Carlina Lora, MD
Family Medicine Physician · San Benito, TX
Carlina Lora, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in San Benito, Texas, and NPI 1033615976, issued on Mar 31, 2018. Check the license (Texas T3657, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Carlina Lora
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- T3657 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 850 W US Highway 77 Ste C, San Benito, TX 78586
- Phone
- (956) 361-4558
- Enumerated
- Mar 31, 2018
- Record last updated
- Nov 15, 2023
- Fax
- (956) 361-4998
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20211012003489); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Arkansas College Of Medicine, 2021
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 850 W US Highway 77 Ste C
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Verify Carlina Lora in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license T3657Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
16,101 Medicare Part D claims for 1,288 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 116 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium1,343 claims
- Metformin Hcl889 claims
- Lisinopril845 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium675 claims
- Losartan Potassium650 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate539 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: $20.52
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- Wellmed Medical Group PAMcAllen, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Carlina Lora among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Carlina Lora, MD is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 82% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 82% of these records are older, 15% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
9 family medicine physician records list a practice address in San Benito
They are 9 of the 188 NPPES records with a practice address in San Benito, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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- Rafael Lopez, M.D.San Benito, TX 785861609873058
- Jamie Salinas, M.D.San Benito, TX 785861659371904
- Norma Schacherl, D.O.San Benito, TX 785861649277203
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Common questions
What is Carlina Lora, MD's NPI number?
Carlina Lora, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033615976, issued on Mar 31, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Carlina Lora, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 850 W US Highway 77 Ste C, San Benito, TX, 78586. Phone: (956) 361-4558. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Carlina Lora, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number T3657, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Carlina Lora, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Carlina Lora, MD had 16,101 Medicare Part D claims for 1,288 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.