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Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa, MD
NPI1184878142PAC ID9830243476
- Medicare services, 2024
- 6,888
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 1,250
- Part D claims, 2024
- 4,971
- Publications
- 2
- MIPS score, 2024
- 95
- Practice address
- 1595 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95065
- Practice phone
- Call (831) 474-8880
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Dominican Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Santa Cruz, California
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Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa is a cardiologist in Santa Cruz, California
Dr. Ochoa practices at Dominican Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery in Santa Cruz, California.
Dr. Ochoa's NPI, 1184878142, was assigned on November 4, 2008. Dr. Ochoa graduated from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in 2002. Dr. Ochoa holds California license A96314.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1184878142NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 9830243476
- NPI enumeration date
- November 4, 2008
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (831) 474-8880
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 50
- Medical school graduation
- 2002
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa practices at Dominican Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery in Santa Cruz, California
Dr. Ochoa's primary practice is Dominican Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, at 1595 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95065 in Santa Cruz County. The practice phone is (831) 474-8880.
- Dominican Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery1595 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95065 · Santa Cruz CountyPhone(831) 474-8880
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Ochoa's primary practice is Dominican Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery in Santa Cruz, California. Dr. Ochoa is also affiliated with Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital. The medical group on file is Cardiovascular Associates of Santa Cruz. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ochoa to 1 more hospital and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Dominican Plastic & Reconstructive SurgeryPrimary
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ochoa practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Dominican Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery | Available with a free account |
| +3 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa is one of 2,375 cardiologists in California
Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Ochoa's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Ochoa is licensed in California.
Specialties and state licenses
- Cardiovascular disease, CaliforniaPrimary
Cardiologists near Dr. Ochoa
Counts of cardiologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
2,375cardiologists in California
8cardiologists in Santa Cruz
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa billed Medicare for 6,888 services in 2024
CMS data shows 6,888 Medicare services from Dr. Ochoa across 32 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,250 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $522,451 for them.
Medicare services, 20246,888
Medicare patients1,250
Paid by Medicare$522,451
Procedure codes32
Dr. Ochoa's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 2,8592024: 2,8811%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 2,4632024: 2,3973%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 4,4352024: 1,14874%
- Other services
- 2023: 3582024: 29418%
- Imaging
- 2023: 1772024: 14816%
- Surgery
- 2023: 162024: 2025%
Where Dr. Ochoa's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office5,87885%
- In a facility1,01015%
Dr. Ochoa compared with the California median for cardiologists, 2024
- Dr. Ochoa
- California median
- Medicare services
- 6,888vs 1,5604.4 times
- Medicare patients
- 1,250vs 64494% above
- Part D claims
- 4,774vs 1,4103.4 times
Medians across 2,237 cardiologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Ochoa's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa treated 1,250 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 1,250 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ochoa in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 481 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 30% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.44, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ochoa's median patient age at 66, with 41% women.
Medicare patients, 20241,250
Average age76
Average risk score1.44
Also on Medicaid30%
Dr. Ochoa's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Ochoa's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women57146%
- Men67954%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Ochoa's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis42%
- Ischemic heart disease39%
- Atrial fibrillation38%
- Diabetes31%
- Heart failure29%
- Chronic kidney disease26%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Ochoa's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 66
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women41%
- Men58%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa wrote 4,971 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Ochoa wrote 4,971 Medicare Part D claims for 575 patients. 77% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 4,774 of them, across 53 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,079,875 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 4,584 claims across 53 drugs.
Part D claims, 20244,971
Drugs named by CMS53
Total drug cost$1.1M
Part D patients575
Dr. Ochoa's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic3,811 claims77%
- Brand-name1,160 claims23%
Dr. Ochoa's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 4,5842024: 4,7744%
Drugs named by CMS: 53 in 2024, 53 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa scored 95 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Ochoa for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Ochoa accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 31 procedures of pacemaker insertion or repair by Dr. Ochoa, more than 79% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Ochoa's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 95of 100Final score
- 100of 100Quality
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 76of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Ochoa ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Pacemaker insertion or repair
- 79th percentile31 procedures
- Coronary angioplasty and stenting
- 53rd percentile22 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa has 2 publications on record
Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Ochoa in 2010. Dr. Ochoa's most frequent co-author is Yerem Yeghiazarians, MD.
Papers2
Dr. Ochoa's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Ochoa
Bone Marrow CellsCoronary VesselsHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa received $16,177 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 681 general payments to Dr. Ochoa from 26 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 80% of the total. Medtronic Vascular, Inc. paid the most, $6,215.
General payments to Dr. Ochoa by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Ochoa by kind, 2016 to 2025
$16.2Kin total
- Food and beverage$12,94880%
- Travel and lodging$3,01019%
- Education$2181%
Companies that paid Dr. Ochoa the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa graduated from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Dr. Ochoa graduated from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in 2002.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa's NPI number?
Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa's NPI number is 1184878142. It was assigned on November 4, 2008, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa?
Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa is a cardiologist in Santa Cruz, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Cardiovascular Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RC0000X).
Where does Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa practice?
Dr. Ochoa practices at 1595 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95065. Dr. Ochoa's primary practice is Dominican Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery in Santa Cruz, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ochoa to 1 hospital and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Ochoa is (831) 474-8880.
What is Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa's medical license number?
Dr. Ochoa holds California license A96314.
Which hospitals is Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa affiliated with?
Dr. Ochoa is affiliated with Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Ochoa to 1 more hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa part of?
Dr. Ochoa is linked to Cardiovascular Associates of Santa Cruz.
Does Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ochoa billed Medicare for 6,888 services in 2024, and Dr. Ochoa accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa's MIPS score?
Dr. Ochoa's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 95 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa see?
CMS counts 1,250 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ochoa in 2024, with an average age of 76.
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What services does Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Ochoa's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), injected or infused drug (J0153) and heart test or procedure (93306).
Where did Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa go to medical school?
Dr. Ochoa graduated from Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in 2002.
What drugs does Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ochoa's most prescribed drugs by claims were Eliquis, Metoprolol Succinate and Atorvastatin Calcium.
Has Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $16,177 in general payments to Dr. Ochoa from 26 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Medtronic Vascular, Inc.
How long has Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa been practicing?
Dr. Ochoa graduated from medical school in 2002, 24 years ago.
Does Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa do research?
Dmand AI links 2 publications to Dr. Ochoa.
Who does Dr. Victor Manuel Ochoa publish with?
Dr. Ochoa's most frequent co-authors are Yerem Yeghiazarians, MD (1 shared paper).
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