Dr. Abel Rivero, MD

Dr. Rivero practices at Citrus Cardiology Consultants in The Villages, Florida.

Dr. Rivero's NPI, 1659531937, was assigned on June 11, 2008. Dr. Rivero graduated from Central America Health Sciences University in 2003. Dr. Rivero holds Florida license ME105751.

Dr. Rivero's primary practice is Citrus Cardiology Consultants, at 910 Old Camp Rd, The Villages, FL 32162 in Sumter County. The practice phone is (352) 726-8353.

Dr. Rivero's primary practice is Citrus Cardiology Consultants in The Villages, Florida. Dr. Rivero is also affiliated with UF Health Spanish Plaines Hospital. The medical group on file is Citrus Cardiology Consultants. Dmand AI also links Dr. Rivero to 3 more hospitals, 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. Rivero practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Rivero's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dr. Rivero is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Rivero's licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and New Jersey.

Dmand AI lists angioplasty, cardiac catheterization, leg revascularization, pacemaker or defibrillator implantation, pacemaker replacement and varicose vein treatment among the conditions Dr. Rivero treats.

CMS data shows 7,795 Medicare services from Dr. Rivero across 52 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,232 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $530,192 for them.

CMS counts 1,232 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Rivero in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 648 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.93, 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. Rivero's median patient age at 77, with 46% women.

In 2024, Dr. Rivero wrote 10,227 Medicare Part D claims for 1,330 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 9,927 of them, across 84 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,806,910 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 6,817 claims across 70 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Rivero for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Rivero accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 41 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Rivero, more than 77% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Leg revascularization (restoring blood flow): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Varicose vein removal: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Rivero in 2012. The most frequent topics are Perfusion. Dr. Rivero's most frequent co-authors are Elamin Mahmoud Elamin, MD, Marcos F. Garcia, MD and Fadi A. Matar, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 600 general payments to Dr. Rivero from 60 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 79% of the total. Philips Electronics North America Corporation paid the most, $2,250.

Dr. Rivero graduated from Central America Health Sciences University in 2003.

Dr. Rivero is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Cigna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.