Dr. James Alan Cowthran, MD

Dr. Cowthran practices at Skilled Facility Health Care Solutions Inc in La Crescenta, California.

Dr. Cowthran's NPI, 1659729796, was assigned on May 31, 2016. Dr. Cowthran graduated from McGovern Medical School in 2016. Dr. Cowthran holds Texas license S8974.

Dr. Cowthran's primary practice is Skilled Facility Health Care Solutions Inc, at 3747 Foothill Blvd, La Crescenta, CA 91214 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (310) 445-5999.

Dr. Cowthran's primary practice is Skilled Facility Health Care Solutions Inc in La Crescenta, California. The medical group on file is Skilled Physicians Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cowthran to 2 more group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Cowthran practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Otolaryngology is Dr. Cowthran's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Y00000X. Dr. Cowthran is licensed in Texas.

CMS data shows 6,906 Medicare services from Dr. Cowthran across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 417 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $844,329 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 417 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cowthran in 2024. The largest group is 85 and over, with 131 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 49% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.95, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Cowthran's median patient age at 79, with 54% women.

In 2024, Dr. Cowthran wrote 66 Medicare Part D claims for 31 patients. 71% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 33 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $24,736 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 13 claims across 1 drug.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Cowthran for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Cowthran accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 3,954 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Cowthran, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Cowthran in 2020. 2020 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Cowthran's most frequent co-authors are Mohamad Raafat Chaaban, MD and Alex Everett Wright.

CMS Open Payments shows 5 general payments to Dr. Cowthran from 3 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Smith & Nephew, Inc. paid the most, $135.

Dr. Cowthran graduated from McGovern Medical School in 2016.

Dr. Cowthran is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and HCSC. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.