Dwayne Garcia Velez, INTERNAL MEDICINE MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Vega Baja, PR
Dwayne Garcia Velez, INTERNAL MEDICINE MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1588209167, issued on Nov 7, 2019. Check the license (Puerto Rico 23878, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dwayne Garcia Velez
- Credential
- INTERNAL MEDICINE MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 23878 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Calle Toledo 128, Vega Baja, PR 00693
- Phone
- (787) 502-2899
- Enumerated
- Nov 7, 2019
- Record last updated
- Mar 12, 2026
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Dwayne Garcia 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 23878Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
91% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
272 Medicare Part D claims for 41 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 24% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium27 claims
- Jardiance22 claims
- Losartan Potassium18 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate16 claims
- Carvedilol16 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate16 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: $1,084.13
27 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. 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.
Dwayne Garcia Velez among 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico
Dwayne Garcia Velez, INTERNAL MEDICINE 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 2019, is newer than 78% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 78% of these records are older, 17% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 52% of these records are
- Record last updated2026 · 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).
11 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Vega Baja
They are 11 of the 392 NPPES records with a practice address in Vega Baja, and 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 1,146 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in Vega Baja → Internal Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Guillermo Armaiz, M.D.Vega Baja, PR 006931598740920
- Erick Casanova, MDVega Baja, PR 006931326070368
- Jose De Leon, M.D.Vega Baja, PR 006931184607988
- Joanne Diaz Rodriguez, MDVega Baja, PR 006931649671272
- Rafael Feliz Lebreault, M.D.Vega Baja, PR 006931609800143
- Victor Lopez-Llavona, MDVega Baja, PR 006931336232370
- Hector Moreno FuentesVega Baja, PR 006931356713176
- Edgar Nevarez-Sostre, M.D.Vega Baja, PR 006931710937891
Common questions
What is Dwayne Garcia Velez, INTERNAL MEDICINE MD's NPI number?
Dwayne Garcia Velez, INTERNAL MEDICINE MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588209167, issued on Nov 7, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dwayne Garcia Velez, INTERNAL MEDICINE MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Calle Toledo 128, Vega Baja, PR, 00693. Phone: (787) 502-2899. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dwayne Garcia Velez, INTERNAL MEDICINE MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 23878, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Dwayne Garcia Velez, INTERNAL MEDICINE MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dwayne Garcia Velez, INTERNAL MEDICINE MD had 272 Medicare Part D claims for 41 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.