NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Alfonso Antonio Hernandez - Ortiz, M.D.

Psychiatry Physician · Ponce, PR

Alfonso Antonio Hernandez - Ortiz, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1750431953, issued on Jan 11, 2007. Check the license (Puerto Rico 8745, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1750431953
Name
Alfonso Antonio Hernandez - Ortiz
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
License number
8745 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2225 Ponce Byp Ste 709, Ponce, PR 00717
Phone
(787) 259-1265
Enumerated
Jan 11, 2007
Record last updated
Apr 22, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(787) 259-1266
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20070302000291); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Ponce School Of Medicine, 1985
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Puerto Rico board licenses this profession
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11.7 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024

11,683 Medicare Part D claims for 507 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 2% of claims.

  1. Alfonso Hernandez - Ortiz11,683
  2. Specialty average1,000

Most prescribed

  1. Clonazepam1,667 claims
  2. Trazodone Hcl852 claims
  3. Duloxetine Hcl830 claims
  4. Lorazepam558 claims
  5. Bupropion Xl525 claims
  6. Venlafaxine Hcl Er525 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

Industry payments in 2024: $134.81

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Alfonso Hernandez - Ortiz$134.81
  2. Specialty average$4,954.93

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Alfonso Antonio Hernandez - Ortiz among 403 psychiatry physician records in Puerto Rico

Alfonso Antonio Hernandez - Ortiz, M.D. is one of 403 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 53% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 53% of these records are older, 28% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 30% of these records are
  • Graduated1985 · median 1995 among the 121 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2013 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

25 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Ponce

They are 25 of the 3,338 NPPES records with a practice address in Ponce, and 403 psychiatry physician records in Puerto Rico.

The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. William Almodovar-Sanchez, MDPonce, PR 007171760587380
  2. Manuel Brignoni Roman, MDPonce, PR 007171427047760
  3. Jhomarie Rivera-Perez, MDPonce, PR 007171265526271
  4. Hector Rodriguez, M.D. PSYCHIATRISTPonce, PR 007171083612154
  5. Santos Santiago Pabon, MDPonce, PR 007171205465119
  6. Dharma Suris, MDPonce, PR 007171003019977
  7. Luis Toro, MDPonce, PR 007171407936727
  8. Josue Caban AlvarezPonce, PR 007161174076970

Common questions

What is Alfonso Antonio Hernandez - Ortiz, M.D.'s NPI number?

Alfonso Antonio Hernandez - Ortiz, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1750431953, issued on Jan 11, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Alfonso Antonio Hernandez - Ortiz, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2225 Ponce Byp Ste 709, Ponce, PR, 00717. Phone: (787) 259-1265. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Alfonso Antonio Hernandez - Ortiz, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 8745, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Alfonso Antonio Hernandez - Ortiz, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Alfonso Antonio Hernandez - Ortiz, M.D. had 11,683 Medicare Part D claims for 507 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.