NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Valerie Bedard, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · Ponce, PR

Valerie Bedard, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1871786970, issued on Aug 22, 2007. Check the license (Puerto Rico 17413, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1871786970
Name
Valerie Bedard
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
17413 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
909 Ave Tito Castro Ste 610, Ponce, PR 00716
Phone
(787) 812-2200
Enumerated
Aug 22, 2007
Record last updated
Feb 9, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(787) 843-1516
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100923000783); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Puerto Rico board licenses this profession
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4.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

13,147 Medicare Part D claims for 718 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.

  1. Valerie Bedard13,147
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium901 claims
  2. Famotidine686 claims
  3. Gabapentin473 claims
  4. Losartan Potassium453 claims
  5. Synthroid412 claims
  6. Metformin Hcl357 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: $706.57

19 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bayer Puerto Rico 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.

  1. Valerie Bedard$706.57
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Valerie Bedard among 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico

Valerie Bedard, M.D. 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 2007, is newer than 48% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 48% of these records are older, 41% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
  • Graduated2004 · median 1996 among the 595 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2016 · 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).

116 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Ponce

They are 116 of the 3,338 NPPES records with a practice address in Ponce, and 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Evelyn Agostini Rodriguez, MDPonce, PR 007161104934041
  2. Elizabeth Barranco, MDPonce, PR 007161316066350
  3. Nelly Colon, M.D.Ponce, PR 007161700844123
  4. Luis Ghigliotti, M.D.Ponce, PR 007161124061205
  5. Ines Hernandez Rodriguez, M.D.Ponce, PR 007161629065669
  6. Orlando Marchena Arraut, MDPonce, PR 007161831114719
  7. Jorge Matos Figueroa, M.D.Ponce, PR 007161790834539
  8. Carolyn Otero RiveraPonce, PR 007161467413328

Common questions

What is Valerie Bedard, M.D.'s NPI number?

Valerie Bedard, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871786970, issued on Aug 22, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Valerie Bedard, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 909 Ave Tito Castro Ste 610, Ponce, PR, 00716. Phone: (787) 812-2200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Valerie Bedard, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 17413, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Valerie Bedard, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Valerie Bedard, M.D. had 13,147 Medicare Part D claims for 718 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.