Vito A. Lazo De La Vega, MD
Hospitalist Physician · Lakeland, FL
Vito A. Lazo De La Vega, MD is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Lakeland, Florida, and NPI 1245277649, issued on Jun 2, 2006. Check the license (Florida ME101761, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vito A. Lazo De La Vega
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
- License number
- ME101761 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd, Lakeland, FL 33805
- Phone
- (863) 680-7000
- Enumerated
- Jun 2, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 10, 2023
- Fax
- (866) 264-2519
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20081212000658); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Vito A. Lazo De La Vega in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersFlorida health license search
Search for license ME101761Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
93% more Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024
1,008 Medicare Part D claims for 368 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 94 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cefuroxime109 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium58 claims
- Prednisone50 claims
- Metronidazole42 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen39 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate37 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): 76.4 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: $241.66
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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
- Watson Clinic LLPLakeland, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vito A. Lazo De La Vega among 1,817 hospitalist physician records in Florida
Vito A. Lazo De La Vega, MD is one of 1,817 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in Florida. 92% 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 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 82% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 92% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2010 among the 1,549 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 34% 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 Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
64 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Lakeland
They are 64 of the 5,099 NPPES records with a practice address in Lakeland, and 1,817 hospitalist physician records in Florida.
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Common questions
What is Vito A. Lazo De La Vega, MD's NPI number?
Vito A. Lazo De La Vega, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245277649, issued on Jun 2, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vito A. Lazo De La Vega, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1600 Lakeland Hills Blvd, Lakeland, FL, 33805. Phone: (863) 680-7000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vito A. Lazo De La Vega, MD's license?
NPPES lists Florida license number ME101761, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Vito A. Lazo De La Vega, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vito A. Lazo De La Vega, MD had 1,008 Medicare Part D claims for 368 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Vito A. Lazo De La Vega, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.4 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.