Maria Descartes
- Medicare services, 2024
- 59
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 73
- Part D claims, 2017
- 13
- Publications
- 35
- MIPS score, 2024
- 99
- Practice address
- 2776 Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33901
- Practice phone
- Call (239) 343-5000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Maria Descartes is a clinical genetics (m.d.) physician in Fort Myers, Florida
Maria Descartes practices at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, Florida, part of Lee Health System.
Maria Descartes' NPI, 1841233988, was assigned on June 14, 2006. Maria Descartes graduated from University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus in 1983. Maria Descartes holds Florida license ME146864.
- NPI
- 1841233988NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- NPI enumeration date
- June 14, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Practice phone
- (239) 343-5000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 69
- Medical school graduation
- 1983
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Maria Descartes practices at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, Florida
Maria Descartes' primary practice is Lee Memorial Hospital, at 2776 Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33901 in Lee County. The practice phone is (239) 343-5000.
- Lee Memorial Hospital2776 Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33901 · Lee CountyPhone(239) 343-5000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Maria Descartes is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Maria Descartes' primary practice is Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, Florida, part of Lee Health System. The medical group on file is Lee Physician Group. Dmand AI also links Maria Descartes to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Maria Descartes' practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Maria Descartes practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Lee Memorial Hospital | Available with a free account |
| +2 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Maria Descartes is one of 37 clinical genetics (m.d.) physicians in Florida
Clinical genetics (m.d.) is Maria Descartes' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207SG0201X. Maria Descartes is board certified in clinical genetics and genomics by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics. Dmand AI has Maria Descartes' licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and Alabama.
Specialties and state licenses
- Clinical genetics (m.d.), FloridaPrimary
- Alabama license
Clinical genetics (m.d.) physicians near Maria Descartes
Counts of clinical genetics (m.d.) physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Maria Descartes billed Medicare for 59 services in 2024
CMS data shows 59 Medicare services from Maria Descartes across 2 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 73 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $6,316 for them. Every service was in an office.
Maria Descartes' Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 762024: 5922%
Maria Descartes compared with the Florida median for clinical genetics (m.d.) physicians, 2024
- Maria Descartes
- Florida median
- Medicare services
- 59vs 232.6 times
- Medicare patients
- 73vs 342.1 times
Medians across 20 clinical genetics (m.d.) physicians in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Maria Descartes' 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
Maria Descartes treated 73 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73
CMS counts 73 Medicare patients who saw Maria Descartes in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 43 patients. 75% of them have cancer, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.33, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Maria Descartes' median patient age at 15, with 45% women.
Maria Descartes' Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Chronic conditions among Maria Descartes' Medicare patients, 2024
- Cancer75%
- High cholesterol75%
- High blood pressure66%
- Arthritis40%
- Osteoporosis30%
- Anxiety26%
- Mood disorders26%
- Depression25%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Maria Descartes' patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 15
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women45%
- Men55%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Maria Descartes wrote 13 Medicare Part D claims in 2017
In 2017, Maria Descartes wrote 13 Medicare Part D claims. They cover 1 drug, with $2,397,911 in total drug cost.
Maria Descartes' most prescribed drugs by claims, 2017
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Source: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026
Maria Descartes scored 99 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 99 out of 100 for Maria Descartes for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).
Maria Descartes' MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 99of 100Final score
- 81.9of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Source: Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Maria Descartes has 35 publications on record
Dmand AI links 35 papers to Maria Descartes, published from 2009 to 2024. 2013 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Phenotype, Base Sequence and Intellectual Disability. Maria Descartes has published most often in Am J Med Genet A. Maria Descartes' most frequent co-authors are Fady Mikhail, MD, PhD, Nathaniel Robin and Kim Keppler-Noreuil, MD.
