Maria Christina Velasco, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Victoria, TX
Maria Christina Velasco, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Victoria, Texas, and NPI 1497704357, issued on May 9, 2006. Check the license (Texas K6734, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Maria Christina Velasco
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- K6734 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 601 E San Antonio St, Victoria, TX 77901
- Phone
- (361) 575-3775
- Enumerated
- May 9, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 3, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (361) 575-3742
- Medicaid ID
- 096574102 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100916000603); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Maria Christina Velasco in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K6734Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
8,378 Medicare Part D claims for 306 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 74 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium764 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium369 claims
- Ezetimibe347 claims
- Metformin Hcl Er281 claims
- Ozempic255 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate238 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $610.14
28 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. 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
- Victoria Medical And Rehabilitation Associates, P.A.Victoria, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Maria Christina Velasco among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Maria Christina Velasco, M.D. is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 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 2006, is newer than 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 49% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
20 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Victoria
They are 20 of the 1,105 NPPES records with a practice address in Victoria, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Maria Christina Velasco, M.D.'s NPI number?
Maria Christina Velasco, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497704357, issued on May 9, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Maria Christina Velasco, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 601 E San Antonio St, Victoria, TX, 77901. Phone: (361) 575-3775. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Maria Christina Velasco, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K6734, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Maria Christina Velasco, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Maria Christina Velasco, M.D. had 8,378 Medicare Part D claims for 306 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Maria Christina Velasco, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 of 100. 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.