Benigno Rafael Varela

Benigno Varela practices at Endoscopy Center of Connecticut in Hamden, Connecticut.

Benigno Varela's NPI, 1730488412, was assigned on March 21, 2011. Benigno Varela graduated from JS Weill Medical College, Cornell University in 2011. Benigno Varela holds Connecticut license 55983.

Benigno Varela's primary practice is Endoscopy Center of Connecticut, at 2200 Whitney Avenue, Suite 380, Hamden, CT 06518. The practice phone is (203) 281-3636.

Benigno Varela's primary practice is Endoscopy Center of Connecticut in Hamden, Connecticut. Benigno Varela is also affiliated with Yale New Haven Hospital. The medical group on file is Northeast Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Benigno Varela to 1 more hospital, 3 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Benigno Varela practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Benigno Varela's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Benigno Varela is licensed in Connecticut.

CMS data shows 265 Medicare services from Benigno Varela across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 193 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $30,632 for them.

CMS counts 193 Medicare patients who saw Benigno Varela in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 82 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 33% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.67, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Benigno Varela's median patient age at 61, with 56% women.

In 2024, Benigno Varela wrote 1,182 Medicare Part D claims for 315 patients. 67% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 978 of them, across 18 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $468,818 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 884 claims across 19 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Benigno Varela for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Benigno Varela accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Benigno Varela as offering telehealth. CMS counts 41 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Benigno Varela, more than 60% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

CMS Open Payments shows 326 general payments to Benigno Varela from 33 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 56% of the total. Ardelyx, Inc. paid the most, $10,592.

Benigno Varela graduated from JS Weill Medical College, Cornell University in 2011.