Vernon Barros Chavez, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Yuma, AZ
Vernon Barros Chavez, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Yuma, Arizona, and NPI 1023101052, issued on Oct 2, 2006. Check the license (Arizona 33459, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vernon Barros Chavez
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 33459 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1210 W 24TH St, Yuma, AZ 85364
- Phone
- (928) 726-2500
- Enumerated
- Oct 2, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 2, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (928) 726-7853
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050110000402); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Vernon Barros Chavez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license 33459Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
71% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,444 Medicare Part D claims for 375 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 58 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium492 claims
- Lisinopril411 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate202 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium189 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide180 claims
- Metformin Hcl179 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: $749.45
23 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bayer Healthcare 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
- Vernon B Chavez MD PLLCYuma, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vernon Barros Chavez among 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona
Vernon Barros Chavez, MD is one of 2,853 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 75% 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, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2003 among the 1,643 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 51% 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 Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
46 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Yuma
They are 46 of the 1,821 NPPES records with a practice address in Yuma, and 2,853 internal medicine physician records in Arizona.
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Common questions
What is Vernon Barros Chavez, MD's NPI number?
Vernon Barros Chavez, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023101052, issued on Oct 2, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vernon Barros Chavez, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1210 W 24TH St, Yuma, AZ, 85364. Phone: (928) 726-2500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vernon Barros Chavez, MD's license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 33459, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Vernon Barros Chavez, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vernon Barros Chavez, MD had 5,444 Medicare Part D claims for 375 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.