Luz Maria Santos, NURSE PRACTITIONER
Family Nurse Practitioner · Laredo, TX
Luz Maria Santos, NURSE PRACTITIONER is a family nurse practitioner with a practice address in Laredo, Texas, and NPI 1881722262, issued on Feb 28, 2007. Check the license (Texas 555606, as entered in NPPES) with the Texas board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Luz Maria Santos
- Credential
- NURSE PRACTITIONER
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Nurse Practitioner 363LF0000X
- License number
- 555606 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9902 Mcpherson RD, Laredo, TX 78041
- Phone
- (956) 795-8510
- Enumerated
- Feb 28, 2007
- Record last updated
- Mar 19, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (956) 795-8513
- Medicaid ID
- 178651901 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060228000481); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Luz Maria Santos in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Texas board licenses this profession
Search for license 555606Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
93% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family nurse practitioner in 2024
95 Medicare Part D claims for 64 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,305 among the 140,557 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass19 claims
- Ibuprofen18 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 79.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Laredo Emergency Medicine Associates PALaredo, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Luz Maria Santos among 21,242 family nurse practitioner records in Texas
Luz Maria Santos, NURSE PRACTITIONER is one of 21,242 family nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Texas. 75% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 6% of these records are older, 91% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 53% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2018 among the 11,286 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 38% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LF0000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
213 family nurse practitioner records list a practice address in Laredo
They are 213 of the 2,290 NPPES records with a practice address in Laredo, and 21,242 family nurse practitioner records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Luz Maria Santos, NURSE PRACTITIONER's NPI number?
Luz Maria Santos, NURSE PRACTITIONER's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881722262, issued on Feb 28, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Luz Maria Santos, NURSE PRACTITIONER located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9902 Mcpherson RD, Laredo, TX, 78041. Phone: (956) 795-8510. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Luz Maria Santos, NURSE PRACTITIONER's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number 555606, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Luz Maria Santos, NURSE PRACTITIONER prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Luz Maria Santos, NURSE PRACTITIONER had 95 Medicare Part D claims for 64 beneficiaries; the average among family nurse practitioner prescribers was 1,305. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Luz Maria Santos, NURSE PRACTITIONER's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 79.6 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.