Ricardo Salas
Hematology & Oncology Physician · Bakersfield, CA
Ricardo Salas is a hematology & oncology physician with a practice address in Bakersfield, California, and NPI 1497045355, issued on Apr 13, 2011. Check the license (California A122722, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ricardo Salas
- Primary taxonomy
- Hematology & Oncology Physician 207RH0003X
- License number
- A122722 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4500 Morning Dr Ste 105, Bakersfield, CA 93306
- Phone
- (661) 491-5060
- Enumerated
- Apr 13, 2011
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Fax
- (844) 742-2324
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170727001510); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 4500 Morning Dr Ste 105
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Ricardo Salas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A122722Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
24% more Medicare Part D claims than the average hematology & oncology physician in 2024
1,090 Medicare Part D claims for 205 beneficiaries, against an average of 877 among the 10,784 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 41% of claims. 29 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Anastrozole121 claims
- Abiraterone Acetate62 claims
- Xtandi62 claims
- Orgovyx60 claims
- Gabapentin54 claims
- Prednisone40 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $510.28
27 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Daiichi Sankyo Inc. The 8,560 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,481.41 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.
2 hospitals and group practices
- Adventist Health DelanoDelano, CA · Acute Care Hospitals2 of 5 stars
- San Joaquin Community HospitalBakersfield, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
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There are 1,583 hematology & oncology physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Ricardo Salas's NPI number?
Ricardo Salas's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497045355, issued on Apr 13, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ricardo Salas located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4500 Morning Dr Ste 105, Bakersfield, CA, 93306. Phone: (661) 491-5060. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ricardo Salas's license?
NPPES lists California license number A122722, 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 Salas prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ricardo Salas had 1,090 Medicare Part D claims for 205 beneficiaries; the average among hematology & oncology physician prescribers was 877. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ricardo Salas's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.