Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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William Forrest Cothern, DO

Individual provider Dermatology Physician · NPI 1962493445

William Forrest Cothern, DO practises Dermatology in Fort Worth, Texas. Graduated from University of North Texas Hsc, College of Osteopathic Med in 1981, 45 years ago. Practices with Oliver Street 5 01(A) Inc, a 168-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Texas.

Years since qualifying
45
Trained at
University of North Texas Hsc, College of Osteopathic Med
Licensed in
TX
In the registry since
2005
What do these letters mean?
DO — Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
A fully licensed physician, trained like an MD with additional musculoskeletal training. Equivalent practice rights in all 50 states.

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Practice location Address checks out

4201 Camp Bowie Blvd Ste A
Fort Worth, TX 76107-3928
Phone: (817) 377-1243
Fax: (817) 763-0631
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Specialties & licences

Dermatology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207N00000X · Licence F9330 (TX)

Record details

NPI number1962493445
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials DO
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedNovember 2, 2005
Last updated in NPPESAugust 4, 2017

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyDERMATOLOGY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HSC, COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MED
Graduated 1981 (45 years in practice)
Group practice Oliver Street 5.01(A) Inc — 168 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations4 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Removal of skin lesions 2,127 times · 98th percentile
Removal or shaving of skin growth 175 times · 89th percentile
Skin biopsy 81 times · 74th percentile
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients1,116
Services billed 7,856 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $3,582 153 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Education $7 1 payment · educational material or training, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Colleagues at Oliver Street 5 01(A) Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 168 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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