Dr. Fernando Castro-Pavia, MD

Dr. Castro-Pavia practices at Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston in Weston, Florida.

Dr. Castro-Pavia's NPI, 1679535116, was assigned on April 3, 2006. Dr. Castro-Pavia graduated from University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus in 1989. Dr. Castro-Pavia holds Florida license ME0084443.

Dr. Castro-Pavia's primary practice is Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston, at 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd, Weston, FL 33331 in Broward County. The practice phone is (954) 689-5000.

Dr. Castro-Pavia's primary practice is Cleveland Clinic Florida - Weston in Weston, Florida. Dr. Castro-Pavia is also affiliated with Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital. The medical group on file is Cleveland Clinic Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Castro-Pavia to 1 more hospital, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Castro-Pavia practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Castro-Pavia's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Castro-Pavia is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Castro-Pavia is licensed in Florida.

Dmand AI lists acid reflux, chronic indigestion, chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), cirrhosis of the liver, colonoscopy, fatty liver, gastroenteritis and gastrointestinal bleeding among the conditions Dr. Castro-Pavia treats.

CMS data shows 452 Medicare services from Dr. Castro-Pavia across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 295 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $37,218 for them.

CMS counts 295 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Castro-Pavia in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 163 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 74% have high blood pressure. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.62, 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. Castro-Pavia's median patient age at 63, with 54% women.

In 2024, Dr. Castro-Pavia wrote 475 Medicare Part D claims for 148 patients. 91% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 344 of them, across 13 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $314,609 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 342 claims across 12 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 92 out of 100 for Dr. Castro-Pavia for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Castro-Pavia accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Castro-Pavia as offering telehealth. CMS counts 32 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Castro-Pavia, more than 55% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Castro-Pavia in 2021. 2021 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Castro-Pavia's most frequent co-authors are Pablo A. Bejarano, Michael Castillo, MD and Adalberto Jose Gonzalez, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Castro-Pavia to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Sleep Apnea Syndromes and Apnea.

CMS Open Payments shows 179 general payments to Dr. Castro-Pavia from 25 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $2,052.

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Castro-Pavia, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Dr. Castro-Pavia graduated from University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus in 1989.

Dr. Castro-Pavia is in network with 14 carriers, including Elevance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.