Miguel Palacios-Mercado, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Caguas, PR
Miguel Palacios-Mercado, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Caguas, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1568497949, issued on Jul 12, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 6879, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Miguel Palacios-Mercado
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 6879 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Hima Plaza 1, Caguas, PR 00725
- Phone
- (787) 743-1415
- Enumerated
- Jul 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 15, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (787) 961-4609
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120612000125); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Miguel Palacios-Mercado in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Puerto Rico board licenses this profession
Search for license 6879Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
12,983 Medicare Part D claims for 523 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium729 claims
- Gabapentin630 claims
- Synthroid627 claims
- Famotidine587 claims
- Omeprazole452 claims
- Metformin Hcl445 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: $141.89
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, 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.
Miguel Palacios-Mercado among 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico
Miguel Palacios-Mercado, M.D. is one of 1,146 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 79% 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 13% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 13% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 1996 among the 595 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 55% 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 Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
58 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Caguas
They are 58 of the 2,093 NPPES records with a practice address in Caguas, and 1,146 internal medicine physician records in Puerto Rico.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Andres Barcelo-Miller, M.DCaguas, PR 007251144244385
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- Carmen Cortes, MDCaguas, PR 007251275538779
- Eduardo Diaz Del Valle, MDCaguas, PR 007251457339541
- Marco Feliciano, M.DCaguas, PR 007251033107172
- Anstrong Figueroa, M.D.Caguas, PR 007251750336921
- Wallace Laracuenta, M.DCaguas, PR 007251598788200
- Hector Martinez Torres, MDCaguas, PR 007251821032087
Common questions
What is Miguel Palacios-Mercado, M.D.'s NPI number?
Miguel Palacios-Mercado, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1568497949, issued on Jul 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Miguel Palacios-Mercado, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Hima Plaza 1, Caguas, PR, 00725. Phone: (787) 743-1415. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Miguel Palacios-Mercado, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 6879, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Miguel Palacios-Mercado, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Miguel Palacios-Mercado, M.D. had 12,983 Medicare Part D claims for 523 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.