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

Individual provider Internal Medicine Physician · NPI 1396090940

Rafael Antonio Ching Companioni, MD practises Gastroenterology in Panama City, Florida. Qualified in 2002, 24 years ago. Practices with Digestive Diseases Center of Florida PLLC, a 15-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania.

Years since qualifying
24
Licensed in
CA, FL, NY, PA
In the registry since
2012
Specialties on file
4
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

204 E 19th St
Panama City, FL 32405-4707
Phone: (850) 763-5409
Fax: (850) 215-4384
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Specialties & licences

Gastroenterology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RG0100X · Licence ME115242 (FL)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence A124874 (CA)
Gastroenterology Physician Taxonomy 207RG0100X · Licence MD459562 (PA)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence 271545 (NY)

Record details

NPI number1396090940
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 19, 2012
Last updated in NPPESFebruary 22, 2022
Certification dateFebruary 22, 2022

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGASTROENTEROLOGY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2002 (24 years in practice)
Group practice Digestive Diseases Center Of Florida Pllc — 15 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

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.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 743 times · 99th percentile
Colonoscopy 255 times · 96th percentile

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 patients1,076
Services billed 4,575 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

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.

Consulting Fee $1,125 2 payments
Food and Beverage $577 29 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.

  • Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf Hospital · Port Saint Joe, FL
  • Ascension Sacred Heart Bay Hospital · Panama City, FL
  • Hca Florida Gulf Coast Hospital Hospital · Panama City, FL
  • Sacred Heart Hospital On The Emerald Coast Hospital · Miramar Beach, FL

Colleagues at Digestive Diseases Center of Florida PLLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 15 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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