Dr. Oscar Rivera, MD

Dr. Rivera practices at CHRISTUS Children's in San Antonio, Texas, part of CHRISTUS Health.

Dr. Rivera's NPI, 1376728279, was assigned on January 9, 2008. Dr. Rivera graduated from Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine in 2006. Dr. Rivera holds Texas license N3273.

Dr. Rivera's primary practice is CHRISTUS Children's, at 333 N Santa Rosa St, San Antonio, TX 78207 in Bexar County. The practice phone is (210) 704-3342.

Dr. Rivera's primary practice is CHRISTUS Children's in San Antonio, Texas, part of CHRISTUS Health. Dr. Rivera is also affiliated with CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - Westover Hills. The medical group on file is CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Rivera to 2 more hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Rivera practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Rivera's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dr. Rivera is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Rivera's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and Puerto Rico.

Dmand AI lists angioplasty, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac catheterization, cardiomyopathy, cerebrovascular disease, chronic hypertension, coronary artery disease and heart failure among the conditions Dr. Rivera treats.

CMS data shows 1,854 Medicare services from Dr. Rivera across 18 procedure codes in 2024, for 514 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $127,141 for them.

CMS counts 514 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Rivera in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 175 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 22% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.60, 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 65, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Rivera wrote 1,385 Medicare Part D claims for 237 patients. 71% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,128 of them, across 36 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $304,818 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 816 claims across 33 drugs.

Dr. Rivera accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Rivera as offering telehealth. CMS counts 62 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Rivera, more than 89% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

CMS Open Payments shows 430 general payments to Dr. Rivera from 53 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 73% of the total. Cardiovascular Systems Inc. paid the most, $2,745.

Dr. Rivera graduated from Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine in 2006.

Dr. Rivera is in network with 22 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.