Armando Antonio Wiscovitch Velez, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Ponce, PR
Armando Antonio Wiscovitch Velez, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1225006448, issued on Mar 14, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 9858, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Armando Antonio Wiscovitch Velez
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 9858 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2525 Ave Eduardo Ruberte, Ponce, PR 00728
- Phone
- (787) 259-5990
- Enumerated
- Mar 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 24, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (787) 259-5990
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120925000586); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Armando Antonio Wiscovitch Velez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Puerto Rico board licenses this profession
Search for license 9858Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
79% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,673 Medicare Part D claims for 322 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 13 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Simvastatin298 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium293 claims
- Gabapentin244 claims
- Famotidine242 claims
- Omeprazole217 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium202 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: $115.00
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Armando Antonio Wiscovitch Velez among 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico
Armando Antonio Wiscovitch Velez, MD is one of 1,146 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated1978 · median 1996 among the 595 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
116 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Ponce
They are 116 of the 3,338 NPPES records with a practice address in Ponce, and 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.
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Common questions
What is Armando Antonio Wiscovitch Velez, MD's NPI number?
Armando Antonio Wiscovitch Velez, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1225006448, issued on Mar 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Armando Antonio Wiscovitch Velez, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2525 Ave Eduardo Ruberte, Ponce, PR, 00728. Phone: (787) 259-5990. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Armando Antonio Wiscovitch Velez, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 9858, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Armando Antonio Wiscovitch Velez, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Armando Antonio Wiscovitch Velez, MD had 5,673 Medicare Part D claims for 322 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.