Amber N. Cook, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Athens, TX
Amber N. Cook, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Athens, Texas, and NPI 1780944033, issued on May 21, 2012. Check the license (Texas Q2651, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Amber N. Cook
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- Q2651 TX
BP1-0044178 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1001 N Palestine St, Athens, TX 75751
- Phone
- (903) 535-9041
- Enumerated
- May 21, 2012
- Record last updated
- Jun 5, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20150602001692); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 2012
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Amber N. Cook in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license Q2651Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
25% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
2,657 Medicare Part D claims for 280 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 40 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium156 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate133 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl100 claims
- Losartan Potassium93 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate80 claims
- Gabapentin71 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $221.42
4 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 one group practice
- Christus Trinity ClinicTyler, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Amber N. Cook among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas
Amber N. Cook, 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 2012, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 67% of these records are older, 30% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · 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).
28 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Athens
They are 28 of the 307 NPPES records with a practice address in Athens, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Amber N. Cook, MD's NPI number?
Amber N. Cook, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1780944033, issued on May 21, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Amber N. Cook, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1001 N Palestine St, Athens, TX, 75751. Phone: (903) 535-9041. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Amber N. Cook, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number Q2651, 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 Amber N. Cook, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Amber N. Cook, MD had 2,657 Medicare Part D claims for 280 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.