NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Internal Medicine Physician NPI 1396739157 M.D.
Verify on CMS → Vitalis Unaeze, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician in St Petersburg, Florida.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 174,792 in Internal Medicine Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.
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We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
51
Medicare Part D claims · 23 beneficiaries · Internal Medicine Physician avg: 3K
MIPS score
75/100
CMS neutral threshold · no category scores published
What the federal data shows
Vitalis Unaeze, M.D. carries the neutral CMS MIPS final score of 75/100, assigned where no category was scored - and filed 51 Medicare Part D claims in 2024.
- 75/100
- CMS neutral score · not measured
- 51
- Part D claims, 2024
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥0th
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.
Federal trust snapshot
What official records show about Vitalis Unaeze, M.D.
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1396739157), first enumerated 09/08/2005.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 51 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- Reported
CMS quality reporting (MIPS)
CMS assigned a neutral MIPS final score of 75/100 where no performance category was scored — not a measured quality rank.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program
- Reported
Board certification signal
Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.
- Reported
Hospital affiliations
1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.
Source: CMS Care Compare
- State context
State board disciplinary context
Florida statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Vitalis Unaeze, M.D.'s individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: FLDOH annual report 2023
- Not in federal data
Individual sanction lookup
PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.
Source: State medical board / FSMB
This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.
CMS NPPES provider registry desk
NPI 1396739157 · Internal Medicine Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MEGA · MIPS-NEUTRAL · RX-TRACE · BOOK-MID · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1396739157
- ENUM-LEGACY 2005
- TAX-MEGA 175K Internal Medicine
- MIPS-NEUTRAL 75/100
- RX-TRACE 51
- BOOK-MID 11,290 in Florida
- PHOTO-ENUM John McLelland · 2005
Vitalis Unaeze, M.D.'s Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
51 ≥ 0th percentile 0% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
The percentile is a conservative 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Vitalis Unaeze, M.D. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).
What does the federal data show about Vitalis Unaeze, M.D.?
CMS neutral score, not measuredPrimary specialty
Internal Medicine Physician
Medicare Part D claims
51 98% vs specialty avg
MIPS final score
75/100
Specialty distribution in Florida
How Internal Medicine Physician compares to other specialties among Florida providers
MIPS score not measured
CMS assigned a neutral 75/100 threshold
CMS did not publish any Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, or Improvement Activities category score for this clinician. This administrative threshold is not comparable with the national average of clinicians whose MIPS score was measured.
How MIPS and board certification work
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.
Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).
Practice Address
Provider Details
| NPI | 1396739157 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Internal Medicine Physician |
| Credentials | M.D. |
| Gender | Male |
| NPI Issued | 09/08/2005 |
CMS Quality Score (MIPS)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.
75
Final Score
CMS neutral threshold · not measured
Reporting: virtual group
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Vitalis Unaeze, M.D. bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Hospital Medicine Services OF FL, LLC
Port Charlotte, FL
Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).
License & disciplinary context - Florida FLDOH 2023 annual report
Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~75K Florida medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Vitalis Unaeze, M.D.. To verify Vitalis Unaeze, M.D.'s current license status, search the FLDOH public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
480
Total board actions, Florida 2023
Across 467 cases
6.40
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Florida statewide rate
monetary fine
Most common action type
138 cases
FLDOH publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Florida disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2024.
51
Total Claims
$3K
Total Drug Cost
23
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 52
- Total Day Supply
- 968
- Generic Drug Cost
- $294
- Antibiotic Claims
- 17
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 77.3 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.34
- Age Distribution
- <65: 0, 65-74: N/A, 75-84: 12, 85+: N/A
Internal Medicine Physician Overview
How Vitalis Unaeze, M.D. fits within the Internal Medicine Physician landscape nationally.
174,792
Internal Medicine Physician Providers in US
56
States with Internal Medicine Physician
2,785
Avg Claims per Provider
Vitalis Unaeze, M.D.'s 51 claims are below the specialty average of 2,785.
Nationwide Internal Medicine Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Unaeze, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar MIPS final score
Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (75 here).
Same NPPES enumeration year (2005)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Internal Medicine Physician Providers in Florida
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Florida, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Unaeze.
One of 11,290 Internal Medicine Physician providers enrolled in Florida, 5 are shown here.
Dr. Hayden Aaron
M.D.
West Palm Beach, FL
Dr. Abiedu Abaaba
M.D.
Jacksonville, FL
Dr. Kashif Abad
M.D.
West Palm Beach, FL
Dr. Jose Abando
MD
Daytona Beach, FL
Dr. Ismeth Abbas
M.D.
Jacksonville, FL
Compare Internal Medicine Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Vitalis Unaeze, M.D.'s specialty? ▼
Vitalis Unaeze, M.D. specializes in Internal Medicine Physician and practices in St Petersburg, Florida. Credentials: M.D..
How much does Vitalis Unaeze, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Vitalis Unaeze, M.D. wrote 51 Medicare Part D claims totaling $3K in drug costs for 23 beneficiaries.
What is Vitalis Unaeze, M.D.'s Medicare quality score? ▼
Vitalis Unaeze, M.D. has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 75/100. CMS published no Quality, Promoting Interoperability, Improvement Activity or Cost score for this clinician, so the final score is the neutral performance threshold CMS assigns rather than a measured result. The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Vitalis Unaeze, M.D. located? ▼
Vitalis Unaeze, M.D. is located at 1839 CENTRAL AVE, St Petersburg, FL, 33713. Phone: (727) 322-1054.
What is Vitalis Unaeze, M.D.'s NPI number? ▼
Vitalis Unaeze, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396739157, issued on 09/08/2005.
How many Internal Medicine Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 174,792 Internal Medicine Physician providers across 56 states in the US. The average Internal Medicine Physician provider writes 2,785 Medicare Part D claims per year.
Does Vitalis Unaeze, M.D. accept Medicare? ▼
Vitalis Unaeze, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 51 Part D claims and 23 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Vitalis Unaeze, M.D.'s credentials? ▼
Vitalis Unaeze, M.D.'s NPI is 1396739157 with credentials M.D.. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.
Data Sources
View source datasets and methodology notes
- Provider Directory
- CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
- Specialty Classification
- NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
- Prescribing Data
- CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- Quality Performance
- CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
- Limitations
- Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.
See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.
Data as of August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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