Valerie Cynthia Altavas, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · National City, CA
Valerie Cynthia Altavas, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in National City, California, and NPI 1245231174, issued on Aug 2, 2005. Check the license on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Valerie Cynthia Altavas
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 201309 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 655 Euclid Ave, National City, CA 91950
- Phone
- (619) 472-4575
- Enumerated
- Aug 2, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (619) 472-4530
- Medicaid ID
- 01656931 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20061012000450); may accept Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Valerie Cynthia Altavas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of CaliforniaCheck 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 internal medicine physician in 2024
7,530 Medicare Part D claims for 599 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium853 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate511 claims
- Losartan Potassium354 claims
- Metformin Hcl350 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium308 claims
- Omeprazole278 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: $1,281.14
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Valerie C Altavas MD A Medical CorporationNational City, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Valerie Cynthia Altavas among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Valerie Cynthia Altavas, M.D. is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 95% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1978 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 61% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
13 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in National City
They are 13 of the 749 NPPES records with a practice address in National City, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Valerie Cynthia Altavas, M.D.'s NPI number?
Valerie Cynthia Altavas, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245231174, issued on Aug 2, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Valerie Cynthia Altavas, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 655 Euclid Ave, National City, CA, 91950. Phone: (619) 472-4575. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Valerie Cynthia Altavas, M.D.'s license?
Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Valerie Cynthia Altavas, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Valerie Cynthia Altavas, M.D. had 7,530 Medicare Part D claims for 599 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.