Ricardo Lerma, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Mercedes, TX
Ricardo Lerma, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Mercedes, Texas, and NPI 1043628712, issued on Jul 25, 2014. Check the license (Texas PA05833, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ricardo Lerma
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- PA05833 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 801 West 2ND Street, Mercedes, TX 78570
- Phone
- (956) 565-6373
- Enumerated
- Jul 25, 2014
- Record last updated
- Jul 25, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (956) 565-6177
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ricardo Lerma in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license PA05833Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.4 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average physician assistant in 2024
3,688 Medicare Part D claims for 663 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium282 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate165 claims
- Losartan Potassium159 claims
- Lisinopril140 claims
- Metformin Hcl132 claims
- Gabapentin107 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: $780.54
20 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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.
Ricardo Lerma among 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas
Ricardo Lerma, PA-C is one of 10,999 physician assistant records with a practice address in Texas. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 40% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 40% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 55% of these records are
- Record last updated2014 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
4 physician assistant records list a practice address in Mercedes
They are 4 of the 156 NPPES records with a practice address in Mercedes, and 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas.
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The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ariana De La Garza, PACMercedes, TX 785701902887094
- Anna Espinoza, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTMercedes, TX 785701184832958
- Celina Paras, PA-C, RDMercedes, TX 785701891213195
- Rolando Benitez, MPAS, PA-CMission, TX 785721366531691
- Moses Campos, P.A.Mission, TX 785721558680009
- Leticia Cobos, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTMission, TX 785721508282708
- Mohammed Farooqi, PACMission, TX 785721922265230
- Criselda Gomez, PA-CMission, TX 785721912156449
Common questions
What is Ricardo Lerma, PA-C's NPI number?
Ricardo Lerma, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043628712, issued on Jul 25, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ricardo Lerma, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 801 West 2ND Street, Mercedes, TX, 78570. Phone: (956) 565-6373. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ricardo Lerma, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number PA05833, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Ricardo Lerma, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ricardo Lerma, PA-C had 3,688 Medicare Part D claims for 663 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.