Joshua James Cruz, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Lincoln, NE
Joshua James Cruz, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Lincoln, Nebraska, and NPI 1184143125, issued on Sep 11, 2017. Check the license (Nebraska 2181, as entered in NPPES) with the Nebraska board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joshua James Cruz
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License numbers
- 2181 NE
110766 IA
PA.0005141 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2300 S 16TH St, Lincoln, NE 68502
- Phone
- (402) 481-8566
- Enumerated
- Sep 11, 2017
- Record last updated
- Jan 25, 2023
- Fax
- (402) 481-8805
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220119001786); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2300 S 16TH St
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Verify Joshua James Cruz in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Nebraska board licenses this profession
Search for license 2181Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $51.70
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Melinta Therapeutics, LLC. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Physicians Clinic IncCouncil Bluffs, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joshua James Cruz among 1,352 physician assistant records in Nebraska
Joshua James Cruz, PA-C is one of 1,352 physician assistant records with a practice address in Nebraska. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 53% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 53% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 2017 among the 971 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 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 363A00000X and a Nebraska practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
297 physician assistant records list a practice address in Lincoln
They are 297 of the 14,829 NPPES records with a practice address in Lincoln, and 1,352 physician assistant records in Nebraska.
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Common questions
What is Joshua James Cruz, PA-C's NPI number?
Joshua James Cruz, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1184143125, issued on Sep 11, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joshua James Cruz, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2300 S 16TH St, Lincoln, NE, 68502. Phone: (402) 481-8566. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joshua James Cruz, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists Nebraska license number 2181, as entered by the provider. Search the Nebraska 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. 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.