Critical Care Medicine Doctors in Ponce, PR Accepting Medicare

3 Critical Care Medicine doctors found. Showing 1 - 3
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Dr. Marta Ivette Rios Benitez, MD
Internal Medicine - Critical Care Medicine
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: Edf Porrata Pila, 2431 Blvd Luis A Ferrer Ste 302, Ponce, PR 00717
Phone: 787-813-6658    Fax: 787-813-6688
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Dr. Sandra Enid Galarza-vargas, M.D
Internal Medicine - Critical Care Medicine
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 917 Ave Tito Castro, Torres San Lucas Suite 701, Ponce, PR 00716
Phone: 787-290-5577    
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Dr. Lisandra Perez Colon, M.D.
Internal Medicine - Critical Care Medicine
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: Edif Centro Caribe Suite 101-c, 2053 Ponce By Pass, Ponce, PR 00717
Phone: 939-992-9068    Fax: 787-812-2948

Critical Care Medicine: An internist who diagnoses, treats and supports patients with multiple organ dysfunction. This specialist may have administrative responsibilities for intensive care units and may also facilitate and coordinate patient care among the primary physician, the critical care staff and other specialists.


Medicare Program: Medicare is a federal government program which provides health insurance to people who are 65 or older. This program also covers certain younger people with disabilities (who receive Social Security Disability Insurance - SSDI), and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes called ESRD.

Medicare Assignment: Assignment means that your doctor, provider, or supplier agrees (or is required by law) to accept the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services. Most doctors, providers, and suppliers accept assignment, but you should always check to make sure. Participating providers have signed an agreement to accept assignment for all Medicare-covered services.

NPI Number: The National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique identification number for covered health care providers. The NPI must be used in lieu of legacy provider identifiers in the HIPAA standards transactions. Covered health care providers and all health plans and health care clearinghouses must use the NPIs in the administrative and financial transactions adopted under HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).

Our Data: Information on www.medicarelist.com is built using data sources published by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The information disclosed on the NPI Registry are FOIA-disclosable and are required to be disclosed under the FOIA and the eFOIA amendments to the FOIA. There is no way to 'opt out' or 'suppress' the NPPES record data for health care providers with active NPIs.