Dr. Sharon E. Nunez, MD

  • Vero Beach, FL
  • Rheumatologist
NPI1245379239PAC ID6204901424
Medicare services, 2023
158
Medicare patients, 2024
19
Part D claims, 2024
525
Publications
14
MIPS score, 2024
90
Practice address
1155 35th Ln, Vero Beach, FL 32960
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Primary practice

Cleveland Clinic Indian River Dermatology - HOPD

Acute Care Hospital outpatient department · Vero Beach, Florida

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Dr. Sharon E. Nunez is a rheumatologist in Vero Beach, Florida

Dr. Nunez practices at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Dermatology - HOPD in Vero Beach, Florida.

Dr. Nunez's NPI, 1245379239, was assigned on February 6, 2007. Dr. Nunez graduated from Lewis Katz School of Medicine in 2001. Dr. Nunez's New Mexico license number on file is MD2005-0052.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6204901424
NPI enumeration date
February 6, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
51
Medical school graduation
2001

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

Dr. Sharon E. Nunez practices at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Dermatology - HOPD in Vero Beach, Florida

Dr. Nunez's primary practice is Cleveland Clinic Indian River Dermatology - HOPD, at 1155 35th Ln, Vero Beach, FL 32960.

  • Cleveland Clinic Indian River Dermatology - HOPD
    1155 35th Ln, Vero Beach, FL 32960

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Dr. Sharon E. Nunez is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 4 medical groups

Dr. Nunez's primary practice is Cleveland Clinic Indian River Dermatology - HOPD in Vero Beach, Florida. Dr. Nunez is also affiliated with Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital. The medical group on file is Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nunez to 1 more hospital, 3 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Sharon E. Nunez's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Dermatology - HOPDAvailable with a free account
+3 more sites and 3 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Sharon E. Nunez is one of 465 rheumatologists in Florida

Rheumatology is Dr. Nunez's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RR0500X. Dr. Nunez is board certified in rheumatology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Nunez has a license on file in New Mexico.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Rheumatology, New MexicoPrimaryLicense MD2005-0052 · 2003 to 2025 · taxonomy 207RR0500X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists arteritis, arthritis, fibromyalgia and chronic pain, gout, joint arthropathy, lupus, muscle pain, fibromyalgia, and limb pain and osteoporosis among the conditions Dr. Nunez treats.

Rheumatologists near Dr. Nunez

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465rheumatologists in Florida
6rheumatologists in Vero Beach

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

Dr. Sharon E. Nunez billed Medicare for 158 services in 2023

CMS data shows 158 Medicare services from Dr. Nunez across 4 procedure codes in 2023, for 19 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $8,160 for them.

Medicare services, 2023158
Medicare patients19
Paid by Medicare$8,160
Procedure codes4

Dr. Nunez's Medicare services by type, 2022 to 2023

  • 2022
  • 2023
Office and hospital visits
2022: 1532023: 11127%
Surgery
2022: 422023: 2540%
Lab and pathology
2022: 1322023: 2283%

Where Dr. Nunez's Medicare services took place, 2023

  • In an office4730%
  • In a facility11170%

Dr. Nunez compared with the Florida median for rheumatologists, 2023

  • Dr. Nunez
  • Florida median
Medicare services
158vs 3,46795% below
Medicare patients
19vs 31994% below
Part D claims
406vs 1,45672% below

Medians across 447 rheumatologists in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Nunez's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2023

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. Sharon E. Nunez treated 19 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 68

CMS counts 19 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nunez in 2024. The largest group is 85 and over, with 0 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 68% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.55, 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. Nunez's median patient age at 65, with 73% women.

Medicare patients, 202419
Average age68
Average risk score1.55

Dr. Nunez's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Chronic conditions among Dr. Nunez's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High blood pressure68%

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

Dr. Nunez's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 65

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women73%
  • Men25%

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

Dr. Sharon E. Nunez wrote 525 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Nunez wrote 525 Medicare Part D claims for 93 patients. 66% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 406 of them, across 17 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $737,802 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 884 claims across 23 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024525
Drugs named by CMS17
Total drug cost$737,802
Part D patients93

Dr. Nunez's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic344 claims66%
  • Brand-name and other181 claims34%

Dr. Nunez'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.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 8842024: 40654%

Drugs named by CMS: 17 in 2024, 23 in 2023.

