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Maria E Garcia-Cardona, MD

Individual provider Dermatology Physician · NPI 1982895298

Maria E Garcia-Cardona, MD practises Dermatology in Clearwater, Florida. Graduated from University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in 2004, 22 years ago. Practices with Leavitt Medical Associates of Florida Inc, a 195-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Florida and Puerto Rico.

Years since qualifying
22
Trained at
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Licensed in
FL, PR
In the registry since
2007
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

26344 US Highway 19 N
Clearwater, FL 33761-4505
Phone: (727) 669-3676
Fax: (727) 669-3669
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Specialties & licences

Dermatology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207N00000X · Licence ME11159 (FL)
Dermatology Physician Taxonomy 207N00000X · Licence 16907 (PR)

Record details

NPI number1982895298
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedAugust 5, 2007
Last updated in NPPESJuly 16, 2019

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyDERMATOLOGY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2004 (22 years in practice)
Group practice Leavitt Medical Associates Of Florida Inc — 195 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Removal of skin lesions 671 times · 89th percentile
Skin biopsy 118 times · 78th percentile
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 20 times · 74th percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients317
Services billed 1,430 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $15,750 8 payments
Food and Beverage $3,119 134 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $2,606 6 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Education $18 1 payment · educational material or training, not a fee

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Colleagues at Leavitt Medical Associates of Florida Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 195 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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