NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Mel Angel Peralta, MD

Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Rio Rancho, NM

Mel Angel Peralta, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, and NPI 1598804593, issued on Feb 6, 2007. Check the license (New Mexico MD2005-0581, as entered in NPPES) on the New Mexico Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1598804593
Name
Mel Angel Peralta
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
License number
MD2005-0581 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2240 Grande Blvd SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124
Phone
(505) 841-1000
Enumerated
Feb 6, 2007
Record last updated
Sep 19, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(505) 843-2592
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20090727000174); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 2002
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
Download card Updates feed

Verify Mel Angel Peralta in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Mexico Medical Board
    Search for license MD2005-0581
    Check the board
  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Open the New Mexico license search

PlainDoctor does not match the HHS-OIG exclusion list to individual records: most entries carry no NPI. Search the OIG exclusion list by name.

Is this page about you? You can ask us to correct, restrict or remove it: how.

74% more Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024

5,360 Medicare Part D claims for 778 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.

  1. Mel Peralta5,360
  2. Specialty average3,078

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium674 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate459 claims
  3. Metoprolol Succinate395 claims
  4. Eliquis353 claims
  5. Carvedilol328 claims
  6. Losartan Potassium318 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): 97.6 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score86.5
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $76.15

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abiomed. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Mel Peralta$76.15
  2. Specialty average$3,819.56

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

  1. Southwest Medical Associates, LLCAlbuquerque, NM

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Mel Angel Peralta among 117 cardiovascular disease physician records in New Mexico

Mel Angel Peralta, MD is one of 117 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in New Mexico. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 59% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 59% of these records are older, 26% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
  • Graduated2002 · median 1995 among the 76 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2014 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in New Mexico

There are 117 cardiovascular disease physician records in New Mexico.

The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Kartikeya Kashyap, MDRio Rancho, NM 871241831571850
  2. Umar MalikRio Rancho, NM 871241316333925
  3. Lawrence Kuo, M.D.Albuquerque, NM 871221376846808
  4. Mary Ann Lukas, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871221104338672
  5. Amir Axelrod, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871311174662175
  6. Gerald Anthony Charlton, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871311154337806
  7. Paul Cochran, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871311114933868
  8. Thomas Decoster, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871311154337715

Common questions

What is Mel Angel Peralta, MD's NPI number?

Mel Angel Peralta, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1598804593, issued on Feb 6, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Mel Angel Peralta, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2240 Grande Blvd SE, Rio Rancho, NM, 87124. Phone: (505) 841-1000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Mel Angel Peralta, MD's license?

NPPES lists New Mexico license number MD2005-0581, as entered by the provider. Search the New Mexico Medical Board at https://www.nmmb.state.nm.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Mel Angel Peralta, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Mel Angel Peralta, MD had 5,360 Medicare Part D claims for 778 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Mel Angel Peralta, MD's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.6 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.