NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Gadiel E. Merced Alvarez, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Dorado, PR

Gadiel E. Merced Alvarez, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Dorado, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1801084512, issued on Oct 9, 2007. Check the license (Puerto Rico 17990, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; 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
1801084512
Name
Gadiel E. Merced Alvarez
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
17990 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
Doctor's Center Hospital/orlando Health, Dorado, PR 00646
Phone
(787) 625-5050
Enumerated
Oct 9, 2007
Record last updated
Jan 27, 2026
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20190326002559); accepts Medicare assignment
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 ordersWhich Puerto Rico board licenses this profession
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75% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

396 Medicare Part D claims for 207 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 23 claims were for opioids.

  1. Gadiel Merced Alvarez396
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass45 claims
  2. Famotidine40 claims
  3. Methylprednisolone35 claims
  4. Ondansetron Odt26 claims
  5. Ciprofloxacin Hcl18 claims
  6. Naproxen Sodium18 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: $177.11

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Gadiel Merced Alvarez$177.11
  2. Specialty average$953.79

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

Gadiel E. Merced Alvarez among 278 emergency medicine physician records in Puerto Rico

Gadiel E. Merced Alvarez, MD is one of 278 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 76% 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 32% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 32% of these records are older, 52% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 29% of these records are
  • Graduated2006 · median 2013 among the 81 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2026 · 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 207P00000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

5 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Dorado

They are 5 of the 389 NPPES records with a practice address in Dorado, and 278 emergency medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Marta Klachko Longo, M.D.Dorado, PR 006461427249945
  2. Nannette Lugo-Amador, MDSan Juan, PR 006461306927470
  3. John Negron Medina, MDDorado, PR 006461700411543
  4. Dorayde Quinones-Foster, MDDorado, PR 006461801841309
  5. Angel Rocafort-Marquez, MDDorado, PR 006461184838633
  6. Robert Axtmayer Carcache, MDSabana Grande, PR 006371114481793
  7. Harry Reyes, M.D.Hatillo, PR 006591245266105
  8. Samuel Rivera Natal, MDHatillo, PR 006591639119670

Common questions

What is Gadiel E. Merced Alvarez, MD's NPI number?

Gadiel E. Merced Alvarez, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1801084512, issued on Oct 9, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Gadiel E. Merced Alvarez, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at Doctor's Center Hospital/orlando Health, Dorado, PR, 00646. Phone: (787) 625-5050. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Gadiel E. Merced Alvarez, MD's license?

NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 17990, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Gadiel E. Merced Alvarez, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Gadiel E. Merced Alvarez, MD had 396 Medicare Part D claims for 207 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.