What is James Black's specialty?

James Black (NPI 1043452741) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Orthopedic Surgery in Spartanburg, SC.

Where does James Black practice?

James Black practices in Spartanburg, SC, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1043452741.

How much does Medicare pay James Black?

James Black (NPI 1043452741) received approximately $98K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 154 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1043452741

James BlackMD

Orthopedic SurgerySpartanburg, SCI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

244

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

327

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$58K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 360 Orthopedic Surgery providers in SC — bottom quintile (cohort median 2,866).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$1K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

39.5%

Top prescribed drugs

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen15 claims

Diclofenac Sodium12 claims

Tramadol Hcl11 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

94.7

Quality

89.4

Cost

0.0

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.83%

APM Entity

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$3K

Payment records

By payment type

Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$2K

Travel and Lodging$1K

Food and Beverage$90

Top paying entities

Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program$2K

Travel and Lodging$1K

Food and Beverage$90

FACILITY AFFILIATIONS

Hospital & Facility Affiliations (4)

Home health agency

Home health agency

Hospital

Hospital

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where James Black's patients come from & go

Directional shared-patient flow from Medicare claims — who sends patients to this provider (inbound) and where this provider's patients go next (outbound). 0 inbound referrers · 6 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

No inbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

Physician	Patients	Visits
BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL	44	74
Michael Gardner Orthopedic Surgery · Stanford, CA	28	63
Abbott Ambulance Inc Ambulance Service Provider · Saint Louis, MO	21	37
Mission Care Of Illinois Llc Ambulance Service Provider · Belleville, IL	13	15
Christopher Mcandrew Orthopedic Surgery · Saint Louis, MO	11	26
Michael Dobson Interventional Radiology · Indianapolis, IN	11	17

Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). Direction = a beneficiary seen by the first provider, then the second, within 30 days; a proxy for referral, not a documented referral. Pairs with fewer than 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.

CROSS-REFERENCE

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Healthparse Signals

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