Ruben A. Hernandez, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Lancaster, CA
Ruben A. Hernandez, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Lancaster, California, and NPI 1700879897, issued on Aug 24, 2005. Check the license (California A74132, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ruben A. Hernandez
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A74132 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 44215 15TH Street West, Lancaster, CA 93534
- Phone
- (661) 945-4581
- Enumerated
- Aug 24, 2005
- Record last updated
- Feb 21, 2025
- Fax
- (661) 949-5587
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040304000467); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 44215 15TH Street West
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Ruben A. Hernandez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A74132Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
7.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
25,987 Medicare Part D claims for 1,755 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. 426 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,669 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate1,199 claims
- Metformin Hcl1,043 claims
- Losartan Potassium918 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium788 claims
- Lisinopril667 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 86.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $3,103.15
137 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Hmg Community Clinic IncPalmdale, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
45 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Lancaster
They are 45 of the 4,273 NPPES records with a practice address in Lancaster, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Ruben A. Hernandez, MD's NPI number?
Ruben A. Hernandez, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1700879897, issued on Aug 24, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ruben A. Hernandez, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 44215 15TH Street West, Lancaster, CA, 93534. Phone: (661) 945-4581. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ruben A. Hernandez, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A74132, 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 Ruben A. Hernandez, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ruben A. Hernandez, MD had 25,987 Medicare Part D claims for 1,755 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ruben A. Hernandez, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 86.4 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.