NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ricardo Hinojos Franco, M.D.

Pulmonary Disease Physician · Baltimore, MD

Ricardo Hinojos Franco, M.D. is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Baltimore, Maryland, and NPI 1558894030, issued on Apr 11, 2017. Check the license (Maryland D98030, as entered in NPPES) on the Maryland Board of Physicians; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1558894030
Name
Ricardo Hinojos Franco
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
License numbers
D98030 MD
MED-PHYS-LIC-100152 MT
T4364 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle Jhaac Rm4b74, Baltimore, MD 21264
Phone
(410) 550-2590
Enumerated
Apr 11, 2017
Record last updated
Aug 24, 2023
Fax
(410) 550-4259
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20220315001997); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 2017
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMaryland Board of Physicians
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96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024

60 Medicare Part D claims for 25 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Ricardo Franco60
  2. Specialty average1,425

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: $7,891.46

14 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Olympus America Inc. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Ricardo Franco$7,891.46
  2. Specialty average$5,159.88

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Lubbock County Hospital DistrictLubbock, TX
  2. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center LubbockLubbock, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Ricardo Hinojos Franco among 342 pulmonary disease physician records in Maryland

Ricardo Hinojos Franco, M.D. is one of 342 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in Maryland. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 92% of them.

  • NPI issued2017 · 92% of these records are older, 5% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated2017 · median 2000 among the 225 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a Maryland practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Maryland

There are 342 pulmonary disease physician records in Maryland.

The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Gaurav Ajmani, MDBaltimore, MD 212641780177238
  2. Andrew Davis, MDBaltimore, MD 212641083176499
  3. Linda Barr, M.D.Towson, MD 212861629033212
  4. George Bedon, M.D.Towson, MD 212861487602421
  5. Brian Bohner, M.D.Towson, MD 212861598855124
  6. Philip Buescher, M.D.Towson, MD 212861952369449
  7. Wendy Dubin, M.D.Towson, MD 212861578658274
  8. John Eppler, M.D.Towson, MD 212861275628299

Common questions

What is Ricardo Hinojos Franco, M.D.'s NPI number?

Ricardo Hinojos Franco, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1558894030, issued on Apr 11, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ricardo Hinojos Franco, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle Jhaac Rm4b74, Baltimore, MD, 21264. Phone: (410) 550-2590. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ricardo Hinojos Franco, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Maryland license number D98030, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland Board of Physicians at https://www.mbp.state.md.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Ricardo Hinojos Franco, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ricardo Hinojos Franco, M.D. had 60 Medicare Part D claims for 25 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. 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.