What is Miguel Palacios-Mercado's specialty?

Miguel Palacios-Mercado (NPI 1568497949) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Internal Medicine in Caguas, PR.

Where does Miguel Palacios-Mercado practice?

Miguel Palacios-Mercado practices in Caguas, PR, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1568497949.

How much does Medicare pay Miguel Palacios-Mercado?

Miguel Palacios-Mercado (NPI 1568497949) received approximately $4K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 14 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1568497949

Miguel Palacios-MercadoM.D.

Internal MedicineCaguas, PRI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$2K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 426 Internal Medicine providers in PR — below median (cohort median 105).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

12,304

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$759K

Distinct drugs

128

Brand share

22.8%

Top prescribed drugs

Atorvastatin Calcium729 claims

Gabapentin630 claims

Levothyroxine Sodium627 claims

Famotidine587 claims

Omeprazole452 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Miguel Palacios-Mercado's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 2 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
CENTRO MEDICO DEL TURABO INC.	21	75
Laboratorio Clinico Borinquen, Inc Clinical Laboratory · Caguas, PR	18	56

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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