James Adams Sterner, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist · Costa Mesa, CA
James Adams Sterner, LMFT is a marriage & family therapist with a practice address in Costa Mesa, California, and NPI 1164657938, issued on May 22, 2009. Check the license (California 46088, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the federal record below is the public data PlainDoctor holds for this provider.
- Name
- James Adams Sterner
- Credential
- LMFT
- Primary taxonomy
- Marriage & Family Therapist 106H00000X
- License number
- 46088 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 950 S Coast Dr, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
- Phone
- (714) 549-1030
- Enumerated
- May 22, 2009
- Record last updated
- May 22, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (714) 549-1115
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Adams Sterner in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license 46088Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
James Adams Sterner among 59,889 marriage & family therapist records in California
James Adams Sterner, LMFT is one of 59,889 marriage & family therapist records with a practice address in California. 4% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does not. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 27% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 27% of these records are older, 70% newer
- In a Medicare fileNo · 4% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 8% of these records are
- Record last updated2009 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 106H00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
219 marriage & family therapist records list a practice address in Costa Mesa
They are 219 of the 4,286 NPPES records with a practice address in Costa Mesa, and 59,889 marriage & family therapist records in California. No Medicare prescribing, quality score, industry payment or hospital affiliation is published for this NPI.
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The 8 marriage & family therapist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Judith Beadles, MFTCosta Mesa, CA 926261255482725
- Kristine Beauchamp, LMFTCosta Mesa, CA 926261689760431
- Peggy Bolcoa, MFTCosta Mesa, CA 926261639270648
- Timothy ColvinCosta Mesa, CA 926261558450809
- Blancarosa Craig, MFTCosta Mesa, CA 926261932299468
- Sharon Fuller, M.A.,M.F.T.Costa Mesa, CA 926261780632356
- Ellie Levin, MFTCosta Mesa, CA 926261285706887
- Ellen Miller, L.M.F.T.Costa Mesa, CA 926261922058882
Common questions
What is James Adams Sterner, LMFT's NPI number?
James Adams Sterner, LMFT's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164657938, issued on May 22, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Adams Sterner, LMFT located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 950 S Coast Dr, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626. Phone: (714) 549-1030. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Adams Sterner, LMFT's license?
NPPES lists California license number 46088, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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. 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.