Karina Teresa Paez
Physician Assistant · Laredo, TX
Karina Teresa Paez is a physician assistant with a practice address in Laredo, Texas, and NPI 1861213688, issued on Oct 23, 2024. Check the license with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karina Teresa Paez
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- Practice location
- 121 Calle Del Norte, Laredo, TX 78041
- Phone
- (956) 726-1646
- Enumerated
- Oct 23, 2024
- Record last updated
- Oct 23, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250224001142); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical School At San Antonio, 2024
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 121 Calle Del Norte
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Rebecca Garza, MDPediatrics Physician1275513749
Verify Karina Teresa Paez in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $120.23
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Alpesh D. Desai, DO, PALaredo, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karina Teresa Paez among 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas
Karina Teresa Paez is one of 10,999 physician assistant records with a practice address in Texas. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2024, is newer than 88% of them.
- NPI issued2024 · 88% of these records are older, 7% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 55% of these records are
- Graduated2024 · median 2017 among the 6,096 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
28 physician assistant records list a practice address in Laredo
They are 28 of the 2,290 NPPES records with a practice address in Laredo, and 10,999 physician assistant records in Texas.
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- Paloma Cigarroa, PA-CLaredo, TX 780411992320030
- Irene Esparza, PA-CLaredo, TX 780411609022011
- Bernice Esteghamatdarshad, P.A.Laredo, TX 780411598192387
- Mayra Garza, PA-CLaredo, TX 780411669718110
- Carolina Gomez-Salinas, PA-CLaredo, TX 780411215637871
Common questions
What is Karina Teresa Paez's NPI number?
Karina Teresa Paez's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861213688, issued on Oct 23, 2024. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karina Teresa Paez located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 121 Calle Del Norte, Laredo, TX, 78041. Phone: (956) 726-1646. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karina Teresa Paez's license?
Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.