 402-8000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Minami Watanabe, MD, MPH's license?
NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number MT223568, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Minami Watanabe, MD, MPH prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Minami Watanabe, MD, MPH had 30 Medicare Part D claims for 16 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.