Laura M Cortez, PA-C

Primary specialty

Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363A00000X

License

PA08947 Issued in TX

Practice address

2101 Pease St
Harlingen, TX 78550-8307

Phone

(956) 389-6565

Fax

(956) 389-6567

NPI assigned

Mar 25, 2014

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Other names 1

• Ms. Laura F Mendiola-Cortez Former name

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX

Eligible to order & refer

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

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Physician Assistant

Education

Other, 2013

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Benchmark Inpatient Services PLLCGroup PAC ID 3678821469, 23 clinicians

BHS Physicians Network, IncGroup PAC ID 7315019593, 702 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC Hospital, Harlingen, TX, CCN 450033
• Valley Baptist Medical Center- Brownsville Hospital, Brownsville, TX, CCN 450028
• Harlingen Medical Center Hospital, Harlingen, TX, CCN 450855

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

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 and National Provider Directory roles.

• BHS Physicians Network, Inc

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • San Antonio, TX
  • NPI 1598958431
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Benchmark Inpatient Services PLLC

  • Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Harlingen, TX
  • NPI 1285111021
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Hni Hospital Services of Texas, Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Austin, TX
  • NPI 1053884080
  Medicare reassignment
• Hni Medical Services

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Austin, TX
  • NPI 1366735169
  Medicare reassignment
• Silvia Castillo Sy Mdpa

  • Gastroenterology Physician
  • Mission, TX
  • NPI 1962631143
  Medicare reassignment
• Stanley Sy MD PA

  • Pulmonary Disease Physician
  • Brownsville, TX
  • NPI 1740770148
  Medicare reassignment
• Travis County Emergency Physicians PA

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Austin, TX
  • NPI 1962440933
  Medicare reassignment
• BHS Physicians Network, Inc

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Boerne, TX
  • NPI 1730079286
  NPD
• BHS Specialty Network Inc

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • San Antonio, TX
  • NPI 1831492651
  NPD (past)

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

• Harlingen Medical Center Limited Partnership

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Harlingen, TX
  • NPI 1881688976
  Care Compare affiliation
• VHS Brownsville Hospital Company LLC

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Brownsville, TX
  • NPI 1184911877
  Care Compare affiliation
• VHS Harlingen Hospital Company LLC

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Harlingen, TX
  • NPI 1154618742
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Anisha Faith Corona, FNP-C
• Lilly Maria Coronado Rodriguez, M.D
• Apolonia Elizondo Coronado, LVN
• Irma A Coronado, RN, BSN
• Nora Amelia Coronado, LVN
• Nancy Cortez, LPC
• Katya Alejandra Cortinas
• Cesar A. Costa-Luna, M.D.
• Michelle Corona Costley, FNP-BC
• Martha Dianne Cotten, LMT

• Physician Assistant in Harlingen, TX
• Providers in Harlingen, TX by specialty
• Physician Assistant in Texas

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Feb 24, 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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