Alexander Benjamin Cohn, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Los Angeles, CA
Alexander Benjamin Cohn, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1720615370, issued on Mar 24, 2020. Check the license (California A187721, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Alexander Benjamin Cohn
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- A187721 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 300 Ucla Medical Plz Ste 2200, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Phone
- (310) 825-9989
- Enumerated
- Mar 24, 2020
- Record last updated
- Sep 8, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250807004415); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tufts University School Of Medicine, 2020
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Alexander Benjamin Cohn in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A187721Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
74% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
264 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 5% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Fluoxetine Hcl26 claims
- Clozapine24 claims
- Clonazepam19 claims
- Aripiprazole17 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate17 claims
- Lamotrigine13 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- UC RegentsLos Angeles, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Alexander Benjamin Cohn among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Alexander Benjamin Cohn, MD is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 87% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 87% of these records are older, 9% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
987 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Los Angeles
They are 987 of the 69,537 NPPES records with a practice address in Los Angeles, and 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Alexander Benjamin Cohn, MD's NPI number?
Alexander Benjamin Cohn, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720615370, issued on Mar 24, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Alexander Benjamin Cohn, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 300 Ucla Medical Plz Ste 2200, Los Angeles, CA, 90095. Phone: (310) 825-9989. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Alexander Benjamin Cohn, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A187721, 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 Alexander Benjamin Cohn, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Alexander Benjamin Cohn, MD had 264 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.