What is Lydia Cortez's specialty?

Lydia Cortez (NPI 1710316260) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Nurse Practitioner in Leander, TX.

Where does Lydia Cortez practice?

Lydia Cortez practices in Leander, TX, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1710316260.

How much does Medicare pay Lydia Cortez?

Lydia Cortez (NPI 1710316260) received approximately $8K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 98 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1710316260

Lydia CortezNP

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Nurse PractitionerLeander, TXI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

204

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

310

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$7K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 14,200 Nurse Practitioner providers in TX — above median (cohort median 248).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$372

Distinct drugs

Brand share

45.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav37 claims

Prednisone26 claims

Azithromycin19 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

No data available for this provider in 2025.

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where Lydia Cortez's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 6 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Elizabeth Burnell Family Practice · Cedar Park, TX	118	764
Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. Clinical Laboratory · Austin, TX	80	249
Mobile Cr Imaging, Llc Portable X-Ray Supplier · Georgetown, TX	16	33
Williamson County Ambulance Service Provider · Georgetown, TX	15	23
City Of Austin Ambulance Service Provider · Austin, TX	14	29
CEDAR PARK HEALTH SYSTEM LP	14	30

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

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