Tiffany A. Cothren , AA
Anesthesiologist Assistant โข Houston, TX
1500 Citywest Blvd, Ste. 300
Houston, TX 770422300
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Tiffany Cothren is listed in NPPES under Anesthesiologist Assistant.
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NPI assigned on January 17, 2007; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 41 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 00142 โ Anesthesia for lens surgery: 17 service units.
- 01480 โ Anesthesia for other procedure on lower leg, ankle, and foot bones: 12 service units.
- 01810 โ Anesthesia for procedure on nerves, muscles, tendons, and tissue of forearm, wrist, and hand: 12 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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Close to the middle for Medicare Part B services among clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Houston, TX (2024, 95 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 36. Middle half: 19 to 63.
Close to the middle for Medicare Part B services among clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Texas (2024, 236 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 41. Middle half: 24 to 73.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 42 in 2020 to 41 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2020โ2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
1500 Citywest Blvd
Ste. 300
Houston, TX 770422300
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 1 group name: University Physicians Incorporated. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
2005
What Public CMS Data Show
Anesthesiologist Assistant: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
108 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $2,871 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $2,292 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners โ by Provider and Service, 2024.
Years since graduation
21 years (graduated 2005)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 2005 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2007
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, โDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?โ
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Tiffany Cothren has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Houston and Texas
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Houston, TX (2024, 95 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 36. Middle half: 19 to 63.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Texas (2024, 236 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 41. Middle half: 24 to 73.
Medicare-allowed amount
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 60% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Houston, TX (2024, 95 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $4,139. Middle half: $2,069 to $6,814.
A lower Medicare-allowed amount than 60% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Texas (2024, 236 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $4,121. Middle half: $2,338 to $6,548.
Paid by Medicare
A lower Medicare payment amount than 60% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Houston, TX (2024, 95 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $3,255. Middle half: $1,643 to $5,377.
A lower Medicare payment amount than 60% of clinicians listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant in Texas (2024, 236 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $3,228. Middle half: $1,835 to $5,239.
205 active clinicians are listed under Anesthesiologist Assistant with a practice address in Houston, TX (503 in Texas).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Houston
0% of these 205 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
88.3% of these 205 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services varied from year to year: 42 in 2020 and 41 in 2024.
- 2020: 42
- 2021: 82
- 2022: 72
- 2023: 33
- 2024: 41
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 11% from $3,215 in 2020 to $2,871 in 2024.
- 2020: $3,215
- 2021: $6,896
- 2022: $5,340
- 2023: $2,086
- 2024: $2,871
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 11% from $2,573 in 2020 to $2,292 in 2024.
- 2020: $2,573
- 2021: $5,528
- 2022: $4,278
- 2023: $1,707
- 2024: $2,292
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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00142
Anesthesia for lens surgery
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17 | 17 | $700.00 | $61.67 |
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01480
Anesthesia for other procedure on lower leg, ankle, and foot bones
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12 | 12 | $933.33 | $87.19 |
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01810
Anesthesia for procedure on nerves, muscles, tendons, and tissue of forearm, wrist, and hand
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12 | 12 | $733.33 | $64.73 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 367H00000X
An individual certified by the state to perform anesthesia services under the direct supervision of an anesthesiologist. Anesthesiologist Assistants are required to have a bachelor's degree with a premed curriculum prior to entering a two-year anesthesiology assistant program, which is focused upon the delivery and maintenance of anesthesia care as well as advanced patient monitoring techniques. An Anesthesiologist Assistant must work as a member of the anesthesia care team under the direction of a qualified Anesthesiologist.
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - ANESTHESIOLOGY ASSISTANT
I20190625000181
CO
5092739748
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Medicare Group Practice Enrollments
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
University Physicians Incorporated
1665 Aurora Ct, Aurora, CO 800452517
Phone: 7208480000
University Physicians Incorporated
1635 Aurora Ct, Aurora, CO 800452541
Phone: 7208480000
University Physicians Incorporated
12605 E 16th Ave, Aurora, CO 800452545
Phone: 7208480000
University Physicians Incorporated
13123 E 16th Ave, Aurora, CO 800457106
Phone: 7207771234
University Physicians Incorporated
1675 Aurora Ct, Aurora, CO 800452517
Phone: 7208480000
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Anesthesiology
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at PO BOX 840853, DALLAS, TX 752840853 (Tel: 9722331999)
Recorded as TIFFANY COTHREN, A.A.
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 1500 CITYWEST BLVD, STE. 300, HOUSTON, TX 770422300 (Tel: 7136204000)
Registered at PO BOX 650865, DALLAS, TX 752650865 (Tel: 9722331999)
Recorded as TIFFANY LEWIS-ROBERTS, A.A.
Anesthesiologist Assistant (license number reported to NPPES: TX 705)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 2411 FOUNTAIN VIEW DR, SUITE 200, HOUSTON, TX 770574817 (Tel: 7136204000)
Registered at 2411 FOUNTAIN VIEW DR STE 200, HOUSTON, TX 770574832 (Tel: 7136204000)
Recorded as TIFFANY LEWIS-ROBERTS, A.A.
Anesthesiologist Assistant (license number reported to NPPES: TX 705)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Anesthesiologist Assistants in Houston
All Anesthesiologist Assistants in HoustonMailing Address
Po Box 840853
Dallas, TX 752840853
Phone: 9722331999