Ruth Mercedes Sanchez, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Dallas, TX
Ruth Mercedes Sanchez, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Dallas, Texas, and NPI 1548846645, issued on Mar 20, 2021. Check the license (Texas V0150, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ruth Mercedes Sanchez
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- V0150 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390
- Phone
- (214) 648-2287
- Enumerated
- Mar 20, 2021
- Record last updated
- Jul 9, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250801002417); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas At Austin Dell Medical School, 2021
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ruth Mercedes Sanchez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license V0150Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
328 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate32 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium20 claims
- Ezetimibe18 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium17 claims
- Losartan-Hydrochlorothiazide15 claims
- Losartan Potassium13 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: $185.71
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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 2 group practices
- Banner - University Hospital Based Physicians LLCPhoenix, AZ
- Healthtexas Provider NetworkDallas, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ruth Mercedes Sanchez among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Ruth Mercedes Sanchez, MD is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 88% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 88% of these records are older, 9% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
956 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Dallas
They are 956 of the 36,304 NPPES records with a practice address in Dallas, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Ruth Mercedes Sanchez, MD's NPI number?
Ruth Mercedes Sanchez, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548846645, issued on Mar 20, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ruth Mercedes Sanchez, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75390. Phone: (214) 648-2287. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ruth Mercedes Sanchez, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number V0150, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ruth Mercedes Sanchez, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ruth Mercedes Sanchez, MD had 328 Medicare Part D claims for 58 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.