Ernesto Cortez, D.O.

Primary specialty

Family Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207Q00000X

License

6055 Issued in CA

Practice address

10251 Artesia Blvd
Bellflower, CA 90706-6719

Phone

(562) 867-8681

Fax

(562) 925-2721

NPI assigned

Jul 29, 2006

Last updated

Jun 2, 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

Other identifiers 4

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA

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

Family Practice

Education

Other, 1989

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Pih Health PhysiciansGroup PAC ID 8426951328, 616 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Pih Health Downey Hospital Hospital, Downey, CA, CCN 050393

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

78.61 of 100Reported as group

Quality

58.7

Improvement activities

40

Cost

75.08

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Osteopathy

Practice roles

Locations

Networks

• BSC 65 PLUS INDIVIDUAL MAPD

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: ernestocortez@pihh.allscriptsdirect.net

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.

• Pih Health Physicians

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Whittier, CA
  • NPI 1609233899
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Pioneer Medical Group Inc.

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Bellflower, CA
  • NPI 1548303589
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Bright Health Physicians of Pih

  dba PIH Health Physicians

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Hacienda Heights, CA
  • NPI 1811376502
  NPD
• Pih Health Physicians

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Downey, CA
  • NPI 1447931506
  NPD
• Bright Medical Associates, Inc.

  • Specialist
  • Whittier, CA
  • NPI 1578576880
  NPD (past)
• Pih Health Downey Hospital

  dba Downey Regional Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Downey, CA
  • NPI 1265433551
  NPD (past)
• Pih Health Whittier Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Whittier, CA
  • NPI 1043215379
  NPD (past)
• University of California Irvine

  dba UCI Health Lakewood

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Lakewood, CA
  • NPI 1184655581
  NPD (past)

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

• Pih Health Downey Hospital

  dba Downey Regional Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Downey, CA
  • NPI 1265433551
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
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            "address_1": "10251 ARTESIA BLVD",
            "address_2": "PIH",
            "city": "BELLFLOWER",
            "state": "CA",
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            "fax_number": "562-461-0691"
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            "fax_number": "562-925-2721"
        }
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        {
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    "endpoints": [],
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}

• Ann Margret Coppen
• Vicki L. Cordts, MD
• Carolina Cormack, MSW, LCSW
• Sandy Cornejo
• Evelin Cortes
• Irene Rosaly Cortez
• Suzanne R Cortez, LCSW
• Judy L Costilow
• Joseph A. Cote, MD
• County of Los Angeles (Bellflower Health Center)

• Family Medicine Physician in Bellflower, CA
• Providers in Bellflower, CA by specialty
• Family Medicine Physician in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jun 2, 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.