Dr. Nelson E. Velazquez, DO

Dr. Velazquez practices at Pinnacle Dermatology, SC in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Dr. Velazquez's NPI, 1730189747, was assigned on August 1, 2005. Dr. Velazquez holds West Virginia license 1500.

Dr. Velazquez's primary practice is Pinnacle Dermatology, SC, at 1000 Tavern Rd, Martinsburg, WV 25401 in Berkeley County. The practice phone is (815) 744-8554.

Dr. Velazquez's primary practice is Pinnacle Dermatology, SC in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The medical group on file is Pinnacle Dermatology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Velazquez to 4 more group practices and clinics and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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

Dermatology is Dr. Velazquez's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Velazquez's licenses on file in 2 states: West Virginia and Maryland.

CMS data shows 569 Medicare services from Dr. Velazquez across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 336 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $145,060 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 336 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Velazquez in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 139 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.18, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Velazquez's median patient age at 66, with 52% women.

In 2024, Dr. Velazquez wrote 773 Medicare Part D claims for 207 patients. 78% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 666 of them, across 18 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $763,034 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 800 claims across 22 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 90 out of 100 for Dr. Velazquez for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Velazquez accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 64 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Velazquez, more than 73% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Velazquez. Dr. Velazquez's most frequent co-author is Suresh K. Menon, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 407 general payments to Dr. Velazquez from 25 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 98% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $2,363.