Oscar Lopez Velasco, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Porterville, CA
Oscar Lopez Velasco, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Porterville, California, and NPI 1689778235, issued on Sep 12, 2006. Check the license (California A38813, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Oscar Lopez Velasco
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A38813 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 560 W Putnam Ave, Porterville, CA 93257
- Phone
- (559) 781-4007
- Enumerated
- Sep 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 3, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (559) 783-9454
- Medicaid ID
- OOA388131 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20101025001069); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Oscar Lopez Velasco in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A38813Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
8,298 Medicare Part D claims for 272 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. 548 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Levothyroxine Sodium302 claims
- Losartan Potassium295 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate288 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen276 claims
- Omeprazole258 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium253 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): 98.1 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $27.87
1 payment: 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.
Oscar Lopez Velasco among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Oscar Lopez Velasco, MD is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated1980 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 58% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
31 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Porterville
They are 31 of the 795 NPPES records with a practice address in Porterville, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Oscar Lopez Velasco, MD's NPI number?
Oscar Lopez Velasco, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689778235, issued on Sep 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Oscar Lopez Velasco, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 560 W Putnam Ave, Porterville, CA, 93257. Phone: (559) 781-4007. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Oscar Lopez Velasco, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A38813, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Oscar Lopez Velasco, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Oscar Lopez Velasco, MD had 8,298 Medicare Part D claims for 272 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Oscar Lopez Velasco, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 98.1 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.