Rafael Garces, MD

Primary specialty

Internal Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207R00000X

License

2026-01019 Issued in NC

Practice address

1611 NW 12TH Ave
Miami, FL 33136-1005

Phone

(305) 585-1111

NPI assigned

Mar 25, 2019

Last updated

Sep 4, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in FL

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Internal Medicine

Education

New York Medical College, 2019

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

University of MiamiGroup PAC ID 3274795109, 2,346 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Univ of Miami Hospital and Clinics-Sylvester Compr Hospital, Miami, FL, CCN 100079

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

87.93 of 100Reported as group

Quality

78.79

Promoting interoperability

100

Improvement activities

40

Cost

71.44

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Networks

• Optimum HealthCare HMO Network
• Freedom Health HMO Network

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: rgarces69188@direct.med.miami.edu

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• University of Miami

  dba UMiami Medicine - Hepatology

  • Hepatology Physician
  • Miami, FL
  • NPI 1013967827
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• First Docs PC

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Naperville, IL
  • NPI 1417655465

  FL

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• University of Miami

  dba UMiami Medicine Multi Specialty Services

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Miami Beach, FL
  • NPI 1124768627
  NPD
• University of Miami

  dba UMiami Medicine - General Medicine

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Miami, FL
  • NPI 1619927423
  NPD
• QMC LLC

  dba QMC Cares

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Miami, FL
  • NPI 1003216391
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• University of Miami Hospital and Clinics

  dba Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • Special Hospital
  • Miami, FL
  • NPI 1679660617
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Carlos Alberto Garces, LMT
• Carolina Garces, D.M.D
• Dagoberto J Garces, M.D.
• Dailenis Garces
• Karen Garces, OTR/L
• Deicy Garcia - Velasco, CMHP-CAPP-CAC
• Garcia & Pastoriza PA
• Garcia & Sanchez Garcia DMD PA
• Daylem Garcia Acosta
• Jacqueline Garcia Acosta

• Internal Medicine Physician in Miami, FL
• Providers in Miami, FL by specialty
• Internal Medicine Physician in Florida

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 4, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.