Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 33
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 14
- Part D claims, 2024
- 12,983
- Industry payments
- $1,253
- Affiliated sites
- 1
- Practice address
- 100 Ave Luis Munoz Marin, Caguas, PR 00725
- Practice phone
- Call (787) 620-9770
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Hima San Pablo - Caguas
Caguas, Puerto Rico
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Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado is an internist in Caguas, Puerto Rico
Dr. Palacios-Mercado practices at Hima San Pablo - Caguas in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
Dr. Palacios-Mercado's NPI, 1568497949, was assigned on July 12, 2006. Dr. Palacios-Mercado holds Puerto Rico license 6879.
- NPI
- 1568497949NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1557525151
- NPI enumeration date
- July 12, 2006
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (787) 620-9770
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 72
- Medical school graduation
- 1980
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado practices at Hima San Pablo - Caguas in Caguas, Puerto Rico
Dr. Palacios-Mercado's primary practice is Hima San Pablo - Caguas, at 100 Ave Luis Munoz Marin, Caguas, PR 00725 in Caguas County. The practice phone is (787) 620-9770.
- Hima San Pablo - Caguas100 Ave Luis Munoz Marin, Caguas, PR 00725 · Caguas CountyPhone(787) 620-9770
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado is affiliated with 2 sites of care
Dr. Palacios-Mercado's primary practice is Hima San Pablo - Caguas in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Dmand AI also links Dr. Palacios-Mercado to 1 physician office, 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. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Palacios-Mercado practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Hima San Pablo - Caguas | Available with a free account |
| +1 more affiliated site | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado is one of 805 internists in Puerto Rico
Internal medicine is Dr. Palacios-Mercado's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Palacios-Mercado is licensed in Puerto Rico.
Specialties and state licenses
- Internal medicine, Puerto RicoPrimary
Internists near Dr. Palacios-Mercado
Counts of internists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado billed Medicare for 33 services in 2024
CMS data shows 33 Medicare services from Dr. Palacios-Mercado across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 14 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,964 for them. Every service was in an office.
Dr. Palacios-Mercado's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 382024: 3313%
Dr. Palacios-Mercado compared with the Puerto Rico median for internists, 2024
- Dr. Palacios-Mercado
- Puerto Rico median
- Medicare services
- 33vs 5034% below
- Medicare patients
- 14vs 2339% below
- Part D claims
- 12,304vs 2,7284.5 times
Medians across 820 internists in Puerto Rico with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Palacios-Mercado'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. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado treated 14 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 14 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Palacios-Mercado in 2024. 75% of them have diabetes, and 75% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.34, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Palacios-Mercado's median patient age at 77, with 40% women.
Chronic conditions among Dr. Palacios-Mercado's Medicare patients, 2024
- Diabetes75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Palacios-Mercado's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 77
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women40%
- Men60%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado wrote 12,983 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Palacios-Mercado wrote 12,983 Medicare Part D claims for 523 patients. 85% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 12,304 of them, across 135 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $759,298 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 14,288 claims across 139 drugs.
Dr. Palacios-Mercado's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic11,084 claims85%
- Brand-name1,800 claims14%
- Other99 claims1%
Dr. Palacios-Mercado'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. Palacios-Mercado's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics2%215 of 12,983 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: 14,2882024: 12,30414%
Drugs named by CMS: 135 in 2024, 139 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. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado offers telehealth to Medicare patients
Dr. Palacios-Mercado accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Palacios-Mercado as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
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Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado received $1,253 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024
CMS Open Payments shows 51 general payments to Dr. Palacios-Mercado from 11 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP paid the most, $371.
General payments to Dr. Palacios-Mercado by program year, 2016 to 2024
Companies that paid Dr. Palacios-Mercado the most, 2016 to 2024
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Sources for Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado'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) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado's NPI number?
Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado's NPI number is 1568497949. It was assigned on July 12, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado?
Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado is an internist in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Internal Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207R00000X).
Where does Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado practice?
Dr. Palacios-Mercado practices at 100 Ave Luis Munoz Marin, Caguas, PR 00725. Dr. Palacios-Mercado's primary practice is Hima San Pablo - Caguas in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Dmand AI also links Dr. Palacios-Mercado to 1 physician office.
What is Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Palacios-Mercado is (787) 620-9770.
What is Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado's medical license number?
Dr. Palacios-Mercado holds Puerto Rico license 6879.
Does Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Palacios-Mercado billed Medicare for 33 services in 2024, and Dr. Palacios-Mercado accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Palacios-Mercado as offering telehealth services.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado see?
CMS counts 14 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Palacios-Mercado in 2024, with an average age of 75.
What services does Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Palacios-Mercado's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213).
What drugs does Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Palacios-Mercado's most prescribed drugs by claims were Atorvastatin Calcium, Gabapentin and Synthroid.
Has Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $1,253 in general payments to Dr. Palacios-Mercado from 11 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.
How long has Dr. Miguel A. Palacios-Mercado been practicing?
Dr. Palacios-Mercado graduated from medical school in 1980, 46 years ago.
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