NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Joanna Mercado/alvarado

Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician · Carolina, PR

Joanna Mercado/alvarado is an emergency medical services (emergency medicine) physician with a practice address in Carolina, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1811974496, issued on Dec 27, 2005. Check the license (Puerto Rico 15353, 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
1811974496
Name
Joanna Mercado/alvarado
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician 207PE0004X
License number
15353 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
Upr Hospital # 3 Road 65TH Infantry Ave., Carolina, PR 00987
Phone
(787) 757-1800
Enumerated
Dec 27, 2005
Record last updated
Nov 1, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(787) 750-0930
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Verify Joanna Mercado/alvarado in five checks

  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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  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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41% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medical services (emergency medicine) physician in 2024

171 Medicare Part D claims for 127 beneficiaries, against an average of 292 among the 1,653 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Joanna Mercado/alvarado171
  2. Specialty average292

Most prescribed

  1. Famotidine23 claims
  2. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass21 claims
  3. Prednisone19 claims
  4. 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.

Joanna Mercado/alvarado among 11 emergency medical services (emergency medicine) physician records in Puerto Rico

Joanna Mercado/alvarado is one of 11 emergency medical services (emergency medicine) physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 82% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 27% of these records are
  • Record last updated2010 · 73% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207PE0004X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician providers in Puerto Rico

There are 11 emergency medical services (emergency medicine) physician records in Puerto Rico.

The 8 emergency medical services (emergency medicine) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Moises VelazquezTrujillo Alto, PR 009761598228074
  2. Julio Medina, M.D.Guaynabo, PR 009661902097819
  3. Vinicio Almonte-Duran, MDBayamon, PR 009611649494071
  4. Nikitas Rodriguez, MDSan Juan, PR 009361437730322
  5. Jaime Marques Marques, M.D.San Juan, PR 009261043266265
  6. Carlos Gomez-Marcial, M.D.Santurce, PR 009101386731362
  7. Jose Rodriguez Fontanez, M.DGuayama, PR 007851104812122
  8. Leniel Santana, M.D.Ponce, PR 007331912274481

Common questions

What is Joanna Mercado/alvarado's NPI number?

Joanna Mercado/alvarado's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1811974496, issued on Dec 27, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Joanna Mercado/alvarado located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at Upr Hospital # 3 Road 65TH Infantry Ave., Carolina, PR, 00987. Phone: (787) 757-1800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Joanna Mercado/alvarado's license?

NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 15353, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Joanna Mercado/alvarado prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Joanna Mercado/alvarado had 171 Medicare Part D claims for 127 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medical services (emergency medicine) physician prescribers was 292. 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.