Laura Puffer, M.ED, LPC, NCC

Primary specialty

Professional CounselorTaxonomy code 101YP2500X

License

1378 Issued in MS

Practice address

1520 29TH Ave Ste 16
Gulfport, MS 39501-2843

Phone

(228) 860-5175

NPI assigned

Aug 15, 2016

Last updated

Mar 14, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

Yes

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MS

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, 2004

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Mindful MattersGroup PAC ID 7911287305, 6 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Master of Education

State licenses

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.

• Peace Place Psychotherapy, LLC

  • Professional Counselor
  • Gulfport, MS
  • NPI 1972496610
  Medicare reassignment NPD Authorized official
• Mindful Matters

  • Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
  • Gulfport, MS
  • NPI 1477003028
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• North Plantation

  dba Mindful Matters

  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician
  • Gulfport, MS
  • NPI 1639620560
  NPD

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

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• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 14, 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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