Ricardo Puertas, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Los Angeles, CA
Ricardo Puertas, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1861573230, issued on Oct 18, 2006. Check the license (California G76685, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ricardo Puertas
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- G76685 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5427 Whittier Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90022
- Phone
- (323) 869-1900
- Enumerated
- Oct 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 7, 2023
- Fax
- (323) 869-5362
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ricardo Puertas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G76685Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.8 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
9,953 Medicare Part D claims for 689 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 95 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium859 claims
- Metformin Hcl497 claims
- Lisinopril464 claims
- Omeprazole340 claims
- Jardiance330 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate279 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: $50.31
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was ViiV Healthcare Company. 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.
Ricardo Puertas among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Ricardo Puertas, 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 fileNo · 62% of these records are
- Record last updated2023 · 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).
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Common questions
What is Ricardo Puertas, MD's NPI number?
Ricardo Puertas, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861573230, issued on Oct 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ricardo Puertas, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5427 Whittier Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90022. Phone: (323) 869-1900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ricardo Puertas, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G76685, 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 Puertas, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ricardo Puertas, MD had 9,953 Medicare Part D claims for 689 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.