Heather Christine Couch, FNP

Primary specialty

Primary Care Nurse PractitionerTaxonomy code 363LP2300X

License

95003993 Issued in CA

Practice address

1080 Emeline Ave
Santa Cruz, CA 95060-1966

Phone

(831) 454-4100

NPI assigned

Mar 18, 2016

Last updated

Feb 19, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Nurse Practitioner

Education

Other, 2017

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

County of Santa CruzGroup PAC ID 7618872912, shared by 4 NPIs, 65 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Sutter Care at Home Home health agency, Santa Cruz, CA, CCN 057007
• Dominican Hospital Hospital, Santa Cruz, CA, CCN 050242

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Nurse Practitioner

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: hcouch246036@direct.ochin.org

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• County of Santa Cruz

  • Clinic/Center
  • Santa Cruz, CA
  • NPI 1659315430
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• County of Santa Cruz

  dba Watsonville Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Watsonville, CA
  • NPI 1770709149
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• County of Santa Cruz

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Santa Cruz, CA
  • NPI 1578680310
  NPD
• Marina Doctors on Duty

  • Non-Pharmacy Dispensing Site
  • Marina, CA
  • NPI 1457793275
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Dignity Health

  dba Dominican Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Santa Cruz, CA
  • NPI 1427181007
  Care Compare affiliation
• Sutter Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice

  dba Sutter Care at Home

  • Home Health Agency
  • Santa Cruz, CA
  • NPI 1063658987
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
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    "number": "1992166839",
    "addresses": [
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "1080 EMELINE AVE",
            "city": "SANTA CRUZ",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "950601966",
            "telephone_number": "831-454-4100"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
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            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "950601966",
            "telephone_number": "831-454-4100"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "COUCH",
        "first_name": "HEATHER",
        "middle_name": "CHRISTINE",
        "name_prefix": "Ms.",
        "credential": "FNP",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2016-03-18",
        "last_updated": "2025-02-19",
        "certification_date": "2025-02-19",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "363LP2300X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care",
            "state": "CA",
            "license": "95003993",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Alison Lee Costello
• Michael Cotter
• Harold Cottman, M.D.
• Brianne Cotton, LMFT
• Georgia Cottong
• Michael J Coulson, MD
• Amelia Coulter, LMFT
• County of Santa Cruz (Human Services Department - Housing for Health Division)
• County of Santa Cruz (Care Team AIDS Medical Waiver Program)
• County of Santa Cruz (Homeless Persons Health Project)

• Primary Care Nurse Practitioner in Santa Cruz, CA
• Providers in Santa Cruz, CA by specialty
• Primary Care Nurse Practitioner in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Feb 19, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.