Angel Joel Garcia, MD

7.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average sports medicine (family medicine) physician in 2024

6,715 Medicare Part D claims for 722 beneficiaries, against an average of 855 among the 2,237 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 78 claims were for opioids.

Most prescribed

1. Levothyroxine Sodium393 claims
2. Lisinopril336 claims
3. Rosuvastatin Calcium288 claims
4. Losartan Potassium238 claims
5. Atorvastatin Calcium232 claims
6. Amlodipine Besylate226 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.

The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 89.8 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $384.61

21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 1,218 providers of this specialty with any payment received $781.49 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

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

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

1. EL Paso Physical Therapy Specialists LLCEl Paso, TX
2. EL Paso Therapy Services, Inc.El Paso, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).