Maria Descartes' papers by year, 2009 to 2024
Topics Maria Descartes writes about most
- Phenotype
- Base Sequence
- Intellectual Disability
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Abnormalities, Multiple
- Chromosome Deletion
- Comparative Genomic Hybridization
- DNA Mutational Analysis
Maria Descartes' most frequent co-authors
- Fady Mikhail, MD, PhD3 shared papers
- Nathaniel Robin3 shared papers
- Kim Keppler-Noreuil, MD2 shared papers
Recent publications by Maria Descartes
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Maria Descartes received $22,524 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024
CMS Open Payments shows 58 general payments to Maria Descartes from 12 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 54% of the total. Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies paid the most, $12,285.
General payments to Maria Descartes by program year, 2016 to 2024
General payments to Maria Descartes by kind, 2016 to 2024
- Speaker and faculty fees$12,22754%
- Travel and lodging$5,00122%
- Honoraria$3,24014%
- Food and beverage$1,3536%
- Other$7033%
Companies that paid Maria Descartes the most, 2016 to 2024
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Maria Descartes graduated from University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
Maria Descartes graduated from University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus in 1983.
- Medical school
- Board certified in clinical genetics and genomics
- Board certified in medical biochemical genetics
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Maria Descartes accepts plans from 10 insurance carriers
Maria Descartes is in network with 10 carriers, including Elevance, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Elevance
- United Healthcare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Humana
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- HCSC
- Regence Health Plans
- Aspirus Health Plan
- +2 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Maria Descartes accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO7
- Medicare6
- HMO4
- POS4
- EPO2
- Medicaid1
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Maria Descartes'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 | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (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 |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Maria Descartes' NPI number?
Maria Descartes' NPI number is 1841233988. It was assigned on June 14, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What does Maria Descartes specialize in?
Maria Descartes is a clinical genetics (m.d.) physician in Fort Myers, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Clinical Genetics (M.D.) Physician (taxonomy code 207SG0201X).
Where does Maria Descartes practice?
Maria Descartes practices at 2776 Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33901. Maria Descartes' primary practice is Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, Florida, part of Lee Health System. Dmand AI also links Maria Descartes to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.
What is Maria Descartes' office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Maria Descartes is (239) 343-5000.
What is Maria Descartes' medical license number?
Maria Descartes holds Florida license ME146864, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Maria Descartes been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Maria Descartes in Florida (2020 to 2027) and Alabama (1992 to 2021).
Which hospitals is Maria Descartes affiliated with?
Maria Descartes practices at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers, Florida.
What medical group is Maria Descartes part of?
Maria Descartes is linked to Lee Physician Group. Dmand AI links Maria Descartes to 1 more medical group.
Does Maria Descartes accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Maria Descartes billed Medicare for 59 services in 2024.
What is Maria Descartes' MIPS score?
Maria Descartes' MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 99 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).
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How many Medicare patients does Maria Descartes see?
CMS counts 73 Medicare patients who saw Maria Descartes in 2024, with an average age of 73.
Is Maria Descartes board certified?
Yes. Maria Descartes is board certified in clinical genetics and genomics by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics.
What services does Maria Descartes bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Maria Descartes' most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99203) and office visit, new patient (99204).
Where did Maria Descartes go to medical school?
Maria Descartes graduated from University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus in 1983.
What drugs does Maria Descartes prescribe most?
In 2017 Medicare Part D data, Maria Descartes' most prescribed drugs by claims were Vimizim.
Has Maria Descartes received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $22,524 in general payments to Maria Descartes from 12 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Sanofi and Genzyme US Companies.
How long has Maria Descartes been practicing?
Maria Descartes graduated from medical school in 1983, 43 years ago.
Does Maria Descartes do research?
Dmand AI links 35 publications to Maria Descartes, published from 2009 to 2024.
Who does Maria Descartes publish with?
Maria Descartes' most frequent co-authors are Fady Mikhail, MD, PhD (3 shared papers), Nathaniel Robin (3 shared papers) and Kim Keppler-Noreuil, MD (2 shared papers).
What insurance does Maria Descartes accept?
Maria Descartes is in network with 10 carriers, including Elevance, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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