Rafael A. Nieves Alicea
Emergency Medicine Physician · Caguas, PR
Rafael A. Nieves Alicea is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Caguas, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1225065899, issued on Jun 27, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 6154, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Rafael A. Nieves Alicea
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 6154 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Calle #3 Aragon Terralinda, Caguas, PR 00727
- Phone
- (787) 743-9261
- Enumerated
- Jun 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 6, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140224002081); may accept Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest emergency medicine physician records → All 278 in Puerto Rico → Look up another NPI →
Verify Rafael A. Nieves Alicea 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 6154Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
10.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
2,440 Medicare Part D claims for 146 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Losartan Potassium207 claims
- Synthroid189 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium150 claims
- Metformin Hcl137 claims
- Famotidine124 claims
- Gabapentin118 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Tiger Med CorpCaguas, PR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Rafael A. Nieves Alicea among 278 emergency medicine physician records in Puerto Rico
Rafael A. Nieves Alicea is one of 278 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 76% 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 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 68% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 29% of these records are
- Graduated1977 · median 2013 among the 81 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 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 207P00000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Puerto Rico
There are 278 emergency medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 278 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in Caguas → Emergency Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Natalia Rivera MendozaCaguas, PR 007271114559416
- Saul Santiago RodriguezCaguas, PR 007271831724632
- Karen Silva, M.D.Caguas, PR 007271366643769
- Maria Uzcategui, M.D.Caguas, PR 007271154622744
- Roberto Velez Bermudez, M.D.Caguas, PR 007271700087731
- Ninci Llanos, MDCaguas, PR 007261306965355
- Priscila Cordero Fontanez, MDCaguas, PR 007251144776840
- Wilfredo Cordero Torres, M.D.Caguas, PR 007251184645699
Common questions
What is Rafael A. Nieves Alicea's NPI number?
Rafael A. Nieves Alicea's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1225065899, issued on Jun 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Rafael A. Nieves Alicea located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Calle #3 Aragon Terralinda, Caguas, PR, 00727. Phone: (787) 743-9261. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Rafael A. Nieves Alicea's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 6154, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Rafael A. Nieves Alicea prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Rafael A. Nieves Alicea had 2,440 Medicare Part D claims for 146 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.