Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio, MD

  • Houston, TX
  • Internist
NPI1093767410PAC ID6103823877
Medicare services, 2024
321
Medicare patients, 2024
96
Part D claims, 2024
11,548
Hospital affiliations
1
Industry payments
$5,782
Practice address
509 W Tidwell Rd, Houston, TX 77091
Practice phone
Call (713) 464-7555
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Primary practice

Airline Complete Healthcare

Houston, Texas

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Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio is an internist in Houston, Texas

Dr. Rivera-Opio practices at Airline Complete Healthcare in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Rivera-Opio's NPI, 1093767410, was assigned on May 16, 2006. Dr. Rivera-Opio graduated from University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus in 1998. Dr. Rivera-Opio holds Texas license L2602.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6103823877
NPI enumeration date
May 16, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(713) 464-7555
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
54
Medical school graduation
1998

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio practices at Airline Complete Healthcare in Houston, Texas

Dr. Rivera-Opio's primary practice is Airline Complete Healthcare, at 509 W Tidwell Rd, Houston, TX 77091 in Harris County. The practice phone is (713) 464-7555.

  • Airline Complete Healthcare
    509 W Tidwell Rd, Houston, TX 77091 · Harris CountyPhone(713) 464-7555

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Rivera-Opio's primary practice is Airline Complete Healthcare in Houston, Texas. Dr. Rivera-Opio is also affiliated with Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital. The medical group on file is Airline Complete Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Rivera-Opio to 2 more physician offices, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Rivera-Opio practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Airline Complete HealthcareAvailable with a free account
+5 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio is one of 8,437 internists in Texas

Internal medicine is Dr. Rivera-Opio's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Rivera-Opio is licensed in Texas.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Internal medicine, TexasPrimaryLicense L2602 · 2001 to 2026 · taxonomy 207R00000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acid reflux, aneurysm, arthritis, asthma, atrial fibrillation and flutter, bladder disease, chronic anemia and chronic diabetes among the conditions Dr. Rivera-Opio treats.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio billed Medicare for 321 services in 2024

CMS data shows 321 Medicare services from Dr. Rivera-Opio across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 96 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $34,938 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024321
Medicare patients96
Paid by Medicare$34,938
Procedure codes6

Dr. Rivera-Opio's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 2992024: 2835%
Tests and treatments
2023: 202024: 215%
Other services
2023: 152024: 1713%

Dr. Rivera-Opio compared with the Texas median for internists, 2024

  • Dr. Rivera-Opio
  • Texas median
Medicare services
321vs 53940% below
Medicare patients
96vs 19049% below
Part D claims
10,845vs 28937.5 times

Medians across 7,794 internists in Texas with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Rivera-Opio'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. Norma M. Rivera-Opio treated 96 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 71

CMS counts 96 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Rivera-Opio in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 34 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 44% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.82, 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-Opio's median patient age at 74, with 65% women.

Medicare patients, 202496
Average age71
Average risk score2.82
Also on Medicaid44%

Dr. Rivera-Opio's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Rivera-Opio's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women5860%
  • Men3840%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Rivera-Opio's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Diabetes54%
  4. Arthritis49%
  5. Chronic kidney disease47%
  6. Heart failure41%
  7. Ischemic heart disease34%
  8. Mood disorders31%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Rivera-Opio's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 74

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women65%
  • Men34%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio wrote 11,548 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Rivera-Opio wrote 11,548 Medicare Part D claims for 631 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 10,845 of them, across 158 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,071,685 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 10,489 claims across 151 drugs.

Part D claims, 202411,548
Drugs named by CMS158
Total drug cost$1.1M
Part D patients631

Dr. Rivera-Opio's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic9,922 claims86%
  • Brand-name1,490 claims13%
  • Other136 claims1%

Dr. Rivera-Opio'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.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Rivera-Opio's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids3%379 of 11,548 claims
  • Antibiotics2%267 of 11,548 claims
  • Antipsychotics, patients 65 and over0%35 of 11,548 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 10,4892024: 10,8453%

Drugs named by CMS: 158 in 2024, 151 in 2023.

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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

How Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio takes part in Medicare

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

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio received $5,782 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 339 general payments to Dr. Rivera-Opio from 31 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Novo Nordisk Inc paid the most, $1,974.

General payments to Dr. Rivera-Opio by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Rivera-Opio by kind, 2016 to 2025

$5.8Kin total
  • Food and beverage$5,763100%
  • Education$190%

Companies that paid Dr. Rivera-Opio the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio has 1 award and honors on record

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

Awards and honors for Dr. Rivera-Opio

  1. 2012
    • CMS Stage 1 EHR

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio graduated from University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus

Dr. Rivera-Opio graduated from University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus in 1998.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio accepts plans from 16 insurance carriers

Dr. Rivera-Opio is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Rivera-Opio accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO10
  2. HMO9
  3. Medicare7
  4. EPO4
  5. POS3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio's NPI number?

Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio's NPI number is 1093767410. It was assigned on May 16, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio?

Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio is an internist in Houston, Texas. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).

Where does Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio practice?

Dr. Rivera-Opio practices at 509 W Tidwell Rd, Houston, TX 77091. Dr. Rivera-Opio's primary practice is Airline Complete Healthcare in Houston, Texas. Dmand AI also links Dr. Rivera-Opio to 2 physician offices, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency.

What is Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Rivera-Opio is (713) 464-7555.

What is Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio's medical license number?

Dr. Rivera-Opio holds Texas license L2602.

Which hospitals is Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio affiliated with?

Dr. Rivera-Opio is affiliated with Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio part of?

Dr. Rivera-Opio is linked to Airline Complete Healthcare.

Does Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Rivera-Opio billed Medicare for 321 services in 2024, and Dr. Rivera-Opio accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio see?

CMS counts 96 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Rivera-Opio in 2024, with an average age of 71.

What services does Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Rivera-Opio's most billed Medicare services were home visit (99350), office visit, established patient (99213) and home visit (99345).

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Where did Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio go to medical school?

Dr. Rivera-Opio graduated from University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus in 1998.

What drugs does Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Rivera-Opio's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Metformin HCl and Rosuvastatin Calcium.

Has Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $5,782 in general payments to Dr. Rivera-Opio from 31 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Novo Nordisk Inc.

How long has Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio been practicing?

Dr. Rivera-Opio graduated from medical school in 1998, 28 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Norma M. Rivera-Opio accept?

Dr. Rivera-Opio is in network with 16 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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