Lesley Cohen, CNM
Midwife · Brooklyn, NY
Lesley Cohen, CNM is a midwife with a practice address in Brooklyn, New York, and NPI 1912926262, issued on Jul 18, 2006. Check the license (New York F001138, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lesley Cohen
- Credential
- CNM
- Primary taxonomy
- Midwife 176B00000X
- License number
- F001138 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5610 2ND Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11220
- Phone
- (718) 630-7339
- Enumerated
- Jul 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 24, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (718) 630-6878
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20131022001278); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Columbia University College Of Physicians And Surgeons, 2003
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lesley Cohen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license F001138Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
60% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average midwife in 2024
24 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries, against an average of 60 among the 409 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Icahn School OF Medicine AT Mount SinaiNew York, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lesley Cohen among 494 midwife records in New York
Lesley Cohen, CNM is one of 494 midwife records with a practice address in New York. 43% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 77% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 43% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 31% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2017 among the 153 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 176B00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Midwife providers in New York
There are 494 midwife records in New York.
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The 8 midwife records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Erin Downing, CNMBrooklyn, NY 112201225558158
- Jeanette Fierro, CNMBrooklyn, NY 112201518969625
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- C. Melissa Morelli-Walsh, CNM, IBCLCBrooklyn, NY 112201295036341
Common questions
What is Lesley Cohen, CNM's NPI number?
Lesley Cohen, CNM's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1912926262, issued on Jul 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lesley Cohen, CNM located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5610 2ND Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11220. Phone: (718) 630-7339. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lesley Cohen, CNM's license?
NPPES lists New York license number F001138, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Lesley Cohen, CNM prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Lesley Cohen, CNM had 24 Medicare Part D claims for 15 beneficiaries; the average among midwife prescribers was 60. 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.