Dr. Israel Galtes, MD

Dr. Galtes practices at Israel Galtes MD PA in Homestead, Florida.

Dr. Galtes' NPI, 1457326746, was assigned on February 21, 2006. Dr. Galtes graduated from Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana in 1997. Dr. Galtes holds Florida license ME87893.

Dr. Galtes' primary practice is Israel Galtes MD PA, at 950 N Krome Ave, Homestead, FL 33030 in Miami-Dade County. The practice phone is (305) 674-3888.

Dr. Galtes' primary practice is Israel Galtes MD PA in Homestead, Florida. Dr. Galtes is also affiliated with Baptist Health Homestead Hospital. The medical group on file is Cardiovascular Wellness Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Galtes to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Galtes practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Galtes' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Galtes is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Galtes' licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and Illinois.

Dmand AI lists aneurysm, atrial fibrillation and flutter, chronic embolism thrombosis, chronic hypertension, coronary artery disease, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), heart blockage and heart failure among the conditions Dr. Galtes treats.

CMS data shows 1,639 Medicare services from Dr. Galtes across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 330 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $142,812 for them.

CMS counts 330 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Galtes in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 113 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 48% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.34, 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. Galtes' median patient age at 65, with 55% women.

In 2024, Dr. Galtes wrote 8,445 Medicare Part D claims for 921 patients. 76% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 8,220 of them, across 70 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,561,920 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 6,355 claims across 58 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Galtes for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Galtes accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Galtes. Dr. Galtes' most frequent co-authors are Gervasio A. Lamas, MD, Orlando Santana, MD and Orlando Santana, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 836 general payments to Dr. Galtes from 48 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 59% of the total. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation paid the most, $36,825.

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Galtes, most recently CMS Stage 1 2012 in 2012.

Dr. Galtes graduated from Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana in 1997.

Dr. Galtes is in network with 20 carriers, including Elevance, 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.