Dr. Karla Michel Amaral, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 33
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 26
- Part D claims, 2024
- 3,231
- Publications
- 1
- Hospital affiliations
- 1
- Practice address
- 10 Calle Casia, San Juan, PR 00921
- Practice phone
- Call (800) 449-8729
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Dr. Karla Michel Amaral is a gastroenterologist in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Dr. Amaral practices at San Juan VA Medical Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, part of Veterans Health Administration.
Dr. Amaral's NPI, 1275737389, was assigned on June 13, 2007. Dr. Amaral graduated from University Central Del Caribe Escuela De Medicina in 2006. Dr. Amaral holds Puerto Rico license 17395.
- NPI
- 1275737389NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 7214188952
- NPI enumeration date
- June 13, 2007
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (800) 449-8729
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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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 Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Karla Michel Amaral practices at San Juan VA Medical Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Dr. Amaral'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.
- San Juan VA Medical Center10 Calle Casia, San Juan, PR 00921 · San Juan CountyPhone(800) 449-8729
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Karla Michel Amaral is affiliated with 1 site of care
Dr. Amaral's primary practice is San Juan VA Medical Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, part of Veterans Health Administration. Dr. Amaral's employer is on file too: a hospital.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Karla Michel Amaral's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Amaral practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| San Juan VA Medical Center | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Karla Michel Amaral is one of 170 gastroenterologists in Puerto Rico
Gastroenterology is Dr. Amaral's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Amaral is licensed in Puerto Rico.
Specialties and state licenses
- Gastroenterology, Puerto RicoPrimary
Gastroenterologists near Dr. Amaral
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Karla Michel Amaral billed Medicare for 33 services in 2024
CMS data shows 33 Medicare services from Dr. Amaral across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 26 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,575 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Amaral's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 352024: 336%
Dr. Amaral compared with the Puerto Rico median for gastroenterologists, 2024
- Dr. Amaral
- Puerto Rico median
- Medicare services
- 33vs 4221% below
- Medicare patients
- 26vs 26Close to median
- Part D claims
- 3,042vs 1,53099% above
Medians across 175 gastroenterologists in Puerto Rico with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Amaral'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. Karla Michel Amaral treated 26 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 71
CMS counts 26 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Amaral in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 15 patients. 75% of them have diabetes, and 75% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.03, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Amaral's median patient age at 70, with 100% women.
Dr. Amaral's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Chronic conditions among Dr. Amaral's Medicare patients, 2024
- Diabetes75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Amaral's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 70
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women100%
- Men0%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Karla Michel Amaral wrote 3,231 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Amaral wrote 3,231 Medicare Part D claims for 694 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,042 of them, across 25 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $155,219 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,308 claims across 29 drugs.
Dr. Amaral's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic2,879 claims89%
- Brand-name and other352 claims11%
Dr. Amaral'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. Amaral's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics2%67 of 3,231 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: 3,3082024: 3,0428%
Drugs named by CMS: 25 in 2024, 29 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. Karla Michel Amaral ranks in the 99th percentile for colonoscopy in Medicare
Dr. Amaral accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 403 procedures of colonoscopy by Dr. Amaral, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Where Dr. Amaral ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Colonoscopy
- 99th percentile403 procedures
- Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux
- 94th percentile276 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Karla Michel Amaral has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Amaral in 2016. Dr. Amaral's most frequent co-author is Doris H. Toro, MD.
Dr. Amaral's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Amaral
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Karla Michel Amaral received $19,299 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 69 general payments to Dr. Amaral from 12 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 75% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $10,510.
General payments to Dr. Amaral by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Amaral by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Speaker and faculty fees$14,40075%
- Food and beverage$3,95620%
- Travel and lodging$8985%
- Education$450%
Companies that paid Dr. Amaral 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. Karla Michel Amaral graduated from University Central Del Caribe Escuela De Medicina
Dr. Amaral graduated from University Central Del Caribe Escuela De Medicina in 2006.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Karla Michel Amaral'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 | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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)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) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Karla Michel Amaral's NPI number?
Dr. Karla Michel Amaral's NPI number is 1275737389. It was assigned on June 13, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Karla Michel Amaral?
Dr. Karla Michel Amaral is a gastroenterologist in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Gastroenterology Physician (taxonomy code 207RG0100X).
Where does Dr. Karla Michel Amaral practice?
Dr. Amaral practices at 10 Calle Casia, San Juan, PR 00921. Dr. Amaral's primary practice is San Juan VA Medical Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, part of Veterans Health Administration.
What is Dr. Karla Michel Amaral's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Amaral is (800) 449-8729.
What is Dr. Karla Michel Amaral's medical license number?
Dr. Amaral holds Puerto Rico license 17395.
Which hospitals is Dr. Karla Michel Amaral affiliated with?
Dr. Amaral practices at San Juan VA Medical Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Does Dr. Karla Michel Amaral accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Amaral billed Medicare for 33 services in 2024, and Dr. Amaral accepts Medicare assignment.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Karla Michel Amaral see?
CMS counts 26 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Amaral in 2024, with an average age of 71.
What services does Dr. Karla Michel Amaral bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Amaral's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213).
Where did Dr. Karla Michel Amaral go to medical school?
Dr. Amaral graduated from University Central Del Caribe Escuela De Medicina in 2006.
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What drugs does Dr. Karla Michel Amaral prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Amaral's most prescribed drugs by claims were Famotidine, Omeprazole and Midazolam HCl.
Has Dr. Karla Michel Amaral received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $19,299 in general payments to Dr. Amaral from 12 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Abbvie Inc.
How long has Dr. Karla Michel Amaral been practicing?
Dr. Amaral graduated from medical school in 2006, 20 years ago.
Does Dr. Karla Michel Amaral do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Amaral.
Who does Dr. Karla Michel Amaral publish with?
Dr. Amaral's most frequent co-authors are Doris H. Toro, MD (1 shared paper).
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