Valente Cortez Ramos, M.D.
Hospitalist Physician · Torrance, CA
Valente Cortez Ramos, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Torrance, California, and NPI 1437179066, issued on Jul 19, 2006. Check the license (California A76225, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Valente Cortez Ramos
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- A76225 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3330 Lomita Blvd Ofc 1, Torrance, CA 90505
- Phone
- (310) 891-6623
- Enumerated
- Jul 19, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 6, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (310) 891-6673
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040225000334); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Valente Cortez Ramos in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A76225Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
500 Medicare Part D claims for 200 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 35 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Furosemide33 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium24 claims
- Cephalexin20 claims
- Eliquis18 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate17 claims
- Potassium Chloride17 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: $919.35
43 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 7,324 providers of this specialty with any payment received $494.84 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
- Torrance Health Association IncRedondo Beach, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Valente Cortez Ramos among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California
Valente Cortez Ramos, M.D. is one of 3,099 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in California. 90% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 73% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
- Graduated1999 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 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 208M00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Hospitalist Physician providers in California
There are 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California.
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The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Ryan Brevig, M.D.Torrance, CA 905051255399143
- Allen Chang, D.O.Torrance, CA 905051801239975
- Kelly Enright, D.O.Torrance, CA 905051194135053
- Michael Kammerman, M.D.Torrance, CA 905051922061308
- Dinesh Kumar, M.DTorrance, CA 905051043286842
- Kevin Mak, M.D.Torrance, CA 905051841559002
Common questions
What is Valente Cortez Ramos, M.D.'s NPI number?
Valente Cortez Ramos, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437179066, issued on Jul 19, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Valente Cortez Ramos, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3330 Lomita Blvd Ofc 1, Torrance, CA, 90505. Phone: (310) 891-6623. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Valente Cortez Ramos, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A76225, 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 Valente Cortez Ramos, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Valente Cortez Ramos, M.D. had 500 Medicare Part D claims for 200 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.