Dr. Nelson Lim Bernardo, MD

Dr. Bernardo practices at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, District of Columbia, part of MedStar Health.

Dr. Bernardo's NPI, 1255373692, was assigned on June 11, 2006. Dr. Bernardo graduated from University of the East College of Medicine in 1986. Dr. Bernardo holds Virginia license 0101051607.

Dr. Bernardo's primary practice is MedStar Washington Hospital Center, at 110 Irving Street NW, Washington, DC 20010 in The District County. The practice phone is (202) 877-7000.

Dr. Bernardo's primary practice is MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, District of Columbia, part of MedStar Health. Dr. Bernardo is also affiliated with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. The medical group on file is MedStar Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bernardo to 3 more hospitals and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bernardo practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Bernardo's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dmand AI has Dr. Bernardo's licenses on file in 3 states: Virginia, District of Columbia and Maryland.

Dmand AI lists aneurysm, angioplasty, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac catheterization, cardiomyopathy, cerebrovascular disease, chest pain and chronic hypertension among the conditions Dr. Bernardo treats.

CMS data shows 549 Medicare services from Dr. Bernardo across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 281 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $84,978 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 281 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bernardo in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 120 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.07, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bernardo's median patient age at 72, with 42% women.

In 2024, Dr. Bernardo wrote 322 Medicare Part D claims for 73 patients. 78% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 206 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $40,973 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 79 claims across 3 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 86 out of 100 for Dr. Bernardo for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Bernardo accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 68 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Bernardo, more than 91% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 91 papers to Dr. Bernardo, published from 2011 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 14. The most frequent topics are Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Femoral Artery and Coronary Artery Disease. Dr. Bernardo has published most often in Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. Dr. Bernardo's most frequent co-authors are Ron Waksman, MD, Lowell Franklin Satler, MD and Hayder Dhafir Hashim, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Bernardo to 15 clinical trials. 3 are still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Peripheral Arterial Disease, Peripheral Vascular Diseases and Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia. C. R. Bard sponsors the most, 4. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Bernardo that name 4 trials.

CMS Open Payments shows 1,198 general payments to Dr. Bernardo from 51 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education speaker fees make up the largest share, 47% of the total. Cook Medical LLC paid the most, $133,648. It also lists 12 research payments totaling $20,959 from 2016 to 2021, naming 4 clinical trials.

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Bernardo.

Dr. Bernardo graduated from University of the East College of Medicine in 1986. Dr. Bernardo is a member of ACC.

Dr. Bernardo is in network with 19 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.