Carlos E. Velasco, MD
Interventional Cardiology Physician · Dallas, TX
Carlos E. Velasco, MD is an interventional cardiology physician with a practice address in Dallas, Texas, and NPI 1013955319, issued on Jun 2, 2006. Check the license (Texas J3254, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Carlos E. Velasco
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Interventional Cardiology Physician 207RI0011X
- License number
- J3254 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3600 Gaston Ave, Dallas, TX 75246
- Phone
- (214) 826-6044
- Enumerated
- Jun 2, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 1, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (214) 823-7183
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100330001343); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Carlos E. Velasco in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license J3254Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
19% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average interventional cardiology physician in 2024
2,560 Medicare Part D claims for 342 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,179 among the 6,605 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium377 claims
- Eliquis214 claims
- Losartan Potassium159 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate152 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate150 claims
- Spironolactone133 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $107.43
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was ShockWave Medical, Inc. The 6,394 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,062.29 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 one group practice
- Texas Heart Center, PLLCDallas, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Carlos E. Velasco among 724 interventional cardiology physician records in Texas
Carlos E. Velasco, MD is one of 724 interventional cardiology physician records with a practice address in Texas. 97% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 97% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 90% of these records are
- Graduated1979 · median 2003 among the 653 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 31% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0011X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Interventional Cardiology Physician providers in Texas
There are 724 interventional cardiology physician records in Texas.
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- Armando Yepes, M.D.Dallas, TX 752431710987458
- William Posligua, M.D.Dallas, TX 752371902080484
- Roberto Wayhs, MDDallas, TX 752371760430458
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Common questions
What is Carlos E. Velasco, MD's NPI number?
Carlos E. Velasco, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1013955319, issued on Jun 2, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Carlos E. Velasco, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3600 Gaston Ave, Dallas, TX, 75246. Phone: (214) 826-6044. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Carlos E. Velasco, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number J3254, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Carlos E. Velasco, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Carlos E. Velasco, MD had 2,560 Medicare Part D claims for 342 beneficiaries; the average among interventional cardiology physician prescribers was 3,179. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Carlos E. Velasco, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.