Melecia Fuentes, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Weslaco, TX
Melecia Fuentes, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Weslaco, Texas, and NPI 1083713952, issued on Sep 21, 2006. Check the license (Texas K7156, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melecia Fuentes
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- K7156 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1206 E 6TH St, Weslaco, TX 78596
- Phone
- (956) 447-8377
- Enumerated
- Sep 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 3, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (956) 973-8034
- Medicaid ID
- 163232502 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040302000096); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Ohio State University College Of Medicine, 1996
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Melecia Fuentes in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license K7156Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
7,685 Medicare Part D claims for 665 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 18% of claims. 76 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Losartan Potassium398 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium383 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium370 claims
- Lisinopril328 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium299 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate231 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $1,175.54
66 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Monzer H Yazji MD And Associates PLLCWeslaco, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melecia Fuentes among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Melecia Fuentes, M.D. is one of 11,119 family 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 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
19 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Weslaco
They are 19 of the 775 NPPES records with a practice address in Weslaco, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Melecia Fuentes, M.D.'s NPI number?
Melecia Fuentes, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1083713952, issued on Sep 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melecia Fuentes, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1206 E 6TH St, Weslaco, TX, 78596. Phone: (956) 447-8377. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melecia Fuentes, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number K7156, 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 Melecia Fuentes, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melecia Fuentes, M.D. had 7,685 Medicare Part D claims for 665 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.