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2026 NPPES data Cardiovascular Disease Physician NPI 1972506137 M.D.
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Joy Cotton, M.D.

Cardiovascular Disease Physician in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 24,810 in Cardiovascular Disease Physician, and covers specialty classification, practice address, and Medicare Part D prescribing data when reported. According to CMS, every field reflects the provider's official federal registration, see our methodology.

Federal data, no proprietary rating. We show these CMS records as-is - no composite score, no star rating, no editorial opinion layered on top.
Prescribing volume
727
Medicare Part D claims · 164 beneficiaries · Cardiovascular Disease Physician avg: 3K
Generic prescribing
87%
generic claims · 13% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
MIPS score
71.2/100
▼ 12 pts below national avg 83.5 · Mid-tier
Industry payments
$260.05
13 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
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Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

What the federal data shows

Joy Cotton, M.D. reported a CMS MIPS final score of 71.2/100 - below the 83.5 national average - and filed 727 Medicare Part D claims in 2023.

71.2/100
MIPS score · -12 vs avg
727
Part D claims, 2023
87%
generic prescribing
Likely
board-certified (heuristic)

Every figure on this page comes straight from federal CMS records (NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments) - no proprietary rating or editorial opinion is applied.

Federal trust snapshot

What official records show about Joy Cotton, M.D.

Federal records show an active NPI with both Medicare prescribing volume and a measured CMS quality score — objective registry data, not patient reviews.

  • Verified

    NPI registry status

    Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1972506137), first enumerated 05/23/2005.

    Source: CMS NPPES

  • Reported

    Medicare Part D participation

    Filed 727 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.

    Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF

  • Reported

    CMS quality reporting (MIPS)

    Reported a CMS MIPS final score of 71.2/100 in the Quality Payment Program — a federal quality measure, not a patient review.

    Source: CMS Quality Payment Program

  • Reported

    Board certification signal

    Heuristic suggests board-certified status based on ABMS-eligible specialty taxonomy plus active CMS participation signals — not a direct ABMS verification.

    Source: NUCC taxonomy + CMS participation heuristic

  • Reported

    Hospital affiliations

    1 CMS Care Compare hospital affiliation on record — practice footprint from the Doctors and Clinicians file.

    Source: CMS Care Compare

  • Reported

    Industry payment transparency

    $260.05 in reported industry payments (13 transfers) in 2024 under the federal Sunshine Act — disclosed transfers of value, not a quality rating.

    Source: CMS Open Payments

  • State context

    State board disciplinary context

    Pennsylvania statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Joy Cotton, M.D.'s individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.

    Source: PA-BOM annual report 2023

  • Not in federal data

    Individual sanction lookup

    PlainDoctor does not publish per-provider disciplinary determinations. Confirm current license and any individual actions through the state medical board or FSMB verification service.

    Source: State medical board / FSMB

This trust snapshot summarizes only what appears in federal CMS/NPPES public records. It is not a composite score, star rating, patient review, or clinical recommendation. PlainDoctor never fabricates reviews or AggregateRating schema.

CMS NPPES provider registry desk

NPI 1972506137 · Cardiovascular Disease Physician

NPI-10 · ENUM-LEGACY · TAX-MID · MIPS-LOW · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-LIGHT · PHOTO-FINISH

  • NPI-10 1972506137
  • ENUM-LEGACY 2005
  • TAX-MID 25K Cardiovascular Disease
  • MIPS-LOW 71.2/100
  • RX-LIGHT 727
  • BOOK-LIGHT 1,354 in Pennsylvania
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sriram Sudarshan · ±0.0

MIPS final-score neighbourhood

Same-specialty nationwide peers by CMS final score, not geographic proximity

MIPS pts

What this shows Nearest measured MIPS peers for this NUCC specialty (2023 performance year).

Source CMS Quality Payment Program (MIPS) As of 2023

Joy Cotton, M.D.'s MIPS score vs every measured U.S. clinician

CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final score, 2023, the federal quality measure. Clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded.

