Ricardo A. Adames, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Brownsville, TX
Ricardo A. Adames, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Brownsville, Texas, and NPI 1306806468, issued on Mar 24, 2006. Check the license (Texas J8859, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ricardo A. Adames
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- J8859 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4970 N Expressway, Brownsville, TX 78526
- Phone
- (956) 350-2050
- Enumerated
- Mar 24, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 5, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (956) 350-3191
- Medicaid ID
- 092011803 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050516000806); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ricardo A. Adames in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license J8859Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
9,432 Medicare Part D claims for 475 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 77 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Metformin Hcl609 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium594 claims
- Lisinopril403 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium342 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium319 claims
- Omeprazole302 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: $61.58
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Ricardo A. Adames, M.d.,p.a.Brownsville, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ricardo A. Adames among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Ricardo A. Adames, M.D. is one of 9,175 internal 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 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1985 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2013 · 49% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
37 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Brownsville
They are 37 of the 1,671 NPPES records with a practice address in Brownsville, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Ricardo A. Adames, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ricardo A. Adames, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1306806468, issued on Mar 24, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ricardo A. Adames, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4970 N Expressway, Brownsville, TX, 78526. Phone: (956) 350-2050. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ricardo A. Adames, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number J8859, 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 Ricardo A. Adames, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ricardo A. Adames, M.D. had 9,432 Medicare Part D claims for 475 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.