NPI registry status
Active
2026 NPPES data Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician NPI 1497954119 M.D.
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Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician in Long Beach, California.
This profile is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES), which lists more than 7 million U.S. healthcare providers - including 1,886 in Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology 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
448
Medicare Part D claims · 20 beneficiaries · Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician avg: 360
Generic prescribing
57%
generic claims · 43% brand-name · higher generic rates reduce patient out-of-pocket costs
Industry payments
$11.6K
103 payments · CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act)
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File, 2024
What the federal data shows
Nicole Cobo, M.D. filed 448 Medicare Part D claims in 2024 as a Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician in Long Beach, California, prescribing 57% generic.
- 448
- Part D claims, 2024
- 57%
- generic prescribing
- Likely
- board-certified (heuristic)
- ≥61st
- pct by Part D claim volume (lower-bound band)
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 Nicole Cobo, M.D.
Federal records show an active NPI with Medicare Part D prescribing activity — verifiable registry data, not a proprietary rating.
- Verified
NPI registry status
Active listing in the CMS National Provider Identifier Registry (NPI 1497954119), first enumerated 07/12/2007.
Source: CMS NPPES
- Reported
Medicare Part D participation
Filed 448 Medicare Part D prescription claims in the 2023 CMS public use file — indicates active Medicare prescribing participation.
Source: CMS Part D Prescriber PUF
- 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.
- 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
$11.6K in reported industry payments (103 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
California statewide board action statistics are published annually — these figures describe aggregate state activity, not Nicole Cobo, M.D.'s individual license status. Verify directly with the state medical board.
Source: MBC 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 1497954119 · Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician
NPI-10 · ENUM-MID · TAX-NARROW · RX-LIGHT · BOOK-THIN · PHOTO-ENUM
- NPI-10 1497954119
- ENUM-MID 2007
- TAX-NARROW 1,886
- RX-LIGHT 448
- BOOK-THIN 201 in California
- PHOTO-ENUM Aaron Nelson, MD., M… · 2007
Nicole Cobo, M.D.'s Medicare Part D volume vs every U.S. prescriber
Total Medicare Part D claims, 2024, across all CMS prescribers nationally
448 ≥ 61st percentile 61% of 1,416,883 prescribers are in lower value bands
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more prescribers. 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 100-claim band: it counts only prescribers in lower claim-volume bands. Medicare Part D claim volume is activity context, not a quality measure or recommendation. See methodology § corpus placement.
Source CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber Public Use File · 2024
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Board certification likely (heuristic, not verified)
Nicole Cobo, M.D. practices in an ABMS-board-eligible specialty and shows active CMS Medicare participation + 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 Nicole Cobo, M.D.?
Quality data not reportedPrimary specialty
Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician
Medicare Part D claims
448 24% vs specialty avg
Specialty distribution in California
How Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician compares to other specialties among California providers
Board certification
Not published by CMS
CMS does not publish a per-provider board-certification field in NPPES. PlainDoctor does not have a reliable per-specialty certification rate to show for Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician. Verify directly:
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
Provider Details
| NPI | 1497954119 |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician |
| Credentials | M.D. |
| Gender | Female |
| NPI Issued | 07/12/2007 |
Hospital and facility affiliations
Facilities where Nicole Cobo, 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.
Adult And Child Neurology Medical Associates Inc
Long Beach, CA
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 Nicole Cobo, M.D.. Source: openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Total received
$11.6K
Largest payer
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
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 - California MBC 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 ~150K California medical licensees in 2023 - they are NOT specific to Nicole Cobo, M.D.. To verify Nicole Cobo, M.D.'s current license status, search the MBC public license lookup directly, or check the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) verification service.
576
Total board actions, California 2023
Across 556 cases
3.84
Actions per 1,000 licensees
California statewide rate
probation
Most common action type
186 cases
MBC 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 California disciplinary trends page. Cross-checked against FSMB U.S. Medical Regulatory Trends.
Brand vs generic prescribing mix · Above average
Nicole Cobo, M.D. - brand share 43.0%
Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician average
43% brand-name claims vs 57% generic, on 448 2024 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 2024.