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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

Dr. Sharon E. Nunez scored 90 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 90 out of 100 for Dr. Nunez for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Nunez accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Nunez as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Nunez's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 90of 100Final score
  • 75.5of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 77of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Sharon E. Nunez has 14 publications on record

Dmand AI links 14 papers to Dr. Nunez, published from 2008 to 2025. 2022 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Injections, Intra-Articular, Pain Measurement and Scleroderma, Systemic. Dr. Nunez has published most often in Int J Rheum Dis. Dr. Nunez's most frequent co-authors are Wilmer L. Sibbitt, MD, Maheswari Muruganandam, MBBS and Roderick A. Fields, MD.

Papers14
Years published2008 to 2025

Dr. Nunez's papers by year, 2008 to 2025

Topics Dr. Nunez writes about most

  • Injections, Intra-Articular
  • Pain Measurement
  • Scleroderma, Systemic
  • Syringes
  • Autoantibodies
  • Equipment Design
  • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
  • Myositis

Dr. Nunez's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Nunez

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Sharon E. Nunez received $1,051 in industry payments from 2016 to 2023

CMS Open Payments shows 65 general payments to Dr. Nunez from 12 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Genentech, Inc. paid the most, $307.

General payments to Dr. Nunez by program year, 2016 to 2023

Companies that paid Dr. Nunez the most, 2016 to 2023

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Sharon E. Nunez graduated from Lewis Katz School of Medicine

Dr. Nunez graduated from Lewis Katz School of Medicine in 2001.

  1. Medical schoolLewis Katz School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in rheumatologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Sharon E. Nunez accepts plans from 3 insurance carriers

Dr. Nunez is in network with 3 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Elevance and Regence Health Plans. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 3. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Elevance
  • Regence Health Plans

Plan types Dr. Nunez accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO3
  2. Medicare2
  3. POS1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Sharon E. Nunez'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 phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand 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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Sharon E. Nunez's NPI number?

Dr. Sharon E. Nunez's NPI number is 1245379239. It was assigned on February 6, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Sharon E. Nunez?

Dr. Sharon E. Nunez is a rheumatologist in Vero Beach, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Rheumatology Physician (taxonomy code 207RR0500X).

Where does Dr. Sharon E. Nunez practice?

Dr. Nunez practices at 1155 35th Ln, Vero Beach, FL 32960. Dr. Nunez's primary practice is Cleveland Clinic Indian River Dermatology - HOPD in Vero Beach, Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nunez to 1 hospital, 3 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Sharon E. Nunez's medical license number?

Dr. Nunez's New Mexico license number on file is MD2005-0052.

Which hospitals is Dr. Sharon E. Nunez affiliated with?

Dr. Nunez is affiliated with Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Nunez to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Sharon E. Nunez part of?

Dr. Nunez is linked to Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Nunez to 3 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Sharon E. Nunez accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Nunez billed Medicare for 158 services in 2023, and Dr. Nunez accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Sharon E. Nunez offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Nunez as offering telehealth services.

What is Dr. Sharon E. Nunez's MIPS score?

Dr. Nunez's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 90 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Sharon E. Nunez see?

CMS counts 19 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nunez in 2024, with an average age of 68.

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Is Dr. Sharon E. Nunez board certified?

Yes. Dr. Nunez is board certified in rheumatology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Sharon E. Nunez bill to Medicare?

In 2023, Dr. Nunez's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), surgery: heart and blood vessels (36415) and lab and pathology test (85025).

Where did Dr. Sharon E. Nunez go to medical school?

Dr. Nunez graduated from Lewis Katz School of Medicine in 2001.

What drugs does Dr. Sharon E. Nunez prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Nunez's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate, Humira(Cf) Pen and Leflunomide.

Has Dr. Sharon E. Nunez received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,051 in general payments to Dr. Nunez from 12 companies from 2016 to 2023. The largest total came from Genentech, Inc.

How long has Dr. Sharon E. Nunez been practicing?

Dr. Nunez graduated from medical school in 2001, 25 years ago.

Does Dr. Sharon E. Nunez do research?

Dmand AI links 14 publications to Dr. Nunez, published from 2008 to 2025.

Who does Dr. Sharon E. Nunez publish with?

Dr. Nunez's most frequent co-authors are Wilmer L. Sibbitt, MD (10 shared papers), Maheswari Muruganandam, MBBS (8 shared papers) and Roderick A. Fields, MD (6 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Sharon E. Nunez accept?

Dr. Nunez is in network with 3 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Elevance and Regence Health Plans. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 3. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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