Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 2,843
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 579
- Part D claims, 2024
- 555
- Publications
- 2
- Hospital affiliations
- 5
- Practice address
- 1302 W Craig Rd, North Las Vegas, NV 89032
- Practice phone
- Call (702) 248-0379
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Spring Valley Dialysis
North Las Vegas, Nevada
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Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar is a nephrologist in North Las Vegas, Nevada
Dr. Avelar practices at Spring Valley Dialysis in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dr. Avelar's NPI, 1114288867, was assigned on May 30, 2012. Dr. Avelar graduated from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 2012. Dr. Avelar holds Nevada license 17100.
- NPI
- 1114288867NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1052538162
- NPI enumeration date
- May 30, 2012
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (702) 248-0379
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 40
- Medical school graduation
- 2012
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar practices at Spring Valley Dialysis in North Las Vegas, Nevada
Dr. Avelar's primary practice is Spring Valley Dialysis, at 1302 W Craig Rd, North Las Vegas, NV 89032 in Clark County. The practice phone is (702) 248-0379.
- Spring Valley Dialysis1302 W Craig Rd, North Las Vegas, NV 89032 · Clark CountyPhone(702) 248-0379
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar is affiliated with 10 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Avelar's primary practice is Spring Valley Dialysis in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. Avelar is also affiliated with Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. The medical group on file is Kidney Specialists of Southern Nevada. Dmand AI also links Dr. Avelar to 4 more hospitals, 3 dialysis centers, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Avelar practices, 9 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Spring Valley Dialysis | Available with a free account |
| +9 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar is one of 120 nephrologists in Nevada
Nephrology is Dr. Avelar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dr. Avelar is licensed in Nevada.
Specialties and state licenses
- Nephrology, NevadaPrimary
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar billed Medicare for 2,843 services in 2024
CMS data shows 2,843 Medicare services from Dr. Avelar across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 579 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $233,564 for them.
Dr. Avelar's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 2,1272024: 2,137No change
- Other services
- 2023: 1672024: 610265%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 1382024: 9630%
Where Dr. Avelar's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office82929%
- In a facility2,01471%
Dr. Avelar compared with the Nevada median for nephrologists, 2024
- Dr. Avelar
- Nevada median
- Medicare services
- 2,843vs 1,424100% above
- Medicare patients
- 579vs 38152% above
- Part D claims
- 374vs 55833% below
Medians across 116 nephrologists in Nevada with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Avelar's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar treated 579 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 579 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Avelar in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 202 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 34% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 4.43, 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. Avelar's median patient age at 70, with 46% women.
Dr. Avelar's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Avelar's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women25744%
- Men32256%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Avelar's Medicare patients, 2024
- Chronic kidney disease75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Diabetes68%
- Heart failure64%
- Ischemic heart disease60%
- Arthritis54%
- Atrial fibrillation50%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Avelar's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 70
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women46%
- Men52%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar wrote 555 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Avelar wrote 555 Medicare Part D claims for 128 patients. 67% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 374 of them, across 16 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $115,119 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 345 claims across 14 drugs.
Dr. Avelar's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic373 claims67%
- Brand-name182 claims33%
Dr. Avelar's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 3452024: 3748%
Drugs named by CMS: 16 in 2024, 14 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar offers telehealth to Medicare patients
Dr. Avelar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Avelar as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar has 2 publications on record
Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Avelar, published from 2010 to 2015. Dr. Avelar's most frequent co-authors are Linda Barbara Pauliks, MD and John Sim, MD.
Dr. Avelar's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Avelar
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar received $3,631 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 157 general payments to Dr. Avelar from 30 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 99% of the total. Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. paid the most, $536.
General payments to Dr. Avelar by program year, 2017 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Avelar by kind, 2017 to 2025
- Food and beverage$3,58799%
- Education$441%
Companies that paid Dr. Avelar the most, 2017 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar graduated from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Dr. Avelar graduated from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 2012.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar's NPI number?
Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar's NPI number is 1114288867. It was assigned on May 30, 2012, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar?
Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar is a nephrologist in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).
Where does Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar practice?
Dr. Avelar practices at 1302 W Craig Rd, North Las Vegas, NV 89032. Dr. Avelar's primary practice is Spring Valley Dialysis in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Dmand AI also links Dr. Avelar to 4 hospitals, 3 dialysis centers, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Avelar is (702) 248-0379.
What is Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar's medical license number?
Dr. Avelar holds Nevada license 17100.
Which hospitals is Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar affiliated with?
Dr. Avelar is affiliated with Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Avelar to 4 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar part of?
Dr. Avelar is linked to Kidney Specialists of Southern Nevada. Dmand AI links Dr. Avelar to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Avelar billed Medicare for 2,843 services in 2024, and Dr. Avelar accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Avelar as offering telehealth services.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar see?
CMS counts 579 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Avelar in 2024, with an average age of 74.
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What services does Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Avelar's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99233), hospital inpatient care (99232) and medicare service (G0407).
Where did Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar go to medical school?
Dr. Avelar graduated from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 2012.
What drugs does Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Avelar's most prescribed drugs by claims were Furosemide, Prosol and Jardiance.
Has Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $3,631 in general payments to Dr. Avelar from 30 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
How long has Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar been practicing?
Dr. Avelar graduated from medical school in 2012, 14 years ago.
Does Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar do research?
Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Avelar, published from 2010 to 2015.
Who does Dr. Taurino Nunez Avelar publish with?
Dr. Avelar's most frequent co-authors are Linda Barbara Pauliks, MD (1 shared paper) and John Sim, MD (1 shared paper).
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