NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Laura Teresa Russo Herrera, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Visalia, CA

Laura Teresa Russo Herrera, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Visalia, California, and NPI 1487838660, issued on Dec 23, 2007. Check the license (California C56138, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1487838660
Name
Laura Teresa Russo Herrera
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
C56138 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
107 N Hall St, Visalia, CA 93291
Phone
(559) 734-6701
Enumerated
Dec 23, 2007
Record last updated
Feb 1, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(559) 734-6701
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20140707001159); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 107 N Hall St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

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  3. Jaime Hinesly, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1831233493
  4. Satish Kesavaramanujam, M.D.Surgery Physician1609969005

Verify Laura Teresa Russo Herrera in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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2.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024

9,287 Medicare Part D claims for 491 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 172 claims were for opioids.

  1. Laura Russo Herrera9,287
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium656 claims
  2. Levothyroxine Sodium405 claims
  3. Amlodipine Besylate343 claims
  4. Rosuvastatin Calcium325 claims
  5. Metformin Hcl296 claims
  6. Losartan Potassium291 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.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $1,081.21

58 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Laura Russo Herrera$1,081.21
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Laura Teresa Russo Herrera among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California

Laura Teresa Russo Herrera, MD is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 44% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 44% of these records are older, 44% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated2002 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2014 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

58 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Visalia

They are 58 of the 4,225 NPPES records with a practice address in Visalia, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Chawki Gerges, M.D.Visalia, CA 932911982600946
  2. Lawrence Ginsberg, M.D.Visalia, CA 932911326044181
  3. Bruce Hall, M.D.Visalia, CA 932911720085251
  4. Thanit Hasadsri, M.D.Visalia, CA 932911346334687
  5. Monica Manga, M.D.Visalia, CA 932911669479630
  6. Olayinka Omololu, MDVisalia, CA 932911861445470
  7. Henry Ow-Yong, M.D.Visalia, CA 932911154435428
  8. Angela Pap, M.D.Visalia, CA 932911477550838

Common questions

What is Laura Teresa Russo Herrera, MD's NPI number?

Laura Teresa Russo Herrera, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487838660, issued on Dec 23, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Laura Teresa Russo Herrera, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 107 N Hall St, Visalia, CA, 93291. Phone: (559) 734-6701. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Laura Teresa Russo Herrera, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number C56138, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Laura Teresa Russo Herrera, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Laura Teresa Russo Herrera, MD had 9,287 Medicare Part D claims for 491 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Laura Teresa Russo Herrera, MD's MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.