James Brian Cotton
Emergency Medicine Physician · Albuquerque, NM
James Brian Cotton is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and NPI 1306200803, issued on Apr 11, 2016. Check the license (New Mexico MD2018-0854, as entered in NPPES) on the New Mexico Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Brian Cotton
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- MD2018-0854 NM
MD205988 OR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Msc 11 6025 1 University OF New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
- Phone
- (505) 272-5062
- Enumerated
- Apr 11, 2016
- Record last updated
- Jan 30, 2025
- Fax
- (505) 272-6003
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190628000038); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, San Francisco School Of Medicine, 2016
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at Msc 11 6025 1 University OF New Mexico
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Verify James Brian Cotton in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNew Mexico Medical Board
Search for license MD2018-0854Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
82% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
40 Medicare Part D claims for 31 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 83.8 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $3,968.41
35 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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 2 group practices
- Presbyterian Healthcare ServicesSanta Fe, NM
- Unm Medical Group IncAlbuquerque, NM
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Brian Cotton among 517 emergency medicine physician records in New Mexico
James Brian Cotton is one of 517 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in New Mexico. 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 2016, is newer than 75% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 75% of these records are older, 20% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 51% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2013 among the 263 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 55% 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 New Mexico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
302 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Albuquerque
They are 302 of the 24,162 NPPES records with a practice address in Albuquerque, and 517 emergency medicine physician records in New Mexico.
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Common questions
What is James Brian Cotton's NPI number?
James Brian Cotton's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1306200803, issued on Apr 11, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Brian Cotton located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Msc 11 6025 1 University OF New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131. Phone: (505) 272-5062. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Brian Cotton's license?
NPPES lists New Mexico license number MD2018-0854, as entered by the provider. Search the New Mexico Medical Board at https://www.nmmb.state.nm.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does James Brian Cotton prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, James Brian Cotton had 40 Medicare Part D claims for 31 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is James Brian Cotton's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 83.8 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.