Ricardo Efrain Tapia, M.D
Family Medicine Physician · Peoria, AZ
Ricardo Efrain Tapia, M.D is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Peoria, Arizona, and NPI 1477746030, issued on Aug 27, 2007. Check the license (Arizona 41147, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ricardo Efrain Tapia
- Credential
- M.D
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 41147 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9171 W Thunderbird RD, Peoria, AZ 85381
- Phone
- (623) 815-7800
- Enumerated
- Aug 27, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jan 8, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (623) 815-7900
- Medicaid ID
- 415673 AZ
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090424000139); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ricardo Efrain Tapia in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license 41147Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
44% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
5,113 Medicare Part D claims for 582 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 23 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium397 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate333 claims
- Metformin Hcl324 claims
- Lisinopril313 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium260 claims
- Losartan Potassium224 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: $66.61
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, 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
- Mountain Park Health CenterPhoenix, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ricardo Efrain Tapia among 3,119 family medicine physician records in Arizona
Ricardo Efrain Tapia, M.D is one of 3,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 75% 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 46% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 46% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2006 among the 1,775 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 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 Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
55 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Peoria
They are 55 of the 2,528 NPPES records with a practice address in Peoria, and 3,119 family medicine physician records in Arizona.
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Common questions
What is Ricardo Efrain Tapia, M.D's NPI number?
Ricardo Efrain Tapia, M.D's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477746030, issued on Aug 27, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ricardo Efrain Tapia, M.D located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9171 W Thunderbird RD, Peoria, AZ, 85381. Phone: (623) 815-7800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ricardo Efrain Tapia, M.D's license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 41147, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ricardo Efrain Tapia, M.D prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ricardo Efrain Tapia, M.D had 5,113 Medicare Part D claims for 582 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.