Brendan Forrest Cummins, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician · San Diego, CA
Brendan Forrest Cummins, M.D. is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1598794901, issued on Jun 30, 2006. Check the license (California A66280, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brendan Forrest Cummins
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- A66280 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4077 Fifth Ave, San Diego, CA 92103
- Phone
- (619) 260-7000
- Enumerated
- Jun 30, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 27, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (619) 260-7050
- Medicaid ID
- 00A662800 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080616000651); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine, 1997
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Brendan Forrest Cummins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A66280Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
34% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
150 Medicare Part D claims for 103 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 32 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cephalexin20 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen16 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen14 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 2 group practices
- Ihc Health Services IncMurray, UT
- Utah Emergency PhysiciansSalt Lake City, UT
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Brendan Forrest Cummins among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California
Brendan Forrest Cummins, M.D. is one of 7,751 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 4% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
- Record last updated2008 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Emergency Medicine Physician providers in California
There are 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.
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- Michelle Daniel, MDSan Diego, CA 921031801879861
- Julian Lis, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031932100062
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- Sassan Naderi, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031811987936
Common questions
What is Brendan Forrest Cummins, M.D.'s NPI number?
Brendan Forrest Cummins, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1598794901, issued on Jun 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brendan Forrest Cummins, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4077 Fifth Ave, San Diego, CA, 92103. Phone: (619) 260-7000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brendan Forrest Cummins, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A66280, 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 Brendan Forrest Cummins, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Brendan Forrest Cummins, M.D. had 150 Medicare Part D claims for 103 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.