Howard L. Askins, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Pasadena, CA
Howard L. Askins, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Pasadena, California, and NPI 1386705713, issued on Dec 12, 2006. Check the license (California G71909, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Howard L. Askins
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- G71909 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 960 E Green St, Pasadena, CA 91106
- Phone
- (626) 793-7792
- Enumerated
- Dec 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (626) 793-7797
- Medicaid ID
- 00G719091 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120503000029); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Harvard Medical School, 1990
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Howard L. Askins in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G71909Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024
3,454 Medicare Part D claims for 244 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trazodone Hcl181 claims
- Clonazepam178 claims
- Lorazepam166 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl143 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate143 claims
- Zolpidem Tartrate134 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
- Howard L Askins A Medical CorporationPasadena, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Howard L. Askins among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Howard L. Askins, 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 2006, is newer than 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 67% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 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).
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Common questions
What is Howard L. Askins, M.D.'s NPI number?
Howard L. Askins, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1386705713, issued on Dec 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Howard L. Askins, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 960 E Green St, Pasadena, CA, 91106. Phone: (626) 793-7792. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Howard L. Askins, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number G71909, 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 Howard L. Askins, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Howard L. Askins, M.D. had 3,454 Medicare Part D claims for 244 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.