Dr. Ronald Merino, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 179
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 107
- Part D claims, 2024
- 2,809
- Hospital affiliations
- 1
- Industry payments
- $870
- Practice address
- 6703 38th N Ave, Saint Petersburg, FL 33710
- Practice phone
- Call (855) 536-7277
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Mycare Medical
Saint Petersburg, Florida
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Dr. Ronald Merino is an internist in Saint Petersburg, Florida
Dr. Merino practices at Mycare Medical in Saint Petersburg, Florida.
Dr. Merino's NPI, 1386957587, was assigned on July 16, 2010. Dr. Merino graduated from Cayetano Heredia University in 1992. Dr. Merino holds Florida license ME163498.
- NPI
- 1386957587NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 9931383627
- NPI enumeration date
- July 16, 2010
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (855) 536-7277
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 60
- Medical school graduation
- 1992
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Ronald Merino practices at Mycare Medical in Saint Petersburg, Florida
Dr. Merino's primary practice is Mycare Medical, at 6703 38th N Ave, Saint Petersburg, FL 33710 in Pinellas County. The practice phone is (855) 536-7277.
- Mycare Medical6703 38th N Ave, Saint Petersburg, FL 33710 · Pinellas CountyPhone(855) 536-7277
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Ronald Merino is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 3 medical groups
Dr. Merino's primary practice is Mycare Medical in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Merino is also affiliated with Morton Plant Hospital. The medical group on file is Rochester Regional Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Merino to 2 more medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Ronald Merino's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Merino practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Mycare Medical | Available with a free account |
| +2 more sites and 2 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Ronald Merino is one of 9,009 internists in Florida
Internal medicine is Dr. Merino's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Merino is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Merino's licenses on file in 5 states: Florida, Pennsylvania, Texas, New York and New Jersey.
Specialties and state licenses
- Internal medicine, FloridaPrimary
- Pennsylvania license
- Texas license
- New York license
- New Jersey license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists acid reflux, acute kidney failure, acute sinusitis, acute skin infection, aneurysm, asthma, atrial fibrillation and flutter and bronchitis among the conditions Dr. Merino treats.
Internists near Dr. Merino
Counts of internists 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
Dr. Ronald Merino billed Medicare for 179 services in 2024
CMS data shows 179 Medicare services from Dr. Merino across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 107 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $15,181 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Merino's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 4682024: 13172%
- Other services
- 2023: 1122024: 4857%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 172024: 0100%
Dr. Merino compared with the Florida median for internists, 2024
- Dr. Merino
- Florida median
- Medicare services
- 179vs 55568% below
- Medicare patients
- 107vs 21550% below
- Part D claims
- 2,248vs 4664.8 times
Medians across 8,488 internists in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Merino'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. Ronald Merino treated 107 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 107 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Merino in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 51 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 16% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.32, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Merino's median patient age at 72, with 45% women.
Dr. Merino's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Merino's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women4744%
- Men6056%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Merino's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Ischemic heart disease34%
- Arthritis33%
- Anxiety28%
- Mood disorders28%
- Chronic kidney disease27%
- Diabetes25%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Merino's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 72
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women45%
- Men55%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Ronald Merino wrote 2,809 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Merino wrote 2,809 Medicare Part D claims for 489 patients. 86% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,248 of them, across 58 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $201,801 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 5,141 claims across 94 drugs.
Dr. Merino's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic2,405 claims86%
- Brand-name387 claims14%
- Other17 claims1%
Dr. Merino'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.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Merino's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids1%23 of 2,809 claims
- Antibiotics1%32 of 2,809 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 5,1412024: 2,24856%
Drugs named by CMS: 58 in 2024, 94 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
How Dr. Ronald Merino takes part in Medicare
Dr. Merino accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Ronald Merino received $870 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024
CMS Open Payments shows 29 general payments to Dr. Merino from 11 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP paid the most, $341.
General payments to Dr. Merino by program year, 2016 to 2024
Companies that paid Dr. Merino the most, 2016 to 2024
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Ronald Merino has 1 award and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Merino, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2012.
Awards and honors for Dr. Merino
- 2012
- CMS Stage 1 EHR
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Ronald Merino graduated from Cayetano Heredia University
Dr. Merino graduated from Cayetano Heredia University in 1992.
- Medical school
- Board certified in internal medicine
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Ronald Merino accepts plans from 10 insurance carriers
Dr. Merino is in network with 10 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and MVP Health Care. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
- MVP Health Care
- Cigna
- Elevance
- HCSC
- Highmark
- Humana
- +2 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Merino accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO8
- Medicare6
- EPO5
- HMO5
- POS4
- Medicaid2
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Ronald Merino'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) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Awards and committee roles | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| 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 Dr. Ronald Merino's NPI number?
Dr. Ronald Merino's NPI number is 1386957587. It was assigned on July 16, 2010, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Ronald Merino?
Dr. Ronald Merino is an internist in Saint Petersburg, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).
Where does Dr. Ronald Merino practice?
Dr. Merino practices at 6703 38th N Ave, Saint Petersburg, FL 33710. Dr. Merino's primary practice is Mycare Medical in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Merino to 2 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Ronald Merino's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Merino is (855) 536-7277.
What is Dr. Ronald Merino's medical license number?
Dr. Merino holds Florida license ME163498, one of the licenses on file in 5 states.
Which states has Dr. Ronald Merino been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Merino in Florida (2023 to 2027), Pennsylvania (2014 to 2026), Texas (2020 to 2026), New York (2010 to 2025) and New Jersey (2010 to 2013).
Which hospitals is Dr. Ronald Merino affiliated with?
Dr. Merino is affiliated with Morton Plant Hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Ronald Merino part of?
Dr. Merino is linked to Rochester Regional Health. Dmand AI links Dr. Merino to 2 more medical groups.
Does Dr. Ronald Merino accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Merino billed Medicare for 179 services in 2024, and Dr. Merino accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Ronald Merino see?
CMS counts 107 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Merino in 2024, with an average age of 75.
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Is Dr. Ronald Merino board certified?
Yes. Dr. Merino is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
What services does Dr. Ronald Merino bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Merino's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99215), office visit, established patient (99214) and medicare service (G0439).
Where did Dr. Ronald Merino go to medical school?
Dr. Merino graduated from Cayetano Heredia University in 1992.
What drugs does Dr. Ronald Merino prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Merino's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Lisinopril and Amlodipine Besylate.
Has Dr. Ronald Merino received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $870 in general payments to Dr. Merino from 11 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.
How long has Dr. Ronald Merino been practicing?
Dr. Merino graduated from medical school in 1992, 34 years ago.
What insurance does Dr. Ronald Merino accept?
Dr. Merino is in network with 10 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and MVP Health Care. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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