Arturo A. Lira, P.A
Medical Physician Assistant · Brownsville, TX
Arturo A. Lira, P.A is a medical physician assistant with a practice address in Brownsville, Texas, and NPI 1245789502, issued on Sep 28, 2016. Check the license (Texas PA10548, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Arturo A. Lira
- Credential
- P.A
- Primary taxonomy
- Medical Physician Assistant 363AM0700X
- License number
- PA10548 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 160 Plaza Santa Rosa, Brownsville, TX 78520
- Phone
- (956) 621-1255
- Enumerated
- Sep 28, 2016
- Record last updated
- Jul 14, 2026
- Fax
- (956) 621-0972
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170710002787); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Arturo A. Lira in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license PA10548Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average medical physician assistant in 2024
2,842 Medicare Part D claims for 224 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,148 among the 23,801 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims. 97 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Metformin Hcl128 claims
- Ozempic119 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium105 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium73 claims
- Lisinopril71 claims
- Omeprazole69 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $1,739.30
84 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 16,165 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,055.00 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Liras Medical Consultants, PLLCBrownsville, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Arturo A. Lira among 2,146 medical physician assistant records in Texas
Arturo A. Lira, P.A is one of 2,146 medical physician assistant records with a practice address in Texas. 68% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 71% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 71% of these records are older, 25% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 68% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 44% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2012 among the 953 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363AM0700X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
23 medical physician assistant records list a practice address in Brownsville
They are 23 of the 1,671 NPPES records with a practice address in Brownsville, and 2,146 medical physician assistant records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Arturo A. Lira, P.A's NPI number?
Arturo A. Lira, P.A's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245789502, issued on Sep 28, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Arturo A. Lira, P.A located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 160 Plaza Santa Rosa, Brownsville, TX, 78520. Phone: (956) 621-1255. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Arturo A. Lira, P.A's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number PA10548, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Arturo A. Lira, P.A prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Arturo A. Lira, P.A had 2,842 Medicare Part D claims for 224 beneficiaries; the average among medical physician assistant prescribers was 1,148. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.