Melvin Romero, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Albuquerque, NM
Melvin Romero, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and NPI 1164405064, issued on Nov 23, 2005. Check the license (New Mexico MD2004-0176, as entered in NPPES) on the New Mexico Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melvin Romero
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- MD2004-0176 NM
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4600 Jefferson LN NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109
- Phone
- (505) 881-1229
- Enumerated
- Nov 23, 2005
- Record last updated
- Sep 30, 2024
- Fax
- (505) 888-1918
- Medicaid ID
- 49428861 NM
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040707000616); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of New Mexico School Of Medicine, 2001
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4600 Jefferson LN NE
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Verify Melvin Romero in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Mexico Medical Board
Search for license MD2004-0176Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
3,417 Medicare Part D claims for 344 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 212 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Montelukast Sodium213 claims
- Losartan Potassium139 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium126 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium120 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate103 claims
- Pregabalin95 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: $240.92
12 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. 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
- Optumcare New Mexico LLCAlbuquerque, NM
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Melvin Romero among 1,287 family medicine physician records in New Mexico
Melvin Romero, MD is one of 1,287 family medicine physician records with a practice address in New Mexico. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 88% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated2001 · median 2008 among the 727 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 59% 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 New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
484 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Albuquerque
They are 484 of the 24,162 NPPES records with a practice address in Albuquerque, and 1,287 family medicine physician records in New Mexico.
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Common questions
What is Melvin Romero, MD's NPI number?
Melvin Romero, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164405064, issued on Nov 23, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melvin Romero, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4600 Jefferson LN NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87109. Phone: (505) 881-1229. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melvin Romero, MD's license?
NPPES lists New Mexico license number MD2004-0176, 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 Melvin Romero, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melvin Romero, MD had 3,417 Medicare Part D claims for 344 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.