NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Karen S. Cottingham, MSW

Clinical Social Worker · Hendersonville, NC

Karen S. Cottingham, MSW is a clinical social worker with a practice address in Hendersonville, North Carolina, and NPI 1407802176, issued on May 25, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina C003597, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the federal record below is the public data PlainDoctor holds for this provider.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1407802176
Name
Karen S. Cottingham
Credential
MSW
Primary taxonomy
Clinical Social Worker 1041C0700X
License number
C003597 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1700 Old Village RD Ste C, Hendersonville, NC 28791
Phone
(828) 697-0160
Enumerated
May 25, 2006
Record last updated
Mar 19, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(828) 697-6582
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20100309000125); 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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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
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  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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Karen S. Cottingham among 15,561 clinical social worker records in North Carolina

Karen S. Cottingham, MSW is one of 15,561 clinical social worker records with a practice address in North Carolina. 9% 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 2006, is newer than under 1% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · under 1% of these records are older, 91% newer
  • In a Medicare fileNo · 9% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 14% of these records are
  • Graduated1981 · median 2013 among the 2,138 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 46% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 1041C0700X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

117 clinical social worker records list a practice address in Hendersonville

They are 117 of the 1,658 NPPES records with a practice address in Hendersonville, and 15,561 clinical social worker records in North Carolina. No Medicare prescribing, quality score, industry payment or hospital affiliation is published for this NPI.

The 8 clinical social worker records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Margaret Baer, LCSWHendersonville, NC 287911912996240
  2. Mary Barber, LCSWHendersonville, NC 287911578677837
  3. Suzanne Carlin, LPCHendersonville, NC 287911225178148
  4. Elly Engel, LCSWHendersonville, NC 287911073822094
  5. Carla Hill, LCSWHendersonville, NC 287911760438980
  6. Victoria Hollis, MSW, LCSWHendersonville, NC 287911215178355
  7. Joseph Howard, MSW, LCSWHendersonville, NC 287911700013737
  8. Patricia Leocha, L.C.S.W.Hendersonville, NC 287911417983784

Common questions

What is Karen S. Cottingham, MSW's NPI number?

Karen S. Cottingham, MSW's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1407802176, issued on May 25, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Karen S. Cottingham, MSW located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1700 Old Village RD Ste C, Hendersonville, NC, 28791. Phone: (828) 697-0160. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Karen S. Cottingham, MSW's license?

NPPES lists North Carolina license number C003597, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina 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.