Ricardo Marcelo Brizuela, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Modesto, CA
Ricardo Marcelo Brizuela, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Modesto, California, and NPI 1174605224, issued on Oct 19, 2006. Check the license (California A96573, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ricardo Marcelo Brizuela
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- A96573 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 600 Coffee RD, Modesto, CA 95355
- Phone
- (209) 524-1211
- Enumerated
- Oct 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 13, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 00A965730 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20061214000258); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ricardo Marcelo Brizuela in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A96573Check 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% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
496 Medicare Part D claims for 165 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 15 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Eliquis25 claims
- Furosemide24 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium24 claims
- Carvedilol23 claims
- Metoprolol Tartrate23 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate19 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: $13.17
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Sutter Valley Medical FoundationModesto, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ricardo Marcelo Brizuela among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California
Ricardo Marcelo Brizuela, MD is one of 3,099 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in California. 90% 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 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 73% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 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 208M00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
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Common questions
What is Ricardo Marcelo Brizuela, MD's NPI number?
Ricardo Marcelo Brizuela, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1174605224, issued on Oct 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ricardo Marcelo Brizuela, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 600 Coffee RD, Modesto, CA, 95355. Phone: (209) 524-1211. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ricardo Marcelo Brizuela, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A96573, 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 Ricardo Marcelo Brizuela, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ricardo Marcelo Brizuela, MD had 496 Medicare Part D claims for 165 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.