Julio Enrique Castro-Quero, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Lafayette, LA
Julio Enrique Castro-Quero, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Lafayette, Louisiana, and NPI 1972695724, issued on Sep 29, 2006. Check the license (Louisiana 023327, as entered in NPPES) on the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Julio Enrique Castro-Quero
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 023327 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1214 Coolidge Blvd, Lafayette, LA 70503
- Phone
- (337) 289-7991
- Enumerated
- Sep 29, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 26, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 1698733 LA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070216000326); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- San Juan Bautista School Of Medicine, 1994
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Julio Enrique Castro-Quero in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 023327Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
71% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
918 Medicare Part D claims for 232 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 28 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium72 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate62 claims
- Furosemide50 claims
- Eliquis35 claims
- Levetiracetam31 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium30 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): 79.6 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: $221.02
11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. 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
- Coolidge Physician Services LLCLafayette, LA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Julio Enrique Castro-Quero among 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana
Julio Enrique Castro-Quero, MD is one of 1,749 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Louisiana. 85% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 58% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 70% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2008 among the 1,216 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 56% 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 Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
107 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Lafayette
They are 107 of the 5,181 NPPES records with a practice address in Lafayette, and 1,749 internal medicine physician records in Louisiana.
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Common questions
What is Julio Enrique Castro-Quero, MD's NPI number?
Julio Enrique Castro-Quero, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972695724, issued on Sep 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Julio Enrique Castro-Quero, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1214 Coolidge Blvd, Lafayette, LA, 70503. Phone: (337) 289-7991. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Julio Enrique Castro-Quero, MD's license?
NPPES lists Louisiana license number 023327, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.lsbme.la.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Julio Enrique Castro-Quero, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Julio Enrique Castro-Quero, MD had 918 Medicare Part D claims for 232 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Julio Enrique Castro-Quero, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 79.6 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.