What is James Walker's specialty?

James Walker (NPI 1578581617) is a Medicare-billing provider whose primary specialty is Pulmonary Disease in Baton Rouge, LA.

Where does James Walker practice?

James Walker practices in Baton Rouge, LA, based on the location reported in the CMS Medicare provider datasets for NPI 1578581617.

How much does Medicare pay James Walker?

James Walker (NPI 1578581617) received approximately $50K in total Medicare Part B payments, serving 226 beneficiaries, per the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners dataset.

PROVIDER PROFILE · NPI 1578581617

James WalkerM.D., PH.D.

Pulmonary DiseaseBaton Rouge, LAI

MEDICARE UTILIZATION · PART B · 2024

Total beneficiaries

410

Unique beneficiaries

—

Total services

590

Distinct HCPCS

Medicare payment

$47K

Peer benchmark

Total Medicare services vs. 159 Pulmonary Disease providers in LA — above median (cohort median 545).

PRESCRIBING · PART D · 2024

No data available for this provider in 2024.

QUALITY · MIPS · 2024

Final MIPS score

96.0

Quality

82.1

Cost

71.4

Improvement activities

40.0

Promoting interop.

100.0

Payment adjustment

0.89%

Group

INDUSTRY PAYMENTS · OPEN PAYMENTS · 2024

Total received

$68

Payment records

By payment type

Food and Beverage$68

Top paying entities

Food and Beverage$68

REFERRAL NETWORK

Where James Walker'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). 81 inbound referrers · 0 outbound destinations.

Receives referrals from

Inbound — who sends patients here

Physician	Patients	Visits
Wiley Robinson Hospitalist · Memphis, TN	170	544
Garrettson Ellis Critical Care (Intensivists) · Memphis, TN	163	1,560
James Hausmann Diagnostic Radiology · Germantown, TN	85	252
Jon Roberts Diagnostic Radiology · Memphis, TN	70	166
James Andrews Critical Care (Intensivists) · Memphis, TN	68	300
William Graves Diagnostic Radiology · Germantown, TN	68	207
Michael Threlkeld Infectious Disease · Memphis, TN	65	321
Timothy Donovan Diagnostic Radiology · Edina, MN	65	195
Salil Parikh Diagnostic Radiology · Germantown, TN	64	243
Ernest Behnke Diagnostic Radiology · Germantown, TN	61	165
Hassan Amin Internal Medicine · Memphis, TN	59	292
Brian Green Diagnostic Radiology · Memphis, TN	55	198

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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