71 ≥ 9th percentile 9% of 454,083 measured providers are in lower value bands

0–10: 8,684 measured providers (2%). Below this entry. 10–20: 3,008 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 20–30: 3,069 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 2,746 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 2,928 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 50–60: 5,882 measured providers (1%). Below this entry. 60–70: 13,906 measured providers (3%). Below this entry. 70–80: 94,570 measured providers (21%). This entry sits in this band. 80–90: 129,887 measured providers (29%). Above this entry. 90+: 189,403 measured providers (42%). Above this entry. This provider 0 100 every measured MIPS clinician, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more measured providers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

The percentile is a conservative whole-score-point band: it counts only measured clinicians in lower score bands. A CMS MIPS metric is not a recommendation or a clinical-quality rating by PlainDoctor. See methodology § corpus placement.

Source CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) · 2023

Where Joy Cotton, M.D. sits

This provider among cardiovascular disease physician peers

Across the 7,999 cardiovascular disease physician providers who report both Medicare Part D prescribing and a MIPS quality score, Joy Cotton, M.D. writes more Part D claims than 19% of them and scores higher on MIPS quality than 9% - placing this provider in the lower-volume, lower-quality quadrant. Volume reflects patient-panel size and specialty, not quality; the two axes are independent.

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percentile: 82Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 45 · MIPS quality, percentile: 72Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 15 · MIPS quality, percentile: 50Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 40 · MIPS quality, percentile: 12Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 70 · MIPS quality, percentile: 62Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 0 · MIPS quality, percentile: 65Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 27 · MIPS quality, percentile: 13Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 13 · MIPS quality, percentile: 67Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 58 · MIPS quality, percentile: 20Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 32 · MIPS quality, percentile: 75Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 78 · MIPS quality, percentile: 30Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 7 · MIPS quality, percentile: 42Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 33 · MIPS quality, percentile: 88Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 37 · MIPS quality, percentile: 3Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 10 · MIPS quality, percentile: 17Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 2 · MIPS quality, percentile: 88Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 98 · MIPS quality, percentile: 28Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 52 · MIPS quality, percentile: 85Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 38 · MIPS quality, percentile: 77Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 18 · MIPS quality, percentile: 7Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 100 · MIPS quality, percentile: 45Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 83 · MIPS quality, percentile: 88Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 88 · MIPS quality, percentile: 73Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 48 · MIPS quality, percentile: 88Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 97 · MIPS quality, percentile: 80Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 72 · MIPS quality, percentile: 52Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 55 · MIPS quality, percentile: 55Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 82 · MIPS quality, percentile: 53Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 67 · MIPS quality, percentile: 88Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 23 · MIPS quality, percentile: 88Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 28 · MIPS quality, percentile: 47Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 68 · MIPS quality, percentile: 35Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 77 · MIPS quality, percentile: 40Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 75 · MIPS quality, percentile: 88Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 47 · MIPS quality, percentile: 25Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 87 · MIPS quality, percentile: 22Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 60 · MIPS quality, percentile: 27Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 65 · MIPS quality, percentile: 87Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 25 · MIPS quality, percentile: 42Point, Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 92 · MIPS quality, percentile: 33Joy Cotton, M.D., Part D claim volume, percentile in specialty: 19 · MIPS quality, percentile: 9
Part D claim volume vs MIPS quality, by specialty percentile

Each dot is one cardiovascular disease physician peer from a representative sample of 60; the gold marker is Joy Cotton, M.D.. Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber data and the CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System, 2023.

✓
Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)

Joy Cotton, M.D. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + MIPS quality reporting + 1 hospital affiliation - signals consistent with board-certified status. For verified board certification, see CertificationMatters.org (the official ABMS public lookup).

What does the federal data show about Joy Cotton, M.D.?

Below national average

NPI registry status

Active

Issued 05/23/2005

NPI 1972506137

Primary specialty

Cardiovascular Disease Physician

Mid-sized

24,810 US NPIs in this specialty

Medicare Part D claims

727 76% vs specialty avg

2023 prescription claims

Specialty avg: 3,033

MIPS final score

71.2/100 12.3 pts vs avg

Mid-tier band

vs 83.5 national avg

Specialty distribution in Pennsylvania

How Cardiovascular Disease Physician compares to other specialties among Pennsylvania providers

Pennsylvania providers
Student in an Organized Heal…5.6%Pharmacist5%Physical Therapist4.9%Mental Health Counselor3.9%Internal Medicine Physician3.3%Professional Counselor3.2%Cardiovascular Disease Physi…0.5%
Largest specialties in Pennsylvania (% of in-state providers)

Medicare quality performance, MIPS

Joy Cotton, M.D.'s 2023 MIPS final score plotted against the Cardiovascular Disease Physician national average

Below national average
MIPS Final Score
71.2/100
vs 83.5 national avg · 2023 performance year
0%100%National avg84%71.2%
MIPS final score (Cardiovascular Disease Physician) - 71.2/100 vs national avg 83.5
How MIPS and board certification work

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores providers 0–100 across four performance categories: Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability, and Improvement Activities, weighted under 42 CFR §414.1380. Reporting is voluntary for many small practices, so absence of a MIPS score is not a quality signal.

