Valerie Pena Polanco
Internal Medicine Physician · Cedar Rapids, IA
Valerie Pena Polanco is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and NPI 1063064426, issued on Jul 15, 2019. Check the license (Iowa MD-51350, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Valerie Pena Polanco
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- MD-51350 IA
57.248240 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 543 7TH St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
- Phone
- (319) 861-7895
- Enumerated
- Jul 15, 2019
- Record last updated
- Apr 17, 2024
- Fax
- (319) 861-7677
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230720000782); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Valerie Pena Polanco in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license MD-51350Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
84% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,834 Medicare Part D claims for 492 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 73 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium423 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium289 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate227 claims
- Lisinopril186 claims
- Omeprazole164 claims
- Gabapentin153 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: $72.92
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Phathom Pharmaceuticals, 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Mercy Physician Associates IncHiawatha, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Valerie Pena Polanco among 871 internal medicine physician records in Iowa
Valerie Pena Polanco is one of 871 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Iowa. 70% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 64% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 64% of these records are older, 34% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 70% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 44% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 2008 among the 386 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 46% 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 Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
33 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Cedar Rapids
They are 33 of the 2,949 NPPES records with a practice address in Cedar Rapids, and 871 internal medicine physician records in Iowa.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- John Burdakin, M.D.Cedar Rapids, IA 524011447210380
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- Wei Li, M.D.Cedar Rapids, IA 524011073751194
- Ali Saeed, M.DCedar Rapids, IA 524011073997045
- Susan Schima, M.D.Cedar Rapids, IA 524011871674341
- Trisha Sheeley, MDCedar Rapids, IA 524011194772079
- Melanie Stahlberg, MDCedar Rapids, IA 524011851353676
Common questions
What is Valerie Pena Polanco's NPI number?
Valerie Pena Polanco's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1063064426, issued on Jul 15, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Valerie Pena Polanco located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 543 7TH St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401. Phone: (319) 861-7895. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Valerie Pena Polanco's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number MD-51350, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa Board of Medicine at https://dial.iowa.gov/about-dial/boards-and-commissions/medicine. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Valerie Pena Polanco prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Valerie Pena Polanco had 5,834 Medicare Part D claims for 492 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.