What is James Smith's specialty?

James Smith (NPI 1568886406) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Physician Assistant in Niceville, FL.

Where does James Smith practice?

James Smith practices in Niceville, FL, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1568886406.

How much does Medicare pay James Smith?

James Smith (NPI 1568886406) received approximately $344K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 782 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1568886406

James SmithP.A.

PRACTICEEMERALD COAST HEALTH INSTITUTE, INC.See all providers at this practice →

Physician AssistantNiceville, FLI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

3,859

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

8,772

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$330K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 6,755 Physician Assistant providers in FL — top quintile (cohort median 271).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

Total Rx claims

1,324

Beneficiaries

—

Total drug cost

$881K

Distinct drugs

Brand share

22.1%

Top prescribed drugs

Ketoconazole339 claims

Doxycycline Hyclate150 claims

Clobetasol Propionate132 claims

Methotrexate Sodium84 claims

Triamcinolone Acetonide83 claims

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

78.8

Quality

85.9

Cost

46.7

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

96.0

Payment adjustment

0.16%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2025

Total received

$721

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$721

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$721

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where James Smith'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). 8 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Ucsf Dermatopathology Service Clinical Laboratory · San Francisco, CA	101	224
Charles Haney Family Practice · Pulaski, TN	42	139
Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings Clinical Laboratory · Birmingham, AL	23	61
BEALL, JAMES	19	43
Pathgroup Labs, Llc Clinical Laboratory · Nashville, TN	17	23
GRIPPO, RYAN	12	16
Julie Pena Dermatology · Franklin, TN	11	12
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	11	17

Refers patients to

Outbound — where patients go next

No outbound pairs above the suppression threshold.

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.

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