Pocholo Santos Florentino, M.D,
Family Medicine Physician · Des Plaines, IL
Pocholo Santos Florentino, M.D, is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Des Plaines, Illinois, and NPI 1982720314, issued on Mar 21, 2007. Check the license (Illinois 036085173, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Pocholo Santos Florentino
- Credential
- M.D,
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 036085173 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 646 W Algonquin RD, Des Plaines, IL 60016
- Phone
- (847) 716-7800
- Enumerated
- Mar 21, 2007
- Record last updated
- Oct 4, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20071213000118); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Pocholo Santos Florentino in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036085173Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
16% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
4,112 Medicare Part D claims for 239 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 193 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium202 claims
- Omeprazole164 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa136 claims
- Gabapentin131 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate125 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen113 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: $305.97
21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Des Plaines Medical Care LLC.Des Plaines, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Pocholo Santos Florentino among 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois
Pocholo Santos Florentino, M.D, is one of 6,215 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 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 2007, is newer than 41% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 41% of these records are older, 50% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1978 · median 2006 among the 3,714 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
39 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Des Plaines
They are 39 of the 1,164 NPPES records with a practice address in Des Plaines, and 6,215 family medicine physician records in Illinois.
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Common questions
What is Pocholo Santos Florentino, M.D,'s NPI number?
Pocholo Santos Florentino, M.D,'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982720314, issued on Mar 21, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Pocholo Santos Florentino, M.D, located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 646 W Algonquin RD, Des Plaines, IL, 60016. Phone: (847) 716-7800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Pocholo Santos Florentino, M.D,'s license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036085173, 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 Pocholo Santos Florentino, M.D, prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Pocholo Santos Florentino, M.D, had 4,112 Medicare Part D claims for 239 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.