Nereo Zapata Salazar, MD
General Practice Physician · Guayama, PR
Nereo Zapata Salazar, MD is a general practice physician with a practice address in Guayama, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1720811029, issued on Aug 22, 2024. Check the license (Puerto Rico 24100, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nereo Zapata Salazar
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- General Practice Physician 208D00000X
- License number
- 24100 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Urb. LA Hacienda, Avenida Pedro Albizu Campos, Guayama, PR 00784
- Phone
- (787) 864-4300
- Enumerated
- Aug 22, 2024
- Record last updated
- Aug 22, 2024
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Nereo Zapata Salazar 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 24100Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average general practice physician in 2024
191 Medicare Part D claims for 114 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,030 among the 8,395 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Meloxicam32 claims
- Methylprednisolone22 claims
- Dexamethasone18 claims
- Famotidine17 claims
- Azithromycin16 claims
- Levofloxacin15 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.
Nereo Zapata Salazar among 4,170 general practice physician records in Puerto Rico
Nereo Zapata Salazar, MD is one of 4,170 general practice physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2024, is newer than 94% of them.
- NPI issued2024 · 94% of these records are older, 3% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 29% of these records are
- Record last updated2024 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208D00000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
70 general practice physician records list a practice address in Guayama
They are 70 of the 367 NPPES records with a practice address in Guayama, and 4,170 general practice physician records in Puerto Rico.
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Common questions
What is Nereo Zapata Salazar, MD's NPI number?
Nereo Zapata Salazar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720811029, issued on Aug 22, 2024. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nereo Zapata Salazar, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Urb. LA Hacienda, Avenida Pedro Albizu Campos, Guayama, PR, 00784. Phone: (787) 864-4300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nereo Zapata Salazar, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 24100, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Nereo Zapata Salazar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nereo Zapata Salazar, MD had 191 Medicare Part D claims for 114 beneficiaries; the average among general practice physician prescribers was 3,030. 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.