Providers

VIVIAN LOURDES ACEBAL LOPEZ, M.D.

NPI 1881810091, individual, San Juan, PR, Pediatrics

5
Evidence tier
informational
score 31 of 100, rank 11354, $317K at stake

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NameVIVIAN LOURDES ACEBAL LOPEZ, M.D.
TypeIndividual, sole proprietor
StatusActive
NPI issuedApril 17, 2007, last updated February 26, 2025
Practice location1511AVE. JUAN PONCE DE LEON, SUITE 3, San Juan, PR 00909, 787-339-2639
Mailing address57 AVE LOPATEGUI APT 89, VILLAS DE PARKVILLE I, Guaynabo, PR 00969
Specialties
Pediatrics (208000000X, primary, license ME132885 FL)

Procedures billed

The specific codes behind the dollars. Medicaid figures come from T-MSIS (2018 to 2024) and are compared with every other provider billing the same code; Medicare figures come from the 2024 physician and supplier file and compare this provider's submitted charge with what Medicare allowed, against the usual ratio for that code.

Medicaid, largest codes
codewhat it ispaidshareper patient-monthtypicalrank among providers
99213Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more$659K28%$88$44 (top 5% from $110)91st percentile
99214Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more$463K20%$123$60 (top 5% from $133)93rd percentile
99392Medicaid service code$181K8%$100$78 (top 5% from $124)81st percentile
99393Medicaid service code$161K7%$91$78 (top 5% from $121)71st percentile
87635Amplifed dna or rna probe detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (covid-19) antigen$150K6%$57$44 (top 5% from $70)88th percentile
90460Administration of first vaccine or toxoid component with counseling (18 years or younger)$148K6%$34$26 (top 5% from $54)66th percentile
99401Preventive counseling individual 15 min$123K5%$169$16 (top 5% from $46)100th percentile
99391Medicaid service code$108K5%$116$76 (top 5% from $126)93rd percentile

In this area

12 providers in San Juan Municipio County, PR carry an indicator in the public record, with $4.9M at stake between them. The most common is more hours than a day holds, on 8 of them, followed by named in an enforcement record on 3. 3 are tier 1: documented action, then payment.

tierproviderat stakewhy
1PHYSICIAN H.M.O. INC.
San Juan, PR, ranked 158
$81K
  • Adjudicated (pleaded guilty) per a Department of Justice release dated July 17, 2025.
  • Medicaid paid $81,097 in the last 12 observed months.
1PHYSICIAN HMO INC.
San Juan, PR, ranked 408
$680
  • Adjudicated (pleaded guilty) per a Department of Justice release dated July 17, 2025.
  • Medicaid paid $680 in the last 12 observed months.
1PHYSICIAN HMO INC.
Rio Piedras, PR, ranked 460
$0
  • Adjudicated (pleaded guilty) per a Department of Justice release dated July 17, 2025.
  • No Medicaid payments in the last 12 observed months.
3CMS HOME CARE METRO, LLC.
San Juan, PR, ranked 5251
$0
  • Part of provider network D1-00068, ranked 68 nationally.
4FRANKIE ALVARADO
San Juan, PR, ranked 7831
$1.0M
  • Hours beyond a day in 3 months under one organization, which can be supervisory billing.
  • Records needed.
  • and 1 more
4JAN RODRIGUEZ FERRER
San Juan, PR, ranked 7946
$483K
  • Hours beyond a day in 2 months under one organization, which can be supervisory billing.
  • Records needed.
  • and 1 more
4ARNALDO CRUZ IGARTUA
San Juan, PR, ranked 8890
$1.3M
  • Hours beyond a day in 1 month, but with up to 683 patients a month, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours.
  • Records needed.
4WALESKA LIND
San Juan, PR, ranked 9521
$144K
  • Hours beyond a day in 2 months, but with up to 224 patients a month, which points to a supervising clinician on the claims rather than one person's hours.
  • Records needed.
All 12 in PR

Recent enforcement in PR

All releases

Department of Justice and HHS-OIG releases for this state, newest first. Each opens in a new tab.

DOJIndictedJun 23, 2026
2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown
Four defendants were charged in two schemes, one involving the advertising, sale, and distribution of Semaglutide, Mounjaro, steroids, and Tirzepatide that defendants were not authorized to possess and distribute, and the other involving performing dental procedures on patients without a valid dental license and misbranding of devices.
DOJCivil settlementJun 4, 2026
Puerto Rico Pharmacies Agree to Pay $4.6 Million to Federal Authorities in Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Cases
Four pharmacies and their owners agreed to pay $4.6 million to resolve allegations that between January 2021 and January 2024 they billed Medicare and Medicaid for diverted prescriptions sold to patients that had been misrepresented as properly sourced despite unverifiable origins.
DOJPleaded guiltyJul 17, 2025
Physician Assistant who Pretended to be a Licensed Physician Pleads Guilty to Making False Statements to an Agency of the United States
Villalobos-Meléndez, a licensed physician assistant who was never licensed to practice medicine, forged medical license and USMLE documents, worked as a physician in a hospital internship program, and submitted false license information on a CMS-855I form seeking enrollment as a Medicare physician provider with benefits reassigned to Physician HMO.
DOJCivil settlementDec 23, 2024
MMM Holdings, LLC Agrees to Pay 15.2 Million Dollars to Resolve Allegations that it Violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute
MMM Holdings distributed gift cards to administrative assistants of providers to induce the referral, recommendation, or arrangement for enrollment of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries in an MMM Medicare Advantage plan and submitted or caused claims for payment to Medicare.
DOJIndictedSep 25, 2024
27 Individuals Indicted for Buying and Selling Wholesale Quantities of Misbranded and Diverted Prescription Drugs Resold to the Public Through Retail Pharmacies in Puerto Rico
Defendants engaged in unlicensed wholesale distribution of misbranded and diverted prescription drugs sold to pharmacy owners and employees who resold them to customers and billed health care benefit plans as if the drugs were authentic and obtained through licensed distribution channels.

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