Maria Rica Puazo

Primary specialty

Mental Health CounselorTaxonomy code 101YM0800X

License

77831 Issued in TX

Practice address

9300 Research Blvd Ste 320
Austin, TX 78759-6569

Phone

(512) 649-2270

Fax

(512) 727-0476

NPI assigned

Aug 24, 2020

Last updated

Apr 7, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

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 TX

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: No
• Power mobility devices: No
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Mental Health Counselor

Education

Other, 2014

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Thrive Counseling LLCGroup PAC ID 0749458420, 1,187 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Practice roles

Locations

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.

• Thrive Counseling LLC

  dba Thriveworks

  • Mental Health Counselor
  • Lynchburg, VA
  • NPI 1215181300

  TX

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Roberson Counseling Center, PLLC

  dba Thriveworks North Central Austin

  • Professional Counselor
  • Austin, TX
  • NPI 1144626599
  NPD

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

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        "enumeration_date": "2020-08-24",
        "last_updated": "2026-04-07",
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• Psychological Arts
• Psychology Center of Austin, PLLC
• Psychotherapy Practice Natalia Gian M.S., LPC, PLLC
• Ptformance
• Neha Kaur Puar, MD
• Diana L. Puccetti, LPC
• Stacey Michelle Pucci, PHARMD
• Paola Puche
• Briana Puente
• Regla Yoaine Puente

• Mental Health Counselor in Austin, TX
• Providers in Austin, TX by specialty
• Mental Health Counselor in Texas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 7, 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.

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