Rafael A. Lopez, M.D.
Specialist · Montgomery, AL
Rafael A. Lopez, M.D. is a specialist with a practice address in Montgomery, Alabama, and NPI 1700890936, issued on Jul 27, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 13799, as entered in NPPES) with the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rafael A. Lopez
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Specialist 174400000X
- License number
- 13799 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2034 Chestnut St, Montgomery, AL 36106
- Phone
- (334) 269-0212
- Enumerated
- Jul 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 26, 2026
- Fax
- (334) 269-2144
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110720000508); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2034 Chestnut St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Rafael A. Lopez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Alabama board licenses this profession
Search for license 13799Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average specialist in 2024
3,273 Medicare Part D claims for 445 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,380 among the 8,233 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 24 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Irbesartan268 claims
- Calcitriol199 claims
- Farxiga193 claims
- Nifedipine Er154 claims
- Hydralazine Hcl127 claims
- Prosol120 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,706.63
98 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 5,844 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,760.79 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
- Montgomery Kidney Specialists LLPPrattville, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Rafael A. Lopez among 545 specialist records in Alabama
Rafael A. Lopez, M.D. is one of 545 specialist records with a practice address in Alabama. 42% 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 16% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 38% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 42% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 29% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 1991 among the 160 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 82% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 174400000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
38 specialist records list a practice address in Montgomery
They are 38 of the 3,661 NPPES records with a practice address in Montgomery, and 545 specialist records in Alabama.
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The 8 specialist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Rosa Bell, MDMontgomery, AL 361061891829073
- Michael Broder, D.O.Montgomery, AL 361061104830348
- Margaret DavidsonMontgomery, AL 361061386843951
- Livingston Eaddy, MDMontgomery, AL 361061841272606
- William Goehring, DDSMontgomery, AL 361061922069418
- John Hackman, M.D.Montgomery, AL 361061043271067
- Ralph Redd, M.D.Montgomery, AL 361061487676045
- Laurie Rodgers, PTMontgomery, AL 361061922093046
Common questions
What is Rafael A. Lopez, M.D.'s NPI number?
Rafael A. Lopez, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700890936, issued on Jul 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rafael A. Lopez, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2034 Chestnut St, Montgomery, AL, 36106. Phone: (334) 269-0212. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rafael A. Lopez, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 13799, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Rafael A. Lopez, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rafael A. Lopez, M.D. had 3,273 Medicare Part D claims for 445 beneficiaries; the average among specialist prescribers was 1,380. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Rafael A. Lopez, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.