Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz, MD

  • San Juan, PR
  • Cardiologist
NPI1750649786PAC ID0749530699
Medicare services, 2024
865
Medicare patients, 2024
204
Part D claims, 2024
5,374
Publications
1
Hospital affiliations
3
Practice address
10 Calle Casia, San Juan, PR 00921
Practice phone
Call (800) 449-8729
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

San Juan VA Medical Center

Hospital · San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz is a cardiologist in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Dr. Merced-Ortiz practices at San Juan VA Medical Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, part of Veterans Health Administration.

Dr. Merced-Ortiz's NPI, 1750649786, was assigned on April 27, 2012. Dr. Merced-Ortiz graduated from San Juan Bautista School of Medicine in 2011. Dr. Merced-Ortiz holds Puerto Rico license 18694.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0749530699
NPI enumeration date
April 27, 2012
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(800) 449-8729
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
41
Medical school graduation
2011

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

Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz practices at San Juan VA Medical Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Dr. Merced-Ortiz's primary practice is San Juan VA Medical Center, at 10 Calle Casia, San Juan, PR 00921 in San Juan County. The practice phone is (800) 449-8729.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Merced-Ortiz's primary practice is San Juan VA Medical Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, part of Veterans Health Administration. Dr. Merced-Ortiz is also affiliated with Ashford Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Merced-Ortiz to 1 more hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Merced-Ortiz's employer is on file too: a hospital.

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Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
San Juan VA Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+3 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz is one of 232 cardiologists in Puerto Rico

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Merced-Ortiz's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dr. Merced-Ortiz is licensed in Puerto Rico.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Cardiovascular disease, Puerto RicoPrimaryLicense 18694 · taxonomy 207RC0000X

Cardiologists near Dr. Merced-Ortiz

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

Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz billed Medicare for 865 services in 2024

CMS data shows 865 Medicare services from Dr. Merced-Ortiz across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 204 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $55,304 for them.

Medicare services, 2024865
Medicare patients204
Paid by Medicare$55,304
Procedure codes13

Dr. Merced-Ortiz's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3892024: 48324%
Tests and treatments
2023: 2812024: 38236%

Where Dr. Merced-Ortiz's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office40947%
  • In a facility45653%

Dr. Merced-Ortiz compared with the Puerto Rico median for cardiologists, 2024

  • Dr. Merced-Ortiz
  • Puerto Rico median
Medicare services
865vs 1306.7 times
Medicare patients
204vs 464.4 times
Part D claims
5,087vs 4,8335% above

Medians across 244 cardiologists in Puerto Rico with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Merced-Ortiz's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz treated 204 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 80

CMS counts 204 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Merced-Ortiz in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 74 patients. 75% of them have diabetes, and 75% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.87, 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. Merced-Ortiz's median patient age at 78, with 48% women.

Medicare patients, 2024204
Average age80
Average risk score1.87

Dr. Merced-Ortiz's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Merced-Ortiz's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women10752%
  • Men9748%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Merced-Ortiz's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Diabetes75%
  2. High blood pressure75%
  3. High cholesterol75%
  4. Heart failure60%
  5. Ischemic heart disease54%
  6. Chronic kidney disease50%
  7. Arthritis45%
  8. Atrial fibrillation36%

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

Dr. Merced-Ortiz's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 78

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women48%
  • Men52%

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

Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz wrote 5,374 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Merced-Ortiz wrote 5,374 Medicare Part D claims for 431 patients. 75% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 5,087 of them, across 54 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,086,031 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,859 claims across 47 drugs.

Part D claims, 20245,374
Drugs named by CMS54
Total drug cost$3.1M
Part D patients431

Dr. Merced-Ortiz's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic4,006 claims75%
  • Brand-name and other1,368 claims25%

Dr. Merced-Ortiz'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: 2,8592024: 5,08778%

Drugs named by CMS: 54 in 2024, 47 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

How Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz takes part in Medicare

Dr. Merced-Ortiz 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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Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Merced-Ortiz in 2023. Dr. Merced-Ortiz's most frequent co-author is Porfirio Ernesto Diaz-Rodriguez, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Merced-Ortiz's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Merced-Ortiz

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Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz received $69,293 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 222 general payments to Dr. Merced-Ortiz from 25 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 43% of the total. Pfizer Inc. paid the most, $28,602.

General payments to Dr. Merced-Ortiz by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Merced-Ortiz by kind, 2016 to 2025

$69.3Kin total
  • Speaker and faculty fees$29,60443%
  • Grants$25,00036%
  • Food and beverage$10,29315%
  • Travel and lodging$3,0544%
  • Other$1,3422%

Companies that paid Dr. Merced-Ortiz the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz graduated from San Juan Bautista School of Medicine

Dr. Merced-Ortiz graduated from San Juan Bautista School of Medicine in 2011.

  1. Medical schoolSan Juan Bautista School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz'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 DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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)
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
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz's NPI number?

Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz's NPI number is 1750649786. It was assigned on April 27, 2012, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz?

Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz is a cardiologist in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Cardiovascular Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RC0000X).

Where does Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz practice?

Dr. Merced-Ortiz practices at 10 Calle Casia, San Juan, PR 00921. Dr. Merced-Ortiz's primary practice is San Juan VA Medical Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, part of Veterans Health Administration. Dmand AI also links Dr. Merced-Ortiz to 1 hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Merced-Ortiz is (800) 449-8729.

What is Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz's medical license number?

Dr. Merced-Ortiz holds Puerto Rico license 18694.

Which hospitals is Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz affiliated with?

Dr. Merced-Ortiz practices at San Juan VA Medical Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Dr. Merced-Ortiz is also affiliated with Ashford Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Merced-Ortiz to 1 more hospital.

Does Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Merced-Ortiz billed Medicare for 865 services in 2024, and Dr. Merced-Ortiz accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz see?

CMS counts 204 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Merced-Ortiz in 2024, with an average age of 80.

What services does Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Merced-Ortiz's most billed Medicare services were heart test or procedure (93000), office visit, established patient (99214) and heart test or procedure (93306).

Where did Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz go to medical school?

Dr. Merced-Ortiz graduated from San Juan Bautista School of Medicine in 2011.

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What drugs does Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Merced-Ortiz's most prescribed drugs by claims were Metoprolol Succinate, Atorvastatin Calcium and Furosemide.

Has Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $69,293 in general payments to Dr. Merced-Ortiz from 25 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Pfizer Inc.

How long has Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz been practicing?

Dr. Merced-Ortiz graduated from medical school in 2011, 15 years ago.

Does Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Merced-Ortiz.

Who does Dr. Francisco Gabriel Merced-Ortiz publish with?

Dr. Merced-Ortiz's most frequent co-authors are Porfirio Ernesto Diaz-Rodriguez, MD (1 shared paper).

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