Valente Cortez Ramos, M.D.
NPI 1437179066ActiveIndividual· Hospitalist· Torrance, CA
Hospitalist (M.D.) with Torrance Health Association Inc, practicing in Torrance, California. In 2024 Medicare paid $88,458 for 273 patients, and Part D covered 500 of their prescriptions, 88% of them generic. Abiomed was the largest of 5 companies reporting payments in 2025, $350.41 in all, mostly food and beverage. Lists Torrance Memorial Medical Center as a hospital affiliation.
Overview
| NPI | 1437179066 |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Entity type | Individual |
| Credential | M.D. |
| Sole proprietor | No |
| NPI issued | Jul 19, 2006 |
| Last updated in NPPES | Jun 6, 2019 |
Specialties and licenses
| Taxonomy | Code | License | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitalist Primary | 208M00000X | A76225 | CA |
| Internal Medicine | 207R00000X | A76225 | CA |
Exclusion screening
| List | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026 | No match | Checked by NPI and by name + state |
| North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
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Medicare
| Enrollment (PECOS) | Enrolled Practitioner - Hospitalist (CA) |
|---|---|
| Accepts assignment | Yes (participating) |
Medicare services in 2024
| Medicare patients | 273 |
|---|---|
| Services billed | 892 across 11 procedure codes |
| Paid by Medicare | $88,458 |
Part D prescriptions in 2024
| Prescriptions (claims) | 500 · 542 30-day fills |
|---|---|
| Patients | 200 |
| Total drug cost | $31,647 |
| Generic share | 88% of claims |
Education and affiliations
| Graduation year | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Medicare specialty | Hospitalist |
| Secondary specialties | Internal Medicine |
Medical group
- Torrance Health Association IncRedondo Beach, CA · 299 clinicians
Hospital affiliation
- Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance, CA
Other facilities
- Torrance Memorial Med Ctr Snf/DpNursing home · Torrance, CA
Industry payments (Open Payments)
- 2025$350.41 · 14 payments from 5 companies
- 2024$941.84 · 44 payments from 9 companies
Top paying companies in 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Abiomed | $177.26 | 7 |
| Zoll Services LLC (A/K/A Zoll Lifecor Corp) | $76.31 | 3 |
| Verona Pharma, Inc. | $49.68 | 2 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | $25.90 | 1 |
| Cytovale, Inc. | $21.26 | 1 |
What the 2025 payments were for
- Food and Beverage$350.41 · 14 payments
Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records
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