Dr. Jose Osvaldo Alba, MD

Dr. Alba practices at Methodist Hospital (TX) in San Antonio, Texas.

Dr. Alba's NPI, 1538661517, was assigned on March 6, 2018. Dr. Alba holds Puerto Rico license 14563-I.

Dr. Alba's primary practice is Methodist Hospital (TX), at 7700 Floyd Curl Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229 in Bexar County. The practice phone is (210) 575-4000.

Dr. Alba's primary practice is Methodist Hospital (TX) in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Alba is also affiliated with Methodist Hospital. The medical group on file is Emergency Medicine Services of TX, PLLC. Dmand AI also links Dr. Alba to 1 more hospital and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Alba practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

General practice is Dr. Alba's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208D00000X. Dr. Alba is licensed in Puerto Rico.

CMS data shows 169 Medicare services from Dr. Alba across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 161 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $20,520 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 161 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Alba in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 67 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 17% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.03, 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. Alba's median patient age at 49, with 62% women.

In 2024, Dr. Alba wrote 356 Medicare Part D claims for 245 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 244 of them, across 10 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,148 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 166 claims across 6 drugs.

Dr. Alba accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

CMS Open Payments shows 5 general payments to Dr. Alba from 3 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2021. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 76% of the total. Medtronic, Inc. paid the most, $118.