Harold Cottman, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Santa Cruz, CA
Harold Cottman, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Santa Cruz, California, and NPI 1972720688, issued on Apr 20, 2007. Check the license (California A42796, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Harold Cottman
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- A42796 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1080 Emeline Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
- Phone
- (831) 454-4170
- Enumerated
- Apr 20, 2007
- Record last updated
- Mar 7, 2023
- Fax
- (831) 454-4663
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040720001633); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine, 1984
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Harold Cottman in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A42796Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
36% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
635 Medicare Part D claims for 60 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Benztropine Mesylate65 claims
- Risperidone64 claims
- Citalopram Hbr61 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate53 claims
- Fluphenazine Decanoate30 claims
- Olanzapine23 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: $196.38
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- County OF MontereySalinas, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Harold Cottman among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Harold Cottman, M.D. 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 2007, is newer than 33% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 33% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated1984 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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).
Psychiatry Physician providers in California
There are 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.
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The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Ralph Berman, M DSanta Cruz, CA 950601306889795
- Michael Christie, M.D.Santa Cruz, CA 950601659486512
- John Gillette, M.D.Santa Cruz, CA 950601598756579
- David Hoban, MDSanta Cruz, CA 950601659325892
- Brinda Krishnan, M.D.,Santa Cruz, CA 950601114970076
- Barbara Lampert, MDSanta Cruz, CA 950601841200128
- Timothy Myers, MDSanta Cruz, CA 950601124030747
- Latha Nair, M.D.Santa Cruz, CA 950601164527560
Common questions
What is Harold Cottman, M.D.'s NPI number?
Harold Cottman, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972720688, issued on Apr 20, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Harold Cottman, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1080 Emeline Ave, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060. Phone: (831) 454-4170. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Harold Cottman, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A42796, 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 Harold Cottman, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Harold Cottman, M.D. had 635 Medicare Part D claims for 60 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.