Ricardo Luis Velazquez, MD
Psychiatry Physician · San Juan, PR
Ricardo Luis Velazquez, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1679956627, issued on Jul 8, 2015. Check the license (Puerto Rico 21364, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ricardo Luis Velazquez
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 21364 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- University District Hospital, San Juan, PR 00935
- Phone
- (787) 754-0101
- Enumerated
- Jul 8, 2015
- Record last updated
- May 14, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20191002001104); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ricardo Luis Velazquez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Puerto Rico board licenses this profession
Search for license 21364Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
12.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024
12,479 Medicare Part D claims for 726 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 1% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clonazepam1,717 claims
- Temazepam1,112 claims
- Trazodone Hcl1,074 claims
- Sertraline Hcl859 claims
- Mirtazapine707 claims
- Fluoxetine Hcl694 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: $82.04
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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 one group practice
- Inspira Behavioral Care CorpHumacao, PR
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ricardo Luis Velazquez among 403 psychiatry physician records in Puerto Rico
Ricardo Luis Velazquez, MD is one of 403 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2015, is newer than 88% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 88% of these records are older, 11% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 30% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 1995 among the 121 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
168 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in San Juan
They are 168 of the 8,960 NPPES records with a practice address in San Juan, and 403 psychiatry physician records in Puerto Rico.
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The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ana Cebollero Lopez, MDSan Juan, PR 009351083248116
- Yanet Diaz Morffi, M.D.San Juan, PR 009351891072724
- Angel Pagan, M.D.San Juan, PR 009351578796769
- Edicer Ramirez Rivera, MDSan Juan, PR 009351750975967
- Janice Rios, M.D.San Juan, PR 009351235444274
- Adriana Rojas Jimenez, M.D.San Juan, PR 009351679889943
- Alisha Subervi-Vazquez, MD, MPH, MSCSan Juan, PR 009351063073567
- Adriana Amador, MDSan Juan, PR 009361720736226
Common questions
What is Ricardo Luis Velazquez, MD's NPI number?
Ricardo Luis Velazquez, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679956627, issued on Jul 8, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ricardo Luis Velazquez, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at University District Hospital, San Juan, PR, 00935. Phone: (787) 754-0101. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ricardo Luis Velazquez, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 21364, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Ricardo Luis Velazquez, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ricardo Luis Velazquez, MD had 12,479 Medicare Part D claims for 726 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.