Diego Velasco, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Houston, MS
Diego Velasco, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Mississippi, and NPI 1891992434, issued on Jun 28, 2007. Check the license (Mississippi 12667, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Diego Velasco
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 12667 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Hwy 80 E., Houston, MS 38851
- Phone
- (800) 893-9698
- Enumerated
- Jun 28, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Diego Velasco in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 12667Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
28% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
162 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Naproxen11 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.
Diego Velasco among 515 emergency medicine physician records in Mississippi
Diego Velasco, MD is one of 515 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Mississippi. 83% 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 34% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 34% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 66% of these records are
- Record last updated2007 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
3 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 3 of the 58 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 515 emergency medicine physician records in Mississippi.
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Common questions
What is Diego Velasco, MD's NPI number?
Diego Velasco, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891992434, issued on Jun 28, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Diego Velasco, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Hwy 80 E., Houston, MS, 38851. Phone: (800) 893-9698. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Diego Velasco, MD's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 12667, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure at https://www.msbml.ms.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Diego Velasco, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Diego Velasco, MD had 162 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.