448
Total Claims
$658K
Total Drug Cost
20
Medicare Beneficiaries
Prescribing Breakdown
- 30-Day Fills
- 599.7
- Total Day Supply
- 17,628
- Brand vs Generic
- 43% brand / 57% generic
- Brand Drug Cost
- $622K
- Generic Drug Cost
- $36K
Patient Demographics
- Average Patient Age
- 39.3 years
- Avg HCC Risk Score
- 1.19
Top Prescribed Drugs (Medicare Part D)
Top drugs by claim count for calendar year 2024. Based on Medicare Part D data only.
What Nicole Cobo, M.D. prescribes most
Top Medicare Part D drugs by claim count, 2024
- Xcopri
Xcopri
73 claims
- Trazodone Hcl 23
Trazodone Hcl
23 claims
- Lamictal 22
Lamictal
22 claims
- Clobazam 20
Clobazam
20 claims
- Lacosamide 20
Lacosamide
20 claims
- Divalproex Sodium 18
Divalproex Sodium
18 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl 18
Tizanidine Hcl
18 claims
- Desvenlafaxine Suc… 17
Desvenlafaxine Succinate Er
17 claims
| Drug | Claims |
|---|---|
| Xcopri Cenobamate | 73 |
| Trazodone Hcl | 23 |
| Lamictal Lamotrigine | 22 |
| Clobazam | 20 |
| Lacosamide | 20 |
| Divalproex Sodium | 18 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 18 |
| Desvenlafaxine Succinate Er Desvenlafaxine Succinate | 17 |
| Epidiolex Cannabidiol (Cbd) | 17 |
| Levetiracetam | 16 |
* Counts below 11 are suppressed by CMS for patient privacy. Generic names shown where available from CMS Part D data.
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Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician Overview
How Nicole Cobo, M.D. fits within the Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician landscape nationally.
1,886
Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician Providers in US
51
States with Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician
360
Avg Claims per Provider
Nicole Cobo, M.D.'s 448 claims are above the specialty average of 360.
Nationwide Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician peers with similar MIPS or enrollment year
Two federal-record peer sets for Cobo, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Same NPPES enumeration year (2007)
Same-specialty clinicians who entered the NPI registry in the same calendar year, outside this state.
Nearby Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician Providers in California
Other clinicians with the same primary specialty enrolled in California, drawn from the same CMS NPPES roster as Cobo.
One of 201 Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician providers enrolled in California, 5 are shown here.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Nicole Cobo, M.D.'s specialty? ▼
Nicole Cobo, M.D. specializes in Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician and practices in Long Beach, California. Credentials: M.D..
How much does Nicole Cobo, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D? ▼
In 2024, Nicole Cobo, M.D. wrote 448 Medicare Part D claims totaling $658K in drug costs for 20 beneficiaries.
Where is Nicole Cobo, M.D. located? ▼
Nicole Cobo, M.D. is located at 2880 ATLANTIC AVE, Long Beach, CA, 90806. Phone: (562) 490-3580.
What is Nicole Cobo, M.D.'s NPI number? ▼
Nicole Cobo, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497954119, issued on 07/12/2007.
Does Nicole Cobo, M.D. prescribe more brand-name or generic drugs? ▼
Nicole Cobo, M.D.'s prescribing is 43% brand-name and 57% generic drugs by claim count, with $622K in brand drug costs.
How many Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician providers are there in the US? ▼
There are 1,886 Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician providers across 51 states in the US. The average Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician provider writes 360 Medicare Part D claims per year.
What drugs does Nicole Cobo, M.D. prescribe most often? ▼
Based on 2024 Medicare Part D data, Nicole Cobo, M.D.'s most frequently prescribed drugs include Xcopri, Trazodone Hcl, Lamictal. This reflects Medicare Part D prescriptions only and does not include commercial insurance or other payer types.
Does Nicole Cobo, M.D. accept Medicare? ▼
Nicole Cobo, M.D. appears in CMS Medicare data with 448 Part D claims and 20 Medicare beneficiaries in 2024. Contact the provider's office directly to confirm current Medicare enrollment and accepted plans.
How can I verify Nicole Cobo, M.D.'s credentials? ▼
Nicole Cobo, M.D.'s NPI is 1497954119 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 (2024). Includes claims, drug costs, beneficiaries, and opioid prescribing rates.
- 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 August 2026 (NPPES) / 2024 (Medicare Part D). Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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