Joseph Ignacio Fernandez, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Miami, FL
Joseph Ignacio Fernandez, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Miami, Florida, and NPI 1346293586, issued on May 18, 2006. Check the license (Florida ME60818, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Ignacio Fernandez
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- ME60818 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9408 SW 87TH Ave Ste 300, Miami, FL 33176
- Phone
- (305) 275-5677
- Enumerated
- May 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 21, 2025
- Fax
- (305) 275-6560
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101207000254); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tulane University School Of Medicine
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 9408 SW 87TH Ave Ste 300
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- David Keyes, M.D.Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1528039674
Verify Joseph Ignacio Fernandez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license ME60818Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
62% more Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
559 Medicare Part D claims for 176 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims. 146 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Celecoxib141 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen71 claims
- Tramadol Hcl51 claims
- Ibuprofen44 claims
- Methylprednisolone44 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate40 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: $341.33
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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
- Ortho Florida LLCMiami, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Florida
There are 1,470 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Florida.
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- Michael Abrahams, MDPlantation, FL1417069048
- Charles Abrahamsen, M.D.Bay Pines, FL1134101298
- Samuel AbumoussaDoral, FL1831628049
- Jorge Acevedo, M.D.Jacksonville, FL1710969225
- James Acker, MDOrmond Beach, FL1972653434
- Christopher Adams, M.D.Naples, FL1740266337
- Michael Adams, MDJacksonville, FL1346270881
- Obinna Adigweme, M.D.Davenport, FL1356636591
Common questions
What is Joseph Ignacio Fernandez, MD's NPI number?
Joseph Ignacio Fernandez, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1346293586, issued on May 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Ignacio Fernandez, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9408 SW 87TH Ave Ste 300, Miami, FL, 33176. Phone: (305) 275-5677. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Ignacio Fernandez, MD's license?
NPPES lists Florida license number ME60818, 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 Joseph Ignacio Fernandez, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Ignacio Fernandez, MD had 559 Medicare Part D claims for 176 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Joseph Ignacio Fernandez, MD'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.