Dara L. Garces, PA

  • Port Saint Lucie, FL
  • Physician assistant
NPI1518172824PAC ID4880878651
Medicare services, 2024
232
Medicare patients, 2024
135
Part D claims, 2024
675
Hospital affiliations
2
Industry payments
$798
Practice address
1700 SE Hillmoor Dr, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952
Practice phone
Call (772) 335-9600
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Primary practice

Heart and Family Health Institute of Port St. Lucie

Port Saint Lucie, Florida

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Dara L. Garces is a physician assistant in Port Saint Lucie, Florida

Dara Garces practices at Heart and Family Health Institute of Port St. Lucie in Port Saint Lucie, Florida.

Dara Garces' NPI, 1518172824, was assigned on May 11, 2007. Dara Garces holds North Carolina license 0010-00763.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4880878651
NPI enumeration date
May 11, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(772) 335-9600
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
46
Medical school graduation
2006

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dara L. Garces practices at Heart and Family Health Institute of Port St. Lucie in Port Saint Lucie, Florida

Dara Garces' primary practice is Heart and Family Health Institute of Port St. Lucie, at 1700 SE Hillmoor Dr, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952 in Saint Lucie County. The practice phone is (772) 335-9600.

  • Heart and Family Health Institute of Port St. Lucie
    1700 SE Hillmoor Dr, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952 · Saint Lucie CountyPhone(772) 335-9600

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dara L. Garces is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dara Garces' primary practice is Heart and Family Health Institute of Port St. Lucie in Port Saint Lucie, Florida. Dara Garces is also affiliated with AdventHealth Sebring. The medical group on file is Heart & Family Health Institute. Dmand AI also links Dara Garces to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dara L. Garces' practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dara Garces practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Heart and Family Health Institute of Port St. LucieAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dara L. Garces is one of 7,899 physician assistants in Florida

Physician assistant is Dara Garces' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 363A00000X. Dara Garces is board certified in acls by the Advance Cardiac Life Support. Dara Garces is licensed in North Carolina.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Physician assistant, North CarolinaPrimaryLicense 0010-00763 · taxonomy 363A00000X

Physician assistants near Dara Garces

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dara L. Garces billed Medicare for 232 services in 2024

CMS data shows 232 Medicare services from Dara Garces across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 135 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $13,384 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024232
Medicare patients135
Paid by Medicare$13,384
Procedure codes5

Dara Garces' Medicare services by type, 2024

  1. Office and hospital visits183
  2. Lab and pathology38
  3. Other services11

Dara Garces compared with the Florida median for physician assistants, 2024

  • Dara Garces
  • Florida median
Medicare services
232vs 32128% below
Medicare patients
135vs 130Close to median
Part D claims
306vs 3266% below

Medians across 5,430 physician assistants in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dara Garces' 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

Dara L. Garces treated 135 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77

CMS counts 135 Medicare patients who saw Dara Garces in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 57 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.26, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dara Garces' median patient age at 69, with 61% women.

Medicare patients, 2024135
Average age77
Average risk score1.26

Dara Garces' Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dara Garces' Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women7959%
  • Men5641%

Chronic conditions among Dara Garces' Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis50%
  4. Ischemic heart disease40%
  5. Chronic kidney disease36%
  6. Anxiety26%
  7. COPD26%
  8. Atrial fibrillation24%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dara Garces' patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 69

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women61%
  • Men39%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dara L. Garces wrote 675 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dara Garces wrote 675 Medicare Part D claims for 227 patients. 82% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 306 of them, across 17 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,009 in total drug cost.

Part D claims, 2024675
Drugs named by CMS17
Total drug cost$2,009
Part D patients227

Dara Garces' Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic551 claims82%
  • Brand-name and other124 claims18%

Dara Garces' 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 Dara Garces' Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics16%110 of 675 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

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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 Dara L. Garces takes part in Medicare

Dara Garces 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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Dara L. Garces received $798 in industry payments from 2024 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 25 general payments to Dara Garces from 8 drug and device companies from 2024 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Corcept Therapeutics paid the most, $444.

General payments to Dara Garces by program year, 2024 to 2025

Companies that paid Dara Garces the most, 2024 to 2025

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dara L. Garces is board certified in acls

  1. Board certified in aclsAdvance Cardiac Life Support
  2. Board certified in atlsAdvance Trauma Life Support
  3. Board certified in ablsAmerican Burn Life Support
  4. Board certified in blsBasic Cardiac Life Support
  5. Board certified in bdlsBasic Disaster Life Support
  6. Board certified in cdlsCore Disaster Life Support
  7. Board certified in certified physician assistantNational Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
  8. Board certified in palsPediatric Advance Life Support
  9. Board certified in pthlsPre-Hosptal Trauma Life Support
  10. Board certified in awlsWMS

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dara L. Garces's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dara L. Garces' NPI number?

Dara L. Garces' NPI number is 1518172824. It was assigned on May 11, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What does Dara L. Garces specialize in?

Dara L. Garces is a physician assistant in Port Saint Lucie, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Physician Assistant (taxonomy code 363A00000X).

Where does Dara L. Garces practice?

Dara Garces practices at 1700 SE Hillmoor Dr, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952. Dara Garces' primary practice is Heart and Family Health Institute of Port St. Lucie in Port Saint Lucie, Florida. Dmand AI also links Dara Garces to 1 hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dara L. Garces' office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dara Garces is (772) 335-9600.

What is Dara L. Garces' medical license number?

Dara Garces holds North Carolina license 0010-00763.

Which hospitals is Dara L. Garces affiliated with?

Dara Garces is affiliated with AdventHealth Sebring. Dmand AI links Dara Garces to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dara L. Garces part of?

Dara Garces is linked to Heart & Family Health Institute. Dmand AI links Dara Garces to 1 more medical group.

Does Dara L. Garces accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dara Garces billed Medicare for 232 services in 2024, and Dara Garces accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dara L. Garces see?

CMS counts 135 Medicare patients who saw Dara Garces in 2024, with an average age of 77.

Is Dara L. Garces board certified?

Yes. Dara Garces is board certified in acls by the Advance Cardiac Life Support.

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What services does Dara L. Garces bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dara Garces' most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), office visit, established patient (99214) and lab and pathology test (81003).

What drugs does Dara L. Garces prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dara Garces' most prescribed drugs by claims were Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass, Atorvastatin Calcium and Rosuvastatin Calcium.

Has Dara L. Garces received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $798 in general payments to Dara Garces from 8 companies from 2024 to 2025. The largest total came from Corcept Therapeutics.

How long has Dara L. Garces been practicing?

Dara Garces graduated from medical school in 2006, 20 years ago.

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