Dr. Rafael William Blanco, MD

Dr. Blanco practices at BayCare St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, Florida, part of BayCare Health System.

Dr. Blanco's NPI, 1164474615, was assigned on May 16, 2006. Dr. Blanco graduated from Tulane School of Medicine in 1976. Dr. Blanco holds Florida license ME30523.

Dr. Blanco's primary practice is BayCare St. Joseph's Hospital, at 3001 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607 in Hillsborough County. The practice phone is (813) 870-4398.

Dr. Blanco's primary practice is BayCare St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, Florida, part of BayCare Health System. The medical group on file is Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute. Dmand AI also links Dr. Blanco to 1 more physician office, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Blanco practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Medical oncology is Dr. Blanco's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RX0202X. Dr. Blanco is board certified in internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Blanco's licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and Louisiana.

Dmand AI lists breast cancer, chronic anemia, chronic embolism thrombosis, chronic leukemia, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, lymphoma and multiple myeloma among the conditions Dr. Blanco treats.

CMS data shows 28,774 Medicare services from Dr. Blanco across 22 procedure codes in 2024, for 412 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $120,795 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 412 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Blanco in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 172 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 17% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.15, 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. Blanco's median patient age at 66, with 65% women.

In 2024, Dr. Blanco wrote 1,419 Medicare Part D claims for 244 patients. 82% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,143 of them, across 38 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,782,255 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 973 claims across 30 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 11 papers to Dr. Blanco, published from 2010 to 2020. 2012 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Chile, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide and Alleles. Dr. Blanco has published most often in Breast Cancer Res Treat. Dr. Blanco's most frequent co-authors are Hector Alejandro Arango, MD, James Vincent Fiorica, MD and Edward C. Grendys, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 764 general payments to Dr. Blanco from 73 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 94% of the total. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company paid the most, $2,146.

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Blanco, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2014.

Dr. Blanco graduated from Tulane School of Medicine in 1976. Dr. Blanco is a member of ASCO.

Dr. Blanco is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Cigna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.