Ruth Pinnix Cox, NP
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Morehead City, NC
Ruth Pinnix Cox, NP is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner with a practice address in Morehead City, North Carolina, and NPI 1578584215, issued on Jul 21, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 5000689, as entered in NPPES) with the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ruth Pinnix Cox
- Credential
- NP
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 363LP0808X
- License numbers
- 5000689 NC
LMFT 1039 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3332 Bridges St, Morehead City, NC 28557
- Phone
- (252) 726-9006
- Enumerated
- Jul 21, 2006
- Record last updated
- Aug 4, 2025
- Medicaid ID
- 6113132 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110412000242); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ruth Pinnix Cox in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich North Carolina board licenses this profession
Search for license 5000689Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
69% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner in 2024
279 Medicare Part D claims for 29 beneficiaries, against an average of 906 among the 30,717 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Hydroxyzine Hcl41 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate34 claims
- Aripiprazole24 claims
- Latuda23 claims
- Divalproex Sodium21 claims
- Buspirone Hcl20 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: $98.61
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Iti, Inc. (d/b/a Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.). The 23,362 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,027.77 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
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
- Carolina Psychological And Psychiatric Health Srvs PAJacksonville, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ruth Pinnix Cox among 1,491 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in North Carolina
Ruth Pinnix Cox, NP is one of 1,491 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with a practice address in North Carolina. 68% 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 under 1% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · under 1% of these records are older, 92% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 68% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 56% of these records are
- Graduated1973 · median 2021 among the 834 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 18% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LP0808X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner providers in North Carolina
There are 1,491 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records in North Carolina.
All 1,491 in North Carolina → Every provider in Morehead City → Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner nationwide →
The 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Cherry D'Angelo, CRNP, PMHNP-BCMorehead City, NC 285571578620506
- Anneliese Deussing, RNMorehead City, NC 285571992588404
- Kyndall HorneMorehead City, NC 285571083374086
- Kourtney Sloan, PMHNP-BCMorehead City, NC 285571366858755
- Ashley Best Bryant, RNNew Bern, NC 285601194607176
- Christopher Arori, NP, PMHNP-BCNew Bern, NC 285621548424666
- Barbara Clayson, FNP/ PMHNPTrent Woods, NC 285621518102573
- Michelle Helms, WHNP-BCNew Bern, NC 285621790038347
Common questions
What is Ruth Pinnix Cox, NP's NPI number?
Ruth Pinnix Cox, NP's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578584215, issued on Jul 21, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ruth Pinnix Cox, NP located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3332 Bridges St, Morehead City, NC, 28557. Phone: (252) 726-9006. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ruth Pinnix Cox, NP's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 5000689, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Ruth Pinnix Cox, NP prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ruth Pinnix Cox, NP had 279 Medicare Part D claims for 29 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner prescribers was 906. 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.