Alejandro Javier Rios Tovar, M.D.

Primary specialty

Trauma Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 2086S0127X

License

R5031 Issued in TX

Practice address

2121 Pease St Ste 404
Harlingen, TX 78550-8338

Phone

(956) 507-1920

Fax

(956) 688-8982

NPI assigned

May 4, 2011

Last updated

Sep 4, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Other names 1

• Mr. Alex Rios-Tovar Other name

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

General Surgery

Education

Other, 2011

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

BHS Physicians Network, IncGroup PAC ID 7315019593, 702 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC Hospital, Harlingen, TX, CCN 450033

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

86.59 of 100Reported as group

Quality

72.49

Promoting interoperability

94

Improvement activities

40

Cost

68.19

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: alejandro.rios.tovar.1@1438.direct.athenahealth.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• BHS Physicians Network, Inc

  dba Surgical Oncology Associates of South Texas

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • San Antonio, TX
  • NPI 1598958431
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • El Paso, TX
  • NPI 1598705055
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• BHS Physicians Network, Inc

  dba Orthopedic Performance Institute

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Boerne, TX
  • NPI 1730079286
  NPD
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

  • Neurological Surgery Physician
  • El Paso, TX
  • NPI 1457913444
  NPD
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

  • Surgery Physician
  • El Paso, TX
  • NPI 1538240478
  NPD
• The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

  • Physiological Laboratory
  • McAllen, TX
  • NPI 1376436998
  NPD
• The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

  dba UT Health RGV

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Harlingen, TX
  • NPI 1477960730

  Surgery

  NPD
• BHS Specialty Network Inc

  dba Heart & Vascular Institute of Texas

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • San Antonio, TX
  • NPI 1831492651
  NPD (past)
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Odessa

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Odessa, TX
  • NPI 1407845084

  Surgery

  NPD (past)
• University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

  • Physiological Laboratory
  • Harlingen, TX
  • NPI 1689330649
  NPD (past)
• VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC

  dba Valley Baptist Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Harlingen, TX
  • NPI 1154618742
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC

  dba Valley Baptist Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Harlingen, TX
  • NPI 1154618742
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1756944000000",
    "number": "1477845709",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "PO BOX 5730",
            "city": "BELFAST",
            "state": "ME",
            "postal_code": "049155700"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "2121 PEASE ST STE 404",
            "city": "HARLINGEN",
            "state": "TX",
            "postal_code": "785508338",
            "telephone_number": "956-507-1920",
            "fax_number": "956-688-8982"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [
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            "address_1": "614 Maco Dr",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "city": "Harlingen",
            "state": "TX",
            "postal_code": "785508450",
            "country_code": "US",
            "telephone_number": "956-296-7000",
            "fax_number": "956-440-9801",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_type": "DOM"
        }
    ],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "RIOS TOVAR",
        "first_name": "ALEJANDRO",
        "middle_name": "JAVIER",
        "credential": "M.D.",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2011-05-04",
        "last_updated": "2025-09-04",
        "certification_date": "2025-09-04",
        "status": "A"
    },
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        },
        {
            "code": "2086S0127X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Surgery, Trauma Surgery",
            "state": "TX",
            "license": "R5031",
            "primary": true
        },
        {
            "code": "2086S0102X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Surgery, Surgical Critical Care",
            "state": "TX",
            "license": "R5031",
            "primary": false
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": [
        {
            "first_name": "ALEX",
            "last_name": "RIOS-TOVAR",
            "prefix": "MR.",
            "code": "5",
            "type": "Other Name"
        }
    ]
}

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• Trauma Surgery Physician in Harlingen, TX
• Providers in Harlingen, TX by specialty
• Trauma Surgery Physician in Texas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 4, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.