NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

James Tolentino, PA-C, CAQ-PSYCH

Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist · Long Beach, CA

James Tolentino, PA-C, CAQ-PSYCH is a psychiatric/mental health clinical nurse specialist with a practice address in Long Beach, California, and NPI 1972131761, issued on Mar 29, 2020. Check the license (California PA58801, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1972131761
Name
James Tolentino
Credential
PA-C, CAQ-PSYCH
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist 364SP0808X
License number
PA58801 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1760 Termino Ave Ste G21, Long Beach, CA 90804
Phone
(714) 545-5550
Enumerated
Mar 29, 2020
Record last updated
Dec 2, 2025
Fax
(949) 298-5928
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20210208000796); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1760 Termino Ave Ste G21

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Jonathan Carale, PA-CPhysician Assistant1285517383
  2. Jessica Cuevas Rosas, PA-CPsychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist1942809009
  3. Jan Grothe, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1386195956
  4. Shantel Luciano, PMHNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1376252817
  5. Rukhsar Machiwalla, PA-CPsychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist1932700259

Verify James Tolentino in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
    Search for license PA58801    Check the board
  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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13% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health clinical nurse specialist in 2024

1,193 Medicare Part D claims for 69 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,054 among the 390 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.

  1. James Tolentino1,193
  2. Specialty average1,054

Most prescribed

  1. Quetiapine Fumarate108 claims
  2. Escitalopram Oxalate80 claims
  3. Trazodone Hcl67 claims
  4. Risperidone65 claims
  5. Alprazolam62 claims
  6. Aripiprazole55 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: $6,079.17

270 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 285 providers of this specialty with any payment received $924.95 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. James Tolentino$6,079.17
  2. Specialty average$924.95

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

  1. Pacific Neuropsychiatric Specialists IncLong Beach, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

James Tolentino among 60 psychiatric/mental health clinical nurse specialist records in California

James Tolentino, PA-C, CAQ-PSYCH is one of 60 psychiatric/mental health clinical nurse specialist records with a practice address in California. 47% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 62% of them.

  • NPI issued2020 · 62% of these records are older, 27% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 47% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 40% of these records are
  • Graduated2020 · median 2021 among the 24 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 45% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 364SP0808X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist providers in California

There are 60 psychiatric/mental health clinical nurse specialist records in California.

All 60 in California → Every provider in Long Beach → Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist nationwide →

The 8 psychiatric/mental health clinical nurse specialist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Jessica Cuevas Rosas, PA-CLong Beach, CA 908041942809009
  2. Rukhsar Machiwalla, PA-CLong Beach, CA 908041932700259
  3. Yoshinao Arai, R.N. , C.N.S.Torrance, CA 905021124104518
  4. Stephanie ArnoldTorrance, CA 905021225383789
  5. Chris Vieira, RNLynwood, CA 902621548818701
  6. Ricardo Lanza, RNHawthorne, CA 902501346868403
  7. Jovanka Rajic, PMHNPWoodland Hills, CA 913671578058327
  8. Barbara Murad, C.N.S.,R.N.Van Nuys, CA 914011245368208

Common questions

What is James Tolentino, PA-C, CAQ-PSYCH's NPI number?

James Tolentino, PA-C, CAQ-PSYCH's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972131761, issued on Mar 29, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is James Tolentino, PA-C, CAQ-PSYCH located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1760 Termino Ave Ste G21, Long Beach, CA, 90804. Phone: (714) 545-5550. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify James Tolentino, PA-C, CAQ-PSYCH's license?

NPPES lists California license number PA58801, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does James Tolentino, PA-C, CAQ-PSYCH prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, James Tolentino, PA-C, CAQ-PSYCH had 1,193 Medicare Part D claims for 69 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatric/mental health clinical nurse specialist prescribers was 1,054. 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.

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

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.