MELISSA CANTU PA-C
NPI 1750397816
Physician Assistant - Medical in Rio Grande City, TX

NPI Status: Active since July 31, 2006

Contact Information

2790 PHARMACY RD
RIO GRANDE CITY, TX
ZIP 78582
Phone: (956) 487-5621
Fax: (956) 487-5862

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  • Individual
  • Female
  • Years of Experience 24
  • Physician Assistant
  • Medical
  • Accepts Insurance
  • Accepts Medicare Approved Payment
  • PECOS Enrolled

About MELISSA CANTU

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Melissa Cantu, a primary care provider established in Rio Grande City, Texas with a medical specialization in Physician Assistant, focusing in medical and more than 24 years of experience. The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1750397816 assigned on July 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 363AM0700X with license number PA03502 (TX). The provider is registered as an individual and her NPI record was last updated 14 years ago.

NPI
1750397816
Provider Name
MELISSA CANTU PA-C
Gender
Female
Entity Type
Individual
Location Address
2790 PHARMACY RD RIO GRANDE CITY, TX 78582
Location Phone
(956) 487-5621
Location Fax
(956) 487-5862
Mailing Address
2790 PHARMACY RD RIO GRANDE CITY, TX 78582
Mailing Phone
(956) 487-5621
Mailing Fax
(956) 487-5862
Medical School Name
OTHER
Graduation Year
2002
Is Sole Proprietor?
No
Enumeration Date
07-31-2006
Last Update Date
12-27-2011
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A primary care provider (PCP) like Melissa Cantu sees people with common medical problems. The primary care provider might be a doctor, physician assistant, nurse practitioner or clinic that are usually involved in your long-term care. A PCP might provide preventive care, treat common medical conditions, identify urgent medical problems and refer you to specialists when necessary. Primary care is usually provided in an outpatient facility but if you are admitted to a hospital your PCP may assist in your care. The most common medical conditions seen by primary care providers are: hypertension, upper respiratory tract infections, depression or anxiety, back pain, arthritis, dermatitis, diabetes, urinary tract infections, etc

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Specialty - Primary Taxonomy

The NPI enumerator requires providers to submit at least one taxonomy code. A taxonomy code is a unique 10-character code that describes the healthcare provider type, classification, and the area of specialization. There could be only one primary taxonomy code per NPI record. For individual NPIs the license data is associated to the taxonomy code.

Classification

Physician Assistant Medical

Taxonomy Code
363AM0700X
Type
Physician Assistants & Advanced Practice Nursing Providers
License No.
PA03502
License State
TX

Insurance Plans Accepted

According to publicly available information the provider might be accepting the following health plans from these health insurance companies:

  • Choice Bronze HSA - HMO
  • Choice Bronze HSA + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Clear Silver - HMO
  • Complete Gold - HMO
  • Complete Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Complete Silver - HMO
  • Complete Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Elite Gold - HMO
  • Elite Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - HMO
  • Everyday Bronze - HMO
  • Choice Bronze HSA (QualChoice) - POS
  • Complete Gold - PPO
  • Complete Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Complete Silver (QualChoice) - POS
  • Connected Silver - PPO
  • Connected Silver (QualChoice) - POS
  • Connected Silver (QualChoiceLife) - PPO
  • Connected Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Elite Bronze - PPO
  • Elite Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Complete Gold - EPO
  • Complete Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Bronze - EPO
  • Elite Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Gold - EPO
  • Elite Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Silver - EPO
  • Elite Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Everyday Bronze - EPO
  • Everyday Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Complete Gold - EPO
  • Complete Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Complete Silver - EPO
  • Complete Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Everyday Gold - EPO
  • Everyday Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Focused Silver - EPO
  • Focused Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Standard Gold - EPO
  • Standard Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - EPO
  • Elite Bronze - PPO
  • Elite Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Elite Gold - PPO
  • Elite Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Everyday Bronze - PPO
  • Everyday Bronze + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Everyday Gold - PPO
  • Everyday Gold + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Focused Silver - PPO
  • Focused Silver + Vision + Adult Dental - PPO
  • Blue Advantage Bronze HMO? 204 - HMO
  • Blue Advantage Bronze HMO? 301 - HMO
  • Blue Advantage Bronze HMO? Standard - HMO
  • Blue Advantage Gold HMO? 206 - HMO
  • Blue Advantage Gold HMO? 603 - HMO
  • Blue Advantage Gold HMO? Standard - HMO
  • Blue Advantage Plus Bronze? 303 - POS
  • Blue Advantage Plus Bronze? 305 - POS
  • Blue Advantage Plus Bronze? Standard - POS
  • Blue Advantage Plus Gold? 203 - POS
  • Gold 1 - HMO
  • Gold 1 with Adult Vision Services - HMO
  • Gold 12 - HMO
  • Gold 8 - HMO
  • Silver 1 - HMO
  • Silver 1 with Adult Vision Services - HMO
  • Silver 12 with First 4 Primary Care Visits Free - HMO
  • Silver 8 - HMO

Specific plan information not avaialable, please contact the provider to verify if your insurance plan is accepted.

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*Please verify directly with this provider to make sure your insurance plan is currently accepted.

Additional Identifiers

The NPI Enumerator encourages providers to submit additional identifiers with their NPI application although the submission of this information is optional. The additional identifier(s) section includes other numbers or codes currently or formerly used as an identifier for the provider by other public healthcare entities. The identifiers may include UPIN, NSC, OSCAR, DEA, Medicaid State or PIN identification numbers.

