Dr. Diego Velarde, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 698
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 271
- Part D claims, 2024
- 180
- Publications
- 3
- MIPS score, 2024
- 75
- Practice address
- 3165 Suntree Blvd, Rockledge, FL 32955
- Practice phone
- Call (321) 549-2000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Advanced Surgical & Weight Loss Institute
Rockledge, Florida
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Dr. Diego Velarde is a general surgeon in Rockledge, Florida
Dr. Velarde practices at Advanced Surgical & Weight Loss Institute in Rockledge, Florida.
Dr. Velarde's NPI, 1215959721, was assigned on July 24, 2006. Dr. Velarde graduated from Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in 1996. Dr. Velarde holds Florida license ME94651.
- NPI
- 1215959721NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 0244302743
- NPI enumeration date
- July 24, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (321) 549-2000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 56
- Medical school graduation
- 1996
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Diego Velarde practices at Advanced Surgical & Weight Loss Institute in Rockledge, Florida
Dr. Velarde's primary practice is Advanced Surgical & Weight Loss Institute, at 3165 Suntree Blvd, Rockledge, FL 32955 in Brevard County. The practice phone is (321) 549-2000.
- Advanced Surgical & Weight Loss Institute3165 Suntree Blvd, Rockledge, FL 32955 · Brevard CountyPhone(321) 549-2000
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Diego Velarde is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Velarde's primary practice is Advanced Surgical & Weight Loss Institute in Rockledge, Florida. Dr. Velarde is also affiliated with Holmes Regional Medical Center. The medical group on file is Cornerstone Specialty Hospitals Tucson. Dmand AI also links Dr. Velarde to 4 more hospitals and 1 physician office, 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. Diego Velarde's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Velarde practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Advanced Surgical & Weight Loss Institute | Available with a free account |
| +6 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Diego Velarde is one of 1,593 general surgeons in Florida
Surgery is Dr. Velarde's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Velarde is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Velarde's licenses on file in 3 states: Florida, Wisconsin and Indiana.
Specialties and state licenses
- Surgery, FloridaPrimary
- Wisconsin license
- Indiana license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists abdominal hernia repair surgery, appendectomy, colonoscopy, colon removal, esophagus, stomach, or upper small intestine surgery, gallbladder removal, gastrointestinal bleeding and groin hernia surgery among the conditions Dr. Velarde treats.
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Diego Velarde billed Medicare for 698 services in 2024
CMS data shows 698 Medicare services from Dr. Velarde across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 271 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $67,075 for them.
Dr. Velarde's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 6282024: 6534%
- Imaging
- 2023: 322024: 2425%
- Surgery
- 2023: 672024: 2169%
Where Dr. Velarde's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office28741%
- In a facility41159%
Dr. Velarde compared with the Florida median for general surgeons, 2024
- Dr. Velarde
- Florida median
- Medicare services
- 698vs 1983.5 times
- Medicare patients
- 271vs 1332.0 times
- Part D claims
- 102vs 432.4 times
Medians across 1,425 general surgeons in Florida with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Velarde'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. Diego Velarde treated 271 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73
CMS counts 271 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Velarde in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 129 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 18% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.90, 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. Velarde's median patient age at 66, with 46% women.
Dr. Velarde's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Velarde's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women14654%
- Men12546%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Velarde's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis51%
- Diabetes44%
- Ischemic heart disease40%
- Anxiety39%
- Mood disorders38%
- Chronic kidney disease37%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Velarde's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 66
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women46%
- Men52%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Diego Velarde wrote 180 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Velarde wrote 180 Medicare Part D claims for 126 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 102 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $916 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 116 claims across 2 drugs.
Dr. Velarde's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic178 claims99%
- Brand-name and other2 claims1%
Dr. Velarde'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. Velarde's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids48%86 of 180 claims
- Antibiotics18%32 of 180 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: 1162024: 10212%
Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2024, 2 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
Dr. Diego Velarde scored 75 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Velarde for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Velarde accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 13 procedures of hernia repair - groin (open) by Dr. Velarde, more than 92% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- MIPS final score, 2024
- 75 of 100
Where Dr. Velarde ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
- 64th percentile51 procedures
- Removal of tissue
- 78th percentile47 procedures
- Colonoscopy
- 45th percentile16 procedures
- Hernia repair - groin (open)
- 92nd percentile13 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Diego Velarde has 3 publications on record
Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Velarde in 2023. Dr. Velarde's most frequent co-authors are Moises Jacobs, FACS, MD, Tiffany M. Jessee, DO and Cristina Lopez-Penalver, FACS, MD.
