Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.

Joan V Alvarado, MD

Individual provider Obesity Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician · NPI 1033430624

Joan V Alvarado, MD is registered under Family Practice in Charleston, Illinois. Qualified in 2008, 18 years ago. Practices with Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, a 410-clinician group, works from 3 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Illinois.

Years since qualifying
18
Licensed in
IL
In the registry since
2010
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

116 W Buchanan Ave
Charleston, IL 61920-2522
Phone: (217) 345-7700
Fax: (217) 345-7200
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Pin is approximate — placed at the ZIP-code centre, not the exact door.

Additional practice locations (2)

  • 1004 Health Center Dr Ste 210, Mattoon, IL 61938-4608 — (217) 348-4961
  • 1201 Wooddell Way Ste B, Mattoon, IL 61938-1014 — (217) 238-3000

Specialties & licences

Family Medicine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207Q00000X · Licence 036131131 (IL)
Obesity Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician Taxonomy 207QB0002X · Licence 036-131131 (IL)

Record details

NPI number1033430624
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJune 17, 2010
Last updated in NPPESNovember 1, 2024
Certification dateNovember 1, 2024

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyFAMILY PRACTICE
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2008 (18 years in practice)
Group practice Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center — 410 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations3 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Removal of skin lesions 1–10 times
Removal or shaving of skin growth 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients114
Services billed 1,133 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age68

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $1,800 69 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 410 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.