Board certification through an ABMS or AOA member board signals voluntary post-licensure examination plus continuous Maintenance of Certification cycles. Verify any individual provider's status through certificationmatters.org (ABMS) or osteopathic.org (AOA).

Practice Address

500 UNIVERSITY DR
Hershey, PA 17033
(800) 243-1455

Provider Details

NPI 1972506137
Specialty Cardiovascular Disease Physician
Credentials M.D.
Gender Female
NPI Issued 05/23/2005

CMS Quality Score (MIPS)

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) scores from CMS, 2023 performance year.

71.1774
Final Score
Measured-score avg: 83.5
46.0539
Quality
58.7042
Cost
99
Promoting Interoperability

Reporting: Group practice

Hospital and facility affiliations

Facilities where Joy Cotton, M.D. bills Medicare from. Star ratings (1-5) are CMS Hospital Compare's "Hospital overall rating" - a composite of mortality, readmission, patient experience, safety, timely care, and efficient use of medical imaging measures. Source: CMS Care Compare.

Penn State Health Medical Group LLC
Reading, PA

Affiliations sourced from CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File; hospital ratings from CMS Hospital General Information dataset (cross-referenced by facility name + state).

Industry payments received (2024) - CMS Open Payments transparency data

The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act) requires drug and medical-device manufacturers + group purchasing organizations to publicly report payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals. The data below covers 2024 for Joy Cotton, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

Total received

$260

Largest payer

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals International, plc

Most common payment type

Food and Beverage

Industry payments are not necessarily indicators of bias, they include research funding, consulting fees for evidence-based work, royalties for inventions, food at conferences, and similar items. The disclosure exists for transparency. Read our methodology for how we interpret this data.

License & disciplinary context - Pennsylvania PA-BOM 2023 annual report

Aggregate state board data only, NOT a determination of any individual provider's status. The figures below describe statewide disciplinary activity across all ~45K Pennsylvania medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Joy Cotton, M.D.. To verify Joy Cotton, M.D.'s current license status, search the PA-BOM public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.

133
Total board actions, Pennsylvania 2023
Across 129 cases
2.96
Actions per 1,000 licensees
Pennsylvania statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
48 cases

PA-BOM publishes annual disciplinary statistics as part of public-record reporting under each state's Administrative Procedure Act. See the full breakdown by action type and year on the Pennsylvania disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.

Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Typical

Joy Cotton, M.D. - brand share 13.0%
Cardiovascular Disease Physician average

13% brand-name claims vs 87% generic, on 727 2023 Medicare Part D claims.

The federal Medicare Part D Generic Dispensing Rate national benchmark sits near 90% generic / 10% brand for primary-care prescribers, per CMS Office of the Actuary 2024 estimates. Higher brand share is common in specialty prescribing where generic equivalents are not available.

Medicare Part D Prescribing Data

CMS Medicare Part D prescriber-level data for calendar year 2023.

727
Total Claims
$107K
Total Drug Cost
164
Medicare Beneficiaries

Prescribing Breakdown

30-Day Fills
1,850
Total Day Supply
55,232
Brand vs Generic
13% brand / 87% generic
Brand Drug Cost
$93K
Generic Drug Cost
$15K

Patient Demographics

Average Patient Age
74.1 years
Avg HCC Risk Score
1.31
Gender Split
44% female / 56% male
Age Distribution
<65: 11, 65-74: 80, 75-84: 54, 85+: 19

Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)

Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2023. Based on Medicare Part D data only.

What Joy Cotton, M.D. prescribes most

Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2023

claims
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File As of 2023
Drug Claims
Metoprolol Succinate
 124
Atorvastatin Calcium
 80
Eliquis
Apixaban
47
Lisinopril
 40
Amlodipine Besylate
 39
Metoprolol Tartrate
 37
Rosuvastatin Calcium
 36
Clopidogrel
Clopidogrel Bisulfate
32
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er
Isosorbide Mononitrate
30
Losartan Potassium
 23

* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.

