Vanessa N. Arteaga-Chen, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Tucson, AZ
Vanessa N. Arteaga-Chen, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Tucson, Arizona, and NPI 1164787461, issued on Jul 12, 2012. Check the license (Arizona 6782, as entered in NPPES) with the Arizona board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vanessa N. Arteaga-Chen
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- 6782 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 603 N Wilmot RD Ste 151, Tucson, AZ 85711
- Phone
- (520) 886-0206
- Enumerated
- Jul 12, 2012
- Record last updated
- May 4, 2022
- Fax
- (208) 860-8295
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220418001711); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Vanessa N. Arteaga-Chen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Arizona board licenses this profession
Search for license 6782Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
25% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
1,036 Medicare Part D claims for 236 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 15 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Letrozole225 claims
- Tamoxifen Citrate84 claims
- Gabapentin51 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium47 claims
- Anastrozole45 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl43 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: $3,787.08
146 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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 2 group practices
- Tmc Medical NetworkTucson, AZ
- TmconeTucson, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vanessa N. Arteaga-Chen among 3,666 physician assistant records in Arizona
Vanessa N. Arteaga-Chen, PA-C is one of 3,666 physician assistant records with a practice address in Arizona. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 30% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 30% of these records are older, 68% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 2018 among the 2,207 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 35% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
284 physician assistant records list a practice address in Tucson
They are 284 of the 18,788 NPPES records with a practice address in Tucson, and 3,666 physician assistant records in Arizona.
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Common questions
What is Vanessa N. Arteaga-Chen, PA-C's NPI number?
Vanessa N. Arteaga-Chen, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164787461, issued on Jul 12, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vanessa N. Arteaga-Chen, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 603 N Wilmot RD Ste 151, Tucson, AZ, 85711. Phone: (520) 886-0206. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vanessa N. Arteaga-Chen, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 6782, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Vanessa N. Arteaga-Chen, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vanessa N. Arteaga-Chen, PA-C had 1,036 Medicare Part D claims for 236 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.