Franklin S. Cline, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Sacramento, CA
Franklin S. Cline, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Sacramento, California, and NPI 1720020704, issued on Jun 12, 2006. Check the license (California PA15834, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Franklin S. Cline
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License numbers
- PA15834 CA
103999 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 440 Howe Ave, Sacramento, CA 95825
- Phone
- (916) 599-6471
- Enumerated
- Jun 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 8, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 440 Howe Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Franklin S. Cline in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license PA15834Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
70% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
252 Medicare Part D claims for 25 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 11 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Aripiprazole18 claims
- Dextroamphetamine-Amphetamine17 claims
- Trintellix14 claims
- Atenolol11 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide11 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: $110,768.07
167 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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.
Franklin S. Cline among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Franklin S. Cline, PA-C is one of 14,451 physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 75% 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 1% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 1% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 50% of these records are
- Record last updated2012 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
387 physician assistant records list a practice address in Sacramento
They are 387 of the 33,083 NPPES records with a practice address in Sacramento, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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Common questions
What is Franklin S. Cline, PA-C's NPI number?
Franklin S. Cline, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720020704, issued on Jun 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Franklin S. Cline, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 440 Howe Ave, Sacramento, CA, 95825. Phone: (916) 599-6471. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Franklin S. Cline, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists California license number PA15834, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Franklin S. Cline, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Franklin S. Cline, PA-C had 252 Medicare Part D claims for 25 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.