NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Fernando Garcia, M.D.

Internal Medicine Physician · Harlingen, TX

Fernando Garcia, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Harlingen, Texas, and NPI 1164539508, issued on Aug 23, 2006. Check the license (Texas L0192, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1164539508
Name
Fernando Garcia
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
L0192 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
201 E Jackson St, Harlingen, TX 78550
Phone
(956) 421-4935
Enumerated
Aug 23, 2006
Record last updated
May 12, 2022
Fax
(855) 520-7581
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20090729000252); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Pulte Medical College - Nlg, 1996
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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89% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

5,991 Medicare Part D claims for 361 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 25% of claims. 104 claims were for opioids.

  1. Fernando Garcia5,991
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Furosemide271 claims
  2. Atorvastatin Calcium265 claims
  3. Lisinopril174 claims
  4. Metformin Hcl145 claims
  5. Losartan Potassium143 claims
  6. Gabapentin135 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: $411.85

20 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was ViiV Healthcare Company. 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.

  1. Fernando Garcia$411.85
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Bhs Physicians Network, IncHarlingen, TX
  2. Gulf Coast Physician Services, PLLCCorpus Christi, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Fernando Garcia among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas

Fernando Garcia, M.D. is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% 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 9% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 59% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated1996 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 49% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

72 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Harlingen

They are 72 of the 2,419 NPPES records with a practice address in Harlingen, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Anshu Bhatla, MDHarlingen, TX 785501558371005
  2. Gustavo Garcia, MDHarlingen, TX 785501942299607
  3. Manoj Gogia, MDHarlingen, TX 785501841280518
  4. Shridhar Kotta, M.D.Harlingen, TX 785501780674432
  5. Mogbolahan Kuye, MDHarlingen, TX 785501083624746
  6. Teresa Lightner, MDHarlingen, TX 785501578553194
  7. Diana Lozano, M.D.Harlingen, TX 785501184620247
  8. Robert Minor, M.D.Harlingen, TX 785501972502599

Common questions

What is Fernando Garcia, M.D.'s NPI number?

Fernando Garcia, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164539508, issued on Aug 23, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Fernando Garcia, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 201 E Jackson St, Harlingen, TX, 78550. Phone: (956) 421-4935. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Fernando Garcia, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number L0192, 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 Fernando Garcia, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Fernando Garcia, M.D. had 5,991 Medicare Part D claims for 361 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.