Wendell Garcia-Ortiz, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · South Bend, IN
Wendell Garcia-Ortiz, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in South Bend, Indiana, and NPI 1972593630, issued on Oct 25, 2005. Check the license (Indiana 01037595A, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Wendell Garcia-Ortiz
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 01037595A IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 211 N Eddy St, South Bend, IN 46617
- Phone
- (574) 647-1500
- Enumerated
- Oct 25, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jan 21, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040126000468); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Puerto Rico School Of Medicine, 1984
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Wendell Garcia-Ortiz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Licensing Board of Indiana
Search for license 01037595ACheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
69% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
996 Medicare Part D claims for 305 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Triamcinolone Acetonide170 claims
- Ketoconazole150 claims
- Mupirocin107 claims
- Tacrolimus67 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate60 claims
- Clindamycin Phosphate56 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: $681.28
33 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. 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 one group practice
- The South Bend Clinic LLCSouth Bend, IN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Wendell Garcia-Ortiz among 2,109 internal medicine physician records in Indiana
Wendell Garcia-Ortiz, MD is one of 2,109 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Indiana. 85% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 85% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 69% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 2005 among the 1,448 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 43% 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 Indiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
54 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in South Bend
They are 54 of the 3,178 NPPES records with a practice address in South Bend, and 2,109 internal medicine physician records in Indiana.
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Common questions
What is Wendell Garcia-Ortiz, MD's NPI number?
Wendell Garcia-Ortiz, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972593630, issued on Oct 25, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Wendell Garcia-Ortiz, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 211 N Eddy St, South Bend, IN, 46617. Phone: (574) 647-1500. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Wendell Garcia-Ortiz, MD's license?
NPPES lists Indiana license number 01037595A, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana at https://www.in.gov/pla/professions/physicians-home/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Wendell Garcia-Ortiz, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Wendell Garcia-Ortiz, MD had 996 Medicare Part D claims for 305 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.