Dr. Jose J. Rivera, MD

Dr. Rivera practices at Florida Health Sciences Center Inc - Tgh Outpatient Rehabilitation at Medical Village - HOPD in Tampa, Florida.

Dr. Rivera's NPI, 1215919485, was assigned on November 15, 2005. Dr. Rivera graduated from Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine in 1994. Dr. Rivera holds Florida license ME103262.

Dr. Rivera's primary practice is Florida Health Sciences Center Inc - Tgh Outpatient Rehabilitation at Medical Village - HOPD, at 2333 W Hillsborough Ave, Tampa, FL 33603.

Dr. Rivera's primary practice is Florida Health Sciences Center Inc - Tgh Outpatient Rehabilitation at Medical Village - HOPD in Tampa, Florida. The medical group on file is Tampa Pain Relief Centers. Dmand AI also links Dr. Rivera to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 ambulatory surgery center, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Rivera practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional pain medicine is Dr. Rivera's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208VP0014X. Dr. Rivera is board certified in anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dmand AI has Dr. Rivera's licenses on file in 4 states: Florida, Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois.

Dmand AI lists back pain injection, lower back pain, muscle pain, fibromyalgia, and limb pain, neck pain and spine problems, spinal stenosis and thoracic spine disorders among the conditions Dr. Rivera treats.

CMS data shows 1,052 Medicare services from Dr. Rivera across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 167 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $78,071 for them.

CMS counts 167 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Rivera in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 68 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 74% have high blood pressure. 20% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.83, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Rivera's median patient age at 66, with 60% women.

In 2024, Dr. Rivera wrote 4,519 Medicare Part D claims for 666 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 4,378 of them, across 40 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $164,252 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 4,600 claims across 39 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 85 out of 100 for Dr. Rivera for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Rivera accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 42 papers to Dr. Rivera, published from 2001 to 2025. The most frequent topics are Mast Cells, Receptors, IgE and Phosphorylation. Dr. Rivera has published most often in Pain Physician. Dr. Rivera's most frequent co-authors are Juan J. Rivera, MD, Peter Istvan Acs, MD and Kenneth D. Candido, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Rivera to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Pain, Intractable and Cancer Pain. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Rivera that name 1 trial.

CMS Open Payments shows 256 general payments to Dr. Rivera from 49 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 52% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $4,677. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $750 in 2019, naming 1 clinical trial.

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Rivera, most recently CMS Stage 1 2012 in 2011.

Dr. Rivera graduated from Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine in 1994.

Dr. Rivera is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.