NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Kenneth William Cook, PA

Physician Assistant · Albany, NY

Kenneth William Cook, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Albany, New York, and NPI 1740708106, issued on Sep 6, 2017. Check the license (New York 021579, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1740708106
Name
Kenneth William Cook
Credential
PA
Primary taxonomy
Physician Assistant 363A00000X
License number
021579 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
315 S Manning Blvd, Albany, NY 12208
Phone
(518) 525-8600
Enumerated
Sep 6, 2017
Record last updated
Nov 20, 2024
Fax
(518) 525-6815
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20171207001142); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
State University Of Ny Upstate Medical University, 2017
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 315 S Manning Blvd

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

  1. Frederick Abbuhl, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1831138882
  2. Richard Adams, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTPhysician Assistant1083709018
  3. Patrick Adusei, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1114281151
  4. Edwin Afena, PAPhysician Assistant1699412288
  5. Rizalea Aguilar, CRNAAnesthesiology Physician1669948584
  6. Richard Akin, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1770933806

Verify Kenneth William Cook in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York 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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41% more Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024

1,169 Medicare Part D claims for 562 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 238 claims were for opioids.

  1. Kenneth Cook1,169
  2. Specialty average830

Most prescribed

  1. Amoxicillin433 claims
  2. Meloxicam139 claims
  3. Oxycodone Hcl114 claims
  4. Clindamycin Hcl86 claims
  5. Tramadol Hcl86 claims
  6. Celecoxib52 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: $77.89

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Smith+Nephew, Inc. 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.

  1. Kenneth Cook$77.89
  2. Specialty average$841.65

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. St Peters Hospital OF The City OF AlbanyAlbany, NY

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

Kenneth William Cook among 15,555 physician assistant records in New York

Kenneth William Cook, PA is one of 15,555 physician assistant records with a practice address in New York. 74% 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 47% of them.

  • NPI issued2017 · 47% of these records are older, 49% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
  • Graduated2017 · median 2018 among the 8,158 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 48% 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

360 physician assistant records list a practice address in Albany

They are 360 of the 8,230 NPPES records with a practice address in Albany, and 15,555 physician assistant records in New York.

The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Wendy Berry, PAAlbany, NY 122081134197890
  2. John Brady, PAAlbany, NY 122081265421440
  3. Cora Caulfield, PAAlbany, NY 122081801885363
  4. Jeffrey Claus, PAAlbany, NY 122081881662823
  5. Nancy Dearstyne, PAAlbany, NY 122081053389684
  6. Maria Diaz Parker, P.A.Albany, NY 122081750377586
  7. William Kutzer, PAAlbany, NY 122081770552507
  8. Matthew Lindow, PAAlbany, NY 122081528050432

Common questions

What is Kenneth William Cook, PA's NPI number?

Kenneth William Cook, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740708106, issued on Sep 6, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Kenneth William Cook, PA located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 315 S Manning Blvd, Albany, NY, 12208. Phone: (518) 525-8600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Kenneth William Cook, PA's license?

NPPES lists New York license number 021579, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Kenneth William Cook, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Kenneth William Cook, PA had 1,169 Medicare Part D claims for 562 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.

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.