Tomas Jesus Talavera, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Arecibo, PR
Tomas Jesus Talavera, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1235230277, issued on Sep 25, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 9712, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tomas Jesus Talavera
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 9712 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Carr 129 Ave San Luis, Arecibo, PR 00612
- Phone
- (787) 878-9402
- Enumerated
- Sep 25, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 20, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (787) 881-9402
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100920000366); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tomas Jesus Talavera 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 9712Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
7.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
23,912 Medicare Part D claims for 925 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 30 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium1,701 claims
- Synthroid1,285 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,154 claims
- Famotidine1,076 claims
- Gabapentin951 claims
- Losartan Potassium735 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: $268.92
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Tomas Jesus Talavera among 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico
Tomas Jesus Talavera, MD is one of 1,146 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 79% 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 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated1985 · median 1996 among the 595 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
22 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Arecibo
They are 22 of the 976 NPPES records with a practice address in Arecibo, and 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 1,146 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in Arecibo → Internal Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Felix Colon, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121821069337
- Mirtha Miraglia, MDArecibo, PR 006121386475176
- Jose Ortega Velez, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121134209935
- Victor Perez-Gonzalez, MDArecibo, PR 006121104356468
- Francis Picon, MDArecibo, PR 006121639289317
- Manuel Polanco Martinez, MDArecibo, PR 006121184664757
- Raul Rivera, M.D.Arecibo, PR 006121679672356
- Abel Rivera RomanArecibo, PR 006121841180015
Common questions
What is Tomas Jesus Talavera, MD's NPI number?
Tomas Jesus Talavera, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1235230277, issued on Sep 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tomas Jesus Talavera, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Carr 129 Ave San Luis, Arecibo, PR, 00612. Phone: (787) 878-9402. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tomas Jesus Talavera, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 9712, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Tomas Jesus Talavera, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tomas Jesus Talavera, MD had 23,912 Medicare Part D claims for 925 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.