Timothy Lee Sams, PHD
Cognitive & Behavioral Psychologist · Lake Forest, CA
Timothy Lee Sams, PHD is a cognitive & behavioral psychologist with a practice address in Lake Forest, California, and NPI 1912010885, issued on Aug 16, 2006. Check the license (California PSY12149, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Timothy Lee Sams
- Credential
- PHD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cognitive & Behavioral Psychologist 103TB0200X
- License number
- PSY12149 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 23792 Rockfield Blvd, Lake Forest, CA 92630
- Phone
- (949) 458-1073
- Enumerated
- Aug 16, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20200714003966); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 23792 Rockfield Blvd
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Verify Timothy Lee Sams in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license PSY12149Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Timothy Lee Sams among 239 cognitive & behavioral psychologist records in California
Timothy Lee Sams, PHD is one of 239 cognitive & behavioral psychologist records with a practice address in California. 5% 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 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 5% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 9% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 1997 among the 22 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 103TB0200X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cognitive & Behavioral Psychologist providers in California
There are 239 cognitive & behavioral psychologist records in California.
All 239 in California → Every provider in Lake Forest → Cognitive & Behavioral Psychologist nationwide →
The 8 cognitive & behavioral psychologist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Laird Bridgman, PSY.D.Lake Forest, CA 926301508388836
- Erik Abell, PH.D.Costa Mesa, CA 926261063631968
- Kathleen Mooney, PHDCosta Mesa, CA 926261629279906
- Christine Padesky, PHDCosta Mesa, CA 926261932300233
- Tien NguyenHuntington Beach, CA 926471437785516
- Nina Barlevy, PSY.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926491649522293
- Michael Wydo, PSY.D., ABPPHuntington Beach, CA 926491104287325
- Franklin Wimberly, MA, LMFTAliso Viejo, CA 926561629691993
Common questions
What is Timothy Lee Sams, PHD's NPI number?
Timothy Lee Sams, PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1912010885, issued on Aug 16, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Timothy Lee Sams, PHD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 23792 Rockfield Blvd, Lake Forest, CA, 92630. Phone: (949) 458-1073. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Timothy Lee Sams, PHD's license?
NPPES lists California license number PSY12149, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
What is Timothy Lee Sams, PHD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.