Ricardo Rafael Vega, M.D.
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Temecula, CA
Ricardo Rafael Vega, M.D. is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Temecula, California, and NPI 1982607750, issued on May 24, 2005. Check the license (California A65736, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ricardo Rafael Vega
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- A65736 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 27699 Jefferson Ave Ste 204, Temecula, CA 92590
- Phone
- (951) 225-1116
- Enumerated
- May 24, 2005
- Record last updated
- Aug 14, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (951) 225-1103
- Medicaid ID
- 00A657360 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050330000394); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 27699 Jefferson Ave Ste 204
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Jhermie Salas, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1477097897
Verify Ricardo Rafael Vega in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A65736Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
3,120 Medicare Part D claims for 472 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 52% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trelegy Ellipta505 claims
- Montelukast Sodium298 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa276 claims
- Wixela Inhub187 claims
- Breztri Aerosphere159 claims
- Fluticasone Propionate154 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.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 21 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $101.46
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through 3 group practices
- Inpatient Specialists OF California PCTemecula, CA
- Inspire Pulmonary And Sleep Medicine SpecialistMurrieta, CA
- Western Institute OF Critical Care Medicine, IncCorona, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ricardo Rafael Vega among 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California
Ricardo Rafael Vega, M.D. is one of 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in California. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 93% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated1991 · median 2002 among the 1,061 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 55% 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 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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- Prashant Mukerjee, M.D.Wildomar, CA 925951154334936
- Elizabeth Chuy, M.D.San Jacinto, CA 925831033415773
- Rakesh Gupta, MDSan Jacinto, CA 925831871574996
- Raghu Tiperneni, MDSan Jacinto, CA 925831689293086
- Aaron Weinberg, M.D.Irvine, CA 926121891085312
Common questions
What is Ricardo Rafael Vega, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ricardo Rafael Vega, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982607750, issued on May 24, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ricardo Rafael Vega, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 27699 Jefferson Ave Ste 204, Temecula, CA, 92590. Phone: (951) 225-1116. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ricardo Rafael Vega, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A65736, 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 Rafael Vega, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ricardo Rafael Vega, M.D. had 3,120 Medicare Part D claims for 472 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ricardo Rafael Vega, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 21 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.