Identifier Type / Code Identifier State Identifier Issuer
188101302OTHER (01)TXTPI
453849MEDICARE ID-TYPE UNSPECIFIED (04)TX 
P62507MEDICARE UPIN (02)TX 
107763801MEDICAID (05)TX 

Medicare Participation & PECOS Enrollment Status

Melissa Cantu is registered with Medicare and accepts claims assignment, this means the provider accepts the approved amount for the cost of rendered services as full payment. Participating providers may not charge beneficiaries more than the approved amount for their services. Please keep in mind that beneficiaries still have to pay a coinsurance or copayment amount for a visit or service.

Melissa Cantu is enrolled in PECOS and is eligible to order or refer health care services for Medicare patients. The provider is eligible to order or refer: Part B Clinical Laboratory and Imaging, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), a Home Health Agency (HHA) and Power Mobility Devices.

What is PECOS?
PECOS is the online Medicare enrollment management system or Provider, Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System. The PECOS system is a database of providers who have registered with CMS as providers or suppliers. PECOS is the primary source of information about verified Medicare professionals. Providers that want to participate in this program need to enroll in PECOS with their NPI number to avoid denied claims.

  • Is the provider registered in PECOS? Yes

  • PECOS PAC ID: 2860443983

    What is the PECOS Associate Control ID?
    A PAC ID is a unique 10-digit number assigned to an individual or organization healthcare provider in PECOS. The PAC ID is used to link together all the provider information, like tax identification numbers and organizational names. A PAC ID can be connected to multiple Enrollment IDs if an individual or organization has enrolled in PECOS more than once.

  • PECOS Enrollment ID: I20050207000469

    What is the Provider Enrollment ID?
    The Enrollment ID is a unique alphanumeric 15-digit code assigned to each new provider's PECOS enrollment application. The Enrollment ID is used to link together all the provider enrollment information like enrollment type, state, provider specialty, and reassignment of benefits.

  • Accepts Medicare Assignment? Yes

    What does it mean "accepts medicare assignment"?
    When a provider accepts Medicare assignment, the provider agrees to be paid directly by Medicare and to accept the payment amount approved by Medicare. Additionally, the provider agrees to not bill patients for more than the Medicare deductible and coinsurance amounts.
    A provider who doesn't accept assignment may charge you up to 15% over the Medicare-approved amount. This is known as the limiting charge. You may have to pay this amount, or it may be covered by another insurer.

  • Eligible to Order or Refer Part B Clinical Laboratory and Imaging: Yes

  • Eligible to Order or Refer Durable Medical Equipment (DMEPOS): Yes

  • Eligible to Order or Refer a Home Health Agency (HHA): Yes

  • Eligible to Order or Refer Power Mobility Devices: Yes

Find Provider Hospital Affiliations - Privileges

Doctors and physicians must apply for hospital privileges to treat patients at hospitals. Find out if your doctor has privileges to practice at your preferred hospital by using the hospital affiliation information below based on recent medical claims.

Hospital affiliation is identified through self-reporting data, inpatient, outpatient, physician and ancillary service claims linked by the medical claims NPI number and place of service code. Additionally, to further determine provider hospital affiliation the clinician must have provided services to at least three patients on three different dates in the last 12 months. Melissa Cantu is affiliated with the following medical facilities:

Hospital Name Address Phone Hospital Type Overall Rating
STARR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL128 N FM RD 3167
RIO GRANDE CITY, TX 78582
(956) 487-5561Acute Care Hospitals

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NPI Validation Check Digit Calculation


The following table explains the step by step NPI number validation process using the ISO standard Luhn algorithm.

Start with the original NPI number, the last digit is the check digit and is not used in the calculation.
1750397816
Step 1: Double the value of the alternate digits, beginning with the rightmost digit.
27100691482
Step 2: Add all the doubled and unaffected individual digits from step 1 plus the constant number 24.
2 + 7 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 6 + 9 + 1 + 4 + 8 + 2 + 24 = 64
Step 3: Subtract the total obtained in step 2 from the next higher number ending in zero, the result is the check digit.
70 - 64 = 66

The NPI number 1750397816 is valid because the calculated check digit 6 using the Luhn validation algorithm matches the last digit of the original NPI number.

Other Providers at the Same Location


The following 3 providers are registered at the same or nearby location.

FAMILY MEDICAL AND SPECIALTY CLINIC LLP

Nurse Practitioner

(Family)

2790 PHARMACY RD
RIO GRANDE CITY, TX
ZIP 78582

(956) 487-7561

CANALES MEDICAL SERVICES LLC

Pharmacy

(Community/Retail Pharmacy)

2790 PHARMACY RD
STE A
RIO GRANDE CITY, TX
ZIP 78582

(956) 487-2711

DAMARIS FABELA

Nurse Practitioner

(Family)

2790 PHARMACY RD
RIO GRANDE CITY, TX
ZIP 78582

(956) 487-7567

Frequently Asked Questions

The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1750397816, enumerated as an "individual" on July 31, 2006.

The provider is located at 2790 PHARMACY RD RIO GRANDE CITY, TX 78582 and the phone number is (956) 487-5621.

Physician Assistant with taxonomy code 363AM0700X and a focus in Medical.

The provider might be accepting Accepts: Ambetter from Arizona Complete Health, Ambetter. Please consult your insurance carrier or call the provider to verify.

Melissa Cantu is affiliated with: STARR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.