Joseph Raphael Ablaza, M.D.
Internal Medicine
📍 640 S State St
Dover, DE 19901Get directions
728 internal medicine doctors in Delaware accept Medicare assignment, which means they can bill CHAMPVA. Here is how to find one and what to ask before you book.
| Internal Medicine Doctors in Delaware | 728 |
| Where Delaware ranks nationally | 44th of 51 states |
| Share of all US internal medicine doctors | 0.3% |
| All CHAMPVA-billable providers in Delaware | 11,841 |
| Delaware cities with verified local listings | 3 |
Counts come from the federal CMS Doctors and Clinicians registry, refreshed 2026-09-07. The VA publishes no CHAMPVA provider directory, so this is the closest thing to one.
Military Delaware is home to Dover Air Force Base, so practices in those communities see CHAMPVA families regularly and are often the easiest yes.
Real practice locations pulled from the federal NPPES registry, each with a street address and a local phone number. Always ask the billing office to confirm CHAMPVA before you book.
Internal Medicine
📍 640 S State St
Dover, DE 19901Get directions
Internal Medicine
📍 640 S State St
Dover, DE 19901Get directions
Internal Medicine
📍 640 South State Street
Dover, DE 19901Get directions
Internal Medicine
📍 804 N. Dupont Hwy
Dover, DE 19901Get directions
Internal Medicine
📍 4755 Ogletown Stanton Rd Ste 5a43
Newark, DE 19718Get directions
Internal Medicine
📍 4755 Ogletown Stanton Road
Newark, DE 19718Get directions
Internal Medicine
📍 200 Hygeia Dr
Newark, DE 19713Get directions
Internal Medicine
📍 4755 Ogletown Stanton Rd Ste 5a43
Newark, DE 19718Get directions
Results come from the federal NPPES registry with real practice addresses and local phone numbers. Add a city to narrow it down.
Each city page opens with the internal medicine filter already applied.
Among the seven clinician types we count by state, internal medicine is the 3rd largest in Delaware with 728 providers, behind physician assistants (1,646) and nurse practitioners (1,826), and ahead of family doctors (566). That matters when you are deciding how wide to cast your net: a larger pool usually means a shorter drive and a faster appointment.
The deepest benches in Delaware are Dover with 152 verified local providers, Wilmington with 151 verified local providers, Newark with 136 verified local providers. Start with the nearest one, then widen if nobody is taking new patients.
Internal medicine visits are covered outpatient care: the $50 yearly deductible, then 25 percent of the allowable amount, with the family's yearly costs capped at $3,000. Diagnostic tests an internist orders are covered without prior approval when medically necessary. If you also have Medicare, CHAMPVA pays second and you will normally have no cost share at all.
The rules above are federal, so they read the same in Delaware as anywhere else. Our internal medicine doctors page has the full detail including anything that needs advance approval.
728 clinicians in Delaware are listed in the federal CMS registry under internal medicine, and clinicians who accept Medicare assignment can bill CHAMPVA. That is the 44th largest pool of any state. Each practice still decides for itself, so confirm with the billing office before you book.
No. CHAMPVA does not require referrals anywhere in the country. A short list of services needs preauthorization instead, such as inpatient mental health care and organ transplants.
After a $50 per person yearly deductible you pay 25 percent of the CHAMPVA allowable amount, and your family's out-of-pocket costs for covered care stop at $3,000 a year. A provider who accepts CHAMPVA cannot bill you above the allowable.
More on CHAMPVA and internal medicine doctors or every CHAMPVA provider in Delaware.