Carmen Flecha Melendez
Family Medicine Physician · Yabucoa, PR
Carmen Flecha Melendez is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1003171398, issued on Jul 12, 2012. Check the license (Puerto Rico 18835, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Carmen Flecha Melendez
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 18835 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 95 Calle A, Yabucoa, PR 00767
- Phone
- (787) 893-1583
- Enumerated
- Jul 12, 2012
- Record last updated
- Jul 24, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150928002056); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 2012
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Carmen Flecha Melendez 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 18835Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
20,526 Medicare Part D claims for 539 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 299 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Famotidine1,441 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,084 claims
- Gabapentin1,027 claims
- Metformin Hcl656 claims
- Lisinopril628 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate584 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.
Carmen Flecha Melendez among 604 family medicine physician records in Puerto Rico
Carmen Flecha Melendez is one of 604 family 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 2012, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 75% of these records are older, 24% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 39% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 1995 among the 234 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
4 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Yabucoa
They are 4 of the 153 NPPES records with a practice address in Yabucoa, and 604 family medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 604 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in Yabucoa → Family Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Gretchen Nieves-Burgos, MDYabucoa, PR 007671790394286
- Sorivette Surillo-Ortiz, MDYabucoa, PR 007671073035390
- Arturo Torres-Borges, MDYabucoa, PR 007671851309702
- Armando Riega Troya, M.DVillalba, PR 007661841261047
- Jonathan Charriez Mercado, MDCoamo, PR 007691679062913
- Luis Catoni, MDLas Piedras, PR 007711780653923
- Marta Gonzalez, M.D.Las Piedras, PR 007711699744458
- Gil Nieves, M.D.Las Piedras, PR 007711841247772
Common questions
What is Carmen Flecha Melendez's NPI number?
Carmen Flecha Melendez's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003171398, issued on Jul 12, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Carmen Flecha Melendez located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 95 Calle A, Yabucoa, PR, 00767. Phone: (787) 893-1583. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Carmen Flecha Melendez's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 18835, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Carmen Flecha Melendez prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Carmen Flecha Melendez had 20,526 Medicare Part D claims for 539 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.