Dr. Velarde's most frequent co-authors
- Moises Jacobs, FACS, MD1 shared paper
- Tiffany M. Jessee, DO1 shared paper
- Cristina Lopez-Penalver, FACS, MD1 shared paper
Recent publications by Dr. Velarde
Ann Surg Oncol
Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Diego Velarde received $7,429 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 24 general payments to Dr. Velarde from 12 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 81% of the total. Distalmotion US paid the most, $6,106.
General payments to Dr. Velarde by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Velarde by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Consulting fees$6,00081%
- Food and beverage$90512%
- Travel and lodging$3735%
- Education$1512%
Companies that paid Dr. Velarde the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Diego Velarde has 2 awards and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Velarde, most recently CMS Stage 1 2012 in 2012.
Awards and honors for Dr. Velarde
- 2012
- CMS Stage 1 2012
- Undated
- ACS Fellow
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Diego Velarde graduated from Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
Dr. Velarde graduated from Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in 1996. Dr. Velarde is a member of ACS.
- Medical school
- Board certified in surgery
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Diego Velarde accepts plans from 10 insurance carriers
Dr. Velarde is in network with 10 carriers, including Aetna, Cigna and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Cigna
- United Healthcare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Florida Health Care Plans
- HCSC
- Humana
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
- +2 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Velarde accepts, by number of carriers
- Medicare7
- PPO6
- HMO4
- POS3
- EPO2
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Diego Velarde'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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| 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. Diego Velarde's NPI number?
Dr. Diego Velarde's NPI number is 1215959721. It was assigned on July 24, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Diego Velarde?
Dr. Diego Velarde is a general surgeon in Rockledge, Florida. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).
Where does Dr. Diego Velarde practice?
Dr. Velarde practices at 3165 Suntree Blvd, Rockledge, FL 32955. Dr. Velarde's primary practice is Advanced Surgical & Weight Loss Institute in Rockledge, Florida. Dmand AI also links Dr. Velarde to 4 hospitals and 1 physician office.
What is Dr. Diego Velarde's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Velarde is (321) 549-2000.
What is Dr. Diego Velarde's medical license number?
Dr. Velarde holds Florida license ME94651, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.
Which states has Dr. Diego Velarde been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Velarde in Florida (2005 to 2026), Wisconsin (2013 to 2015) and Indiana (2012 to 2013).
Which hospitals is Dr. Diego Velarde affiliated with?
Dr. Velarde is affiliated with Holmes Regional Medical Center. Dmand AI links Dr. Velarde to 4 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Diego Velarde part of?
Dr. Velarde is linked to Cornerstone Specialty Hospitals Tucson.
Does Dr. Diego Velarde accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Velarde billed Medicare for 698 services in 2024, and Dr. Velarde accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Diego Velarde's MIPS score?
Dr. Velarde's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 75 out of 100, reported individually.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Diego Velarde see?
CMS counts 271 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Velarde in 2024, with an average age of 73.
Is Dr. Diego Velarde board certified?
Yes. Dr. Velarde is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.
What services does Dr. Diego Velarde bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Velarde's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), hospital inpatient care (99233) and hospital inpatient care (99232).
Where did Dr. Diego Velarde go to medical school?
Dr. Velarde graduated from Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in 1996.
What drugs does Dr. Diego Velarde prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Velarde's most prescribed drugs by claims were Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Pantoprazole Sodium.
Has Dr. Diego Velarde received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $7,429 in general payments to Dr. Velarde from 12 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Distalmotion US.
How long has Dr. Diego Velarde been practicing?
Dr. Velarde graduated from medical school in 1996, 30 years ago.
Does Dr. Diego Velarde do research?
Dmand AI links 3 publications to Dr. Velarde.
Who does Dr. Diego Velarde publish with?
Dr. Velarde's most frequent co-authors are Moises Jacobs, FACS, MD (1 shared paper), Tiffany M. Jessee, DO (1 shared paper) and Cristina Lopez-Penalver, FACS, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. Diego Velarde accept?
Dr. Velarde is in network with 10 carriers, including Aetna, Cigna and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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