Jose C. Mercado, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Ocala, FL
Jose C. Mercado, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Ocala, Florida, and NPI 1740376250, issued on Oct 4, 2006. Check the license (Florida PA9101754, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jose C. Mercado
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA9101754 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2120 SW 22ND PL, Ocala, FL 34471
- Phone
- (352) 732-5042
- Enumerated
- Oct 4, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 18, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (352) 732-6031
- Medicaid ID
- 291477800 FL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040329001175); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Jose C. Mercado in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license PA9101754Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
1,936 Medicare Part D claims for 680 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 3% of claims. 36 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ipratropium Bromide499 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate295 claims
- Omeprazole214 claims
- Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil95 claims
- Methylprednisolone80 claims
- Baclofen68 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $1,117.75
23 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was PhotoniCare Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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 2 group practices
- Cora Health Services IncThe Villages, FL
- Medical Management OF Ocala IncOcala, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jose C. Mercado among 10,257 physician assistant records in Florida
Jose C. Mercado, PA-C is one of 10,257 physician assistant records with a practice address in Florida. 77% 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 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 85% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2002 · median 2018 among the 5,867 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 37% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
118 physician assistant records list a practice address in Ocala
They are 118 of the 4,935 NPPES records with a practice address in Ocala, and 10,257 physician assistant records in Florida.
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Common questions
What is Jose C. Mercado, PA-C's NPI number?
Jose C. Mercado, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740376250, issued on Oct 4, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jose C. Mercado, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2120 SW 22ND PL, Ocala, FL, 34471. Phone: (352) 732-5042. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jose C. Mercado, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Florida license number PA9101754, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Jose C. Mercado, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jose C. Mercado, PA-C had 1,936 Medicare Part D claims for 680 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Jose C. Mercado, PA-C's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.