Miguel A. Santiago-Garcia, MD
Ophthalmology Physician · Carolina, PR
Miguel A. Santiago-Garcia, MD is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Carolina, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1376587998, issued on Jun 15, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 9127, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Miguel A. Santiago-Garcia
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- 9127 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Road #3 KM 12.3, Carolina, PR 00985
- Phone
- (787) 769-2477
- Enumerated
- Jun 15, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 11, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (787) 276-0065
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101123000298); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Puerto Rico School Of Medicine, 1988
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Miguel A. Santiago-Garcia 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 9127Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
8,379 Medicare Part D claims for 1,580 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 49% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost1,393 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate1,123 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate971 claims
- Lumigan925 claims
- Ketorolac Tromethamine771 claims
- Dorzolamide Hcl478 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 86.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $476.82
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 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
- Instituto DE Ojos Y Piel, IncCarolina, PR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Miguel A. Santiago-Garcia among 211 ophthalmology physician records in Puerto Rico
Miguel A. Santiago-Garcia, MD is one of 211 ophthalmology physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 96% 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 24% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 24% of these records are older, 33% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 96% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 83% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 1994 among the 176 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207W00000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Ophthalmology Physician providers in Puerto Rico
There are 211 ophthalmology physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 211 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in Carolina → Ophthalmology Physician nationwide →
The 8 ophthalmology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Hector Leon, MDCarolina, PR 009851659481794
- Nilda Perez Flores, MDCarolina, PR 009851982610077
- Angel Rivera - Castro, M.D.Carolina, PR 009851336153980
- Nayda Vega, MDCarolina, PR 009851184601767
- Ana Mejias - Soto, MDCarolina, PR 009841164409785
- Angel Amezaga, MDCarolina, PR 009831912989146
- Jaime Colon Casasnovas, M.D.Carolina, PR 009871023322625
- Ilsa Figueroa, M.D.Carolina, PR 009831487666731
Common questions
What is Miguel A. Santiago-Garcia, MD's NPI number?
Miguel A. Santiago-Garcia, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1376587998, issued on Jun 15, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Miguel A. Santiago-Garcia, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Road #3 KM 12.3, Carolina, PR, 00985. Phone: (787) 769-2477. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Miguel A. Santiago-Garcia, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 9127, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Miguel A. Santiago-Garcia, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Miguel A. Santiago-Garcia, MD had 8,379 Medicare Part D claims for 1,580 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Miguel A. Santiago-Garcia, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 86.4 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.