More Cardiovascular Disease Physician in PA → All providers in Pennsylvania → Compare specialties →

Cardiovascular Disease Physician Overview

How Joy Cotton, M.D. fits within the Cardiovascular Disease Physician landscape nationally.

24,810
Cardiovascular Disease Physician Providers in US
54
States with Cardiovascular Disease Physician
3,033
Avg Claims per Provider

Joy Cotton, M.D.'s 727 claims are below the specialty average of 3,033.

Nationwide Cardiovascular Disease Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year

Two federal-record peer sets for Cotton, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.

Similar MIPS final score

Nearest same-specialty clinicians by CMS MIPS final score (71.2 here).

Sriram Sudarshan 71.2 TX Dale Presser 71.1 LA Jeremy Buckley 71.2 OH Jonathan Forquer 71.2 OH

Same NPPES enumeration year (2005)

Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.

Kent Winkler Flagstaff, AZ Paul Howard Saint Louis, MO Glenn Perelson Chula Vista, CA Arthur Selvan Santa Ana, CA

Nearby Cardiovascular Disease Physician Providers in Pennsylvania

Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in Pennsylvania, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Cotton.

One of 1,354 Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers enrolled in Pennsylvania, 5 are shown here.

Dr. Abdul Abbasi
MD
Uniontown, PA
Dr. Richard Abramowitz
MD
Kingston, PA
Dr. Sandra Abramson
MD
Wynnewood, PA
Dr. Elizabeth Adams
DO
Hershey, PA
Dr. David Addley
D.O.
Philadelphia, PA

Compare Cardiovascular Disease Physician nationally: see state-by-state distribution →

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Joy Cotton, M.D.'s specialty? ▼
Joy Cotton, M.D. specializes in Cardiovascular Disease Physician and practices in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Credentials: M.D..
How much does Joy Cotton, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2023, Joy Cotton, M.D. wrote 727 Medicare Part D claims totaling $107K in drug costs for 164 beneficiaries.
What is Joy Cotton, M.D.'s Medicare quality score? ▼
Joy Cotton, M.D. has a CMS MIPS Final Score of 71.2/100 (Quality: 46.1, Cost: 58.7). The average MIPS Final Score across the 454,083 clinicians with at least one published category score is 83.5; clinicians whose score CMS assigned without scoring any category are excluded from that average. Source: CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2023.
Where is Joy Cotton, M.D. located? ▼
Joy Cotton, M.D. is located at 500 UNIVERSITY DR, Hershey, PA, 17033. Phone: (800) 243-1455.
What is Joy Cotton, M.D.'s NPI number? ▼
Joy Cotton, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972506137, issued on 05/23/2005.
Does Joy Cotton, M.D. prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Joy Cotton, M.D.'s prescribing is 13% brand-name and 87% generic drugs by claim count, with $93K in brand drug costs.
How many Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 24,810 Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers across 54 states in the US. The average Cardiovascular Disease Physician provider writes 3,033 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Joy Cotton, M.D. prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2023 Medicare Part D data, Joy Cotton, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Metoprolol Succinate, Atorvastatin Calcium, Eliquis. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Joy Cotton, M.D. accept Medicare? ▼
Joy Cotton, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 727 Part D claims and 164 Medicare beneficiaries in 2023. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Joy Cotton, M.D.'s credentials? ▼
Joy Cotton, M.D.'s NPI is 1972506137 with credentials M.D.. You can verify this through the NPPES NPI Registry, check state medical board records, and confirm board certification through the ABMS or AOA.

Data Sources

View source datasets and methodology notes
Provider Directory
CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), download.cms.gov/nppes, updated monthly. Contains NPI, specialty, credentials, and practice location.
Specialty Classification
NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org), the industry standard for classifying provider specialties in Medicare and Medicaid billing.
Prescribing Data
CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File (2023). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
Quality Performance
CMS Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) - 2023 performance year.
Limitations
Provider data is self-reported to CMS. Prescribing data reflects Medicare Part D only and does not include commercial insurance, Medicaid, or cash prescriptions. Claims below 11 beneficiaries are suppressed by CMS for privacy.

See our complete data methodology for details on how we collect and process government data.

Data as of April 2026 (NPPES) / 2023 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Disclaimer: Data from CMS NPPES and Medicare Part D. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Provider information is self-reported and may not be current. Always verify information directly with the provider. About · Methodology

Compiled from official public sources by the editorial process.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.