Dr. Angel Tafur, MD
What this data tells you about Dr. Tafur
Dr. Angel Tafur is a family medicine in The Villages, FL, with 20 years in practice. Based on federal Medicare data, Dr. Tafur performed 6,735 Medicare services across 4,713 unique beneficiaries.
Between the years covered by Open Payments, Dr. Tafur received a total of $2,037 from 23 pharmaceutical and/or device companies across 72 individual payments. These payments are legal, publicly disclosed under the federal Sunshine Act, and common in family medicine. Most payments are for meals and travel — low-value interactions common across virtually all practicing physicians. Patients may wish to discuss these relationships with their provider.
The Data Coverage level for Dr. Tafur is Very High — reflecting how much public federal data is available about this provider. This is not a quality rating. Patients are encouraged to use this data as one of several factors when choosing a healthcare provider.
Medicare Practice Summary
Medicare Utilization ↗Top procedures by volume
Ranked by number of services performed for Medicare patients. Avg. submitted charge is what the provider billed; avg. Medicare payment is what CMS paid.
| Procedure | Volume | Avg. paid | Avg. submitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office visit, established patient (30-39 min) | 1,778 | $84 | $310 |
| Nursing facility visit, moderate complexity | 610 | $80 | $202 |
| Advance care planning consultation, first 30 min | 535 | $81 | $204 |
| Annual wellness visit, follow-up | 515 | $126 | $318 |
| Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) | 436 | $63 | $222 |
| Annual, face-to-face intensive behavioral therapy for cardiovascular disease, individual, 15 minutes | 394 | $26 | $53 |
| Annual depression screening | 389 | $18 | $38 |
| Initial nursing facility care with high level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 45 minutes | 233 | $139 | $345 |
| Drug injection, under skin or into muscle | 154 | $10 | $33 |
| Ultrasound of both sides of head and neck blood flow | 139 | $104 | $415 |
| Echocardiogram, transthoracic | 135 | $60 | $315 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, high complexity | 124 | $90 | $253 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity | 113 | $184 | $240 |
| Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and | 110 | $38 | $110 |
| Urinalysis, manual | 96 | $3 | $7 |
| Prothrombin time test (blood clotting) | 92 | $4 | $18 |
| Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 20 mg | 85 | $4 | $18 |
| Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg | 85 | $6 | $18 |
| Evaluation of use of breathing device | 84 | $11 | $32 |
| Face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes | 69 | $25 | $52 |
| Flu vaccine, quadrivalent | 67 | $76 | $155 |
| Electrocardiogram (EKG), 12-lead | 67 | $11 | $34 |
| Flu vaccine administration | 67 | $30 | $40 |
| Office visit, established patient, complex (40-54 min) | 54 | $135 | $426 |
| Hospital follow-up visit, moderate complexity | 51 | $60 | $153 |
| New patient office visit (45-59 min) | 45 | $90 | $408 |
| Transitional care management services for problem of at least moderate complexity | 41 | $141 | $180 |
| Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit | 41 | $162 | $400 |
| Hospital discharge management, 30+ min | 40 | $90 | $190 |
| Home visit, established patient, low complexity | 38 | $46 | $146 |
| Initial hospital admission, high complexity | 33 | $131 | $368 |
| New patient office visit (30-44 min) | 15 | $63 | $266 |
Industry Payment Transparency
Open Payments through 2024 ↗Payment profile
Industry payments classified by relationship type. Not all payments are equal — research and consulting reflect different relationships than speaking programs or meals.
Payment trend by year
Annual totals from pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
Payments by company (2024)
Associated products mentioned in payments ›
Most payments (100%) are for meals and travel — low-value interactions that are common across virtually all practicing physicians.
Geographic Context
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Data Sources
| Provider Registry | ✓ NPPES | Weekly updates |
| Medicare Enrollment | ✓ PECOS | Monthly updates |
| Practice Data | ✓ Medicare Util. | Annual (CY lag) |
| Industry Payments | ✓ Open Payments | CY 2024 |
| Disciplinary History | — Not public | N/A |
This provider has data in 4 of 4 available federal datasets, with a Data Coverage level of Very High. This measures how much public data is available about a provider — not how good they are. How we calculate this →
Summary
Dr. Tafur is a clinical cardiology specialist, with above-average Medicare volume (top 4% in FL), and low-engagement industry engagement, with 20 years of practice experience.
This summary is auto-generated from federal data. It describes data availability and patterns — not clinical quality. Read our methodology →
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All data on this page is sourced verbatim from public federal records published by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): NPPES ↗, Open Payments ↗, Medicare Provider Utilization ↗, and PECOS. Publication is mandated by the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (§6002 ACA, 42 U.S.C. §1320a-7h) and the Freedom of Information Act.
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