Indira Velasquez, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Hickory, NC
Indira Velasquez, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Hickory, North Carolina, and NPI 1245484211, issued on Nov 4, 2008. Check the license (North Carolina 2009-02007, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Indira Velasquez
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 2009-02007 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 415 N Center St, Hickory, NC 28601
- Phone
- (201) 556-7895
- Enumerated
- Nov 4, 2008
- Record last updated
- Mar 16, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 5913435 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100202000400); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Indira Velasquez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2009-02007Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
144 Medicare Part D claims for 45 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium13 claims
- Furosemide11 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 88 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $102.49
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Apogee Medical Group North CarolinaWilson, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Indira Velasquez among 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina
Indira Velasquez, M.D. is one of 4,056 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 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 2008, is newer than 57% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 57% of these records are older, 39% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2004 · median 2004 among the 2,706 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 48% 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 North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
37 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Hickory
They are 37 of the 2,124 NPPES records with a practice address in Hickory, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Indira Velasquez, M.D.'s NPI number?
Indira Velasquez, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245484211, issued on Nov 4, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Indira Velasquez, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 415 N Center St, Hickory, NC, 28601. Phone: (201) 556-7895. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Indira Velasquez, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2009-02007, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Indira Velasquez, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Indira Velasquez, M.D. had 144 Medicare Part D claims for 45 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Indira Velasquez, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 88 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.