Yanick A. Ekortarh, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Laredo, TX
Yanick A. Ekortarh, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Laredo, Texas, and NPI 1588245468, issued on Apr 21, 2021. Check the license (Texas T4354, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Yanick A. Ekortarh
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- T4354 TX
35187 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4151 Jaime Zapata Memorial Hwy Ste 101B, Laredo, TX 78043
- Phone
- (956) 729-9738
- Enumerated
- Apr 21, 2021
- Record last updated
- Sep 8, 2023
- Fax
- (956) 729-0291
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220809003351); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 4151 Jaime Zapata Memorial Hwy Ste 101B
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Amada Gallardo, APRN, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1679263834
Verify Yanick A. Ekortarh in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license T4354Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
68% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
1,118 Medicare Part D claims for 260 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 63 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium94 claims
- Losartan Potassium38 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate36 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate32 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen32 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium29 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 86.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $178.03
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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 3 group practices
- Cornerstone Internal Medicine PLLCEdinburg, TX
- Post Rio Grande Valley LLCMcAllen, TX
- Renaissance HospitalistsEdinburg, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Yanick A. Ekortarh among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Yanick A. Ekortarh, 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 2021, is newer than 91% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 91% of these records are older, 6% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · 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).
70 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Laredo
They are 70 of the 2,290 NPPES records with a practice address in Laredo, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Yanick A. Ekortarh, MD's NPI number?
Yanick A. Ekortarh, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1588245468, issued on Apr 21, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Yanick A. Ekortarh, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4151 Jaime Zapata Memorial Hwy Ste 101B, Laredo, TX, 78043. Phone: (956) 729-9738. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Yanick A. Ekortarh, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number T4354, 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 Yanick A. Ekortarh, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Yanick A. Ekortarh, MD had 1,118 Medicare Part D claims for 260 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Yanick A. Ekortarh, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 86.4 